Ex Machina
Young programmer Calbe (Domnhall Gleeson, About Time) joins a secret artificial intelligence experiment run by a brilliant scientist (Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis). As the pair develop and interact with the beautiful resulting robot (Alicia Vikander, A Royal Affair), mistrust and deception take hold. The directorial debut of Alex Garland (writer of The Beach, Sunshine and Dredd).
- Director:
- Alex Garland (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Alex Garland
- Cast:
- Domhnall GleesonOscar IsaacAlicia VikanderChelsea Li
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksWhile the ever-expanding blockbuster culture of the 21st century throws up much in the way of justification for bemoaning the doom of the small-to-medium independent film, there is at least one glorious fibre optic lining. The rapid progression of digital effects technology that has gone hand-in-cyborg-claw with these mega-movies has opened up a gateway for brilliant, mind-over-laser science-fiction explorations such as Moon, Her and now Ex Machina.
Ex Human
A totally engrossing film from start to finish with superb performances from Gleeson, Isaac, and Vikander (what great movie is she not in these days?) With a taunt tale with lies and mysteries around every corner, this is a film that will entertain and have you mulling over the state of our tech saturated world for days to come. Brilliant!
Smart Sci-fi
The goal of making AIs more "human" is an interesting one. When it comes to humanity's less desirable qualities - greed, deception, betrayal - are we assuming we will always have the safety net of being the ones in control? The inventor in the film makes causal references to discarded prototypes and the promise of the new and improved - at what point, if...
Wish my Espresso was that good looking!
It's amazing how far technology is going to take us. If it's this good looking, well helloooo! But seriously, if we are as smart as we are then I'm sure we are our own worst enemy. Thought provoking is what I call this movie. Because we can, should we? Computers that smart and sexy should be like a chrome espresso maker that knows exactly how I like my...
Twisting and Turing
Nothing (and no one) is as it quite seems in this outstanding sci fi. And Alex Garland drops enough hints along the way to make this very clear from the get go, however it's never enough to give away the major plot changes. I thoroughly enjoyed the sinister feel of this film, and the way the exchanges between the three main characters became increasingly...
Blah Blah, robot A.i. stuff
Ex Machina So he looks like that guy from ‘New Girl’ with a beard but actually he’s Blue from ’Sucker Punch’, & does a fantastic job acting in this film. Much like most AI movies, this was reminiscent of ‘A.I.’, ‘Her’ yet had great moments of 'iRobot', ‘Blade Runner’, Automata’, ‘Lawnmower Man’ and ‘Jobs’. Hard to believe it didn’t do well in the box...
Variety
pressEx Machina turns out to be far wittier and more sensual than its coolly unblemished exterior implies...
Total Film
pressIt plays like Frankenstein meets Blade Runner via Hitchcock haunted by the ghosts of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations...
Time Out
pressVikander’s spellbinding, not-quite-human presence (her synthetic skin is silky yet creepy) keeps us watching.
The Telegraph
pressThis is bewitchingly smart science fiction of a type that’s all too rare. Its intelligence is anything but artificial.
The Dissolve
pressThe story falls out so predictably at every stage that it can be frustrating. It’s the details that are surprising, and purposefully alarming.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe story ends in a muddled rush, leaving many unanswered questions.
Flicks, Giles Hardie
flicksWhile the ever-expanding blockbuster culture of the 21st century throws up much in the way of justification for bemoaning the doom of the small-to-medium independent film, there is at least one glorious fibre optic lining. The rapid progression of digital effects technology that has gone hand-in-cyborg-claw with these mega-movies has opened up a gateway for brilliant, mind-over-laser science-fiction explorations such as Moon, Her and now Ex Machina.
Variety
pressEx Machina turns out to be far wittier and more sensual than its coolly unblemished exterior implies...
Total Film
pressIt plays like Frankenstein meets Blade Runner via Hitchcock haunted by the ghosts of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations...
Time Out
pressVikander’s spellbinding, not-quite-human presence (her synthetic skin is silky yet creepy) keeps us watching.
The Telegraph
pressThis is bewitchingly smart science fiction of a type that’s all too rare. Its intelligence is anything but artificial.
The Dissolve
pressThe story falls out so predictably at every stage that it can be frustrating. It’s the details that are surprising, and purposefully alarming.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe story ends in a muddled rush, leaving many unanswered questions.
Ex Human
A totally engrossing film from start to finish with superb performances from Gleeson, Isaac, and Vikander (what great movie is she not in these days?) With a taunt tale with lies and mysteries around every corner, this is a film that will entertain and have you mulling over the state of our tech saturated world for days to come. Brilliant!
Smart Sci-fi
The goal of making AIs more "human" is an interesting one. When it comes to humanity's less desirable qualities - greed, deception, betrayal - are we assuming we will always have the safety net of being the ones in control? The inventor in the film makes causal references to discarded prototypes and the promise of the new and improved - at what point,...
Wish my Espresso was that good looking!
It's amazing how far technology is going to take us. If it's this good looking, well helloooo! But seriously, if we are as smart as we are then I'm sure we are our own worst enemy. Thought provoking is what I call this movie. Because we can, should we? Computers that smart and sexy should be like a chrome espresso maker that knows exactly how I like my...
Twisting and Turing
Nothing (and no one) is as it quite seems in this outstanding sci fi. And Alex Garland drops enough hints along the way to make this very clear from the get go, however it's never enough to give away the major plot changes. I thoroughly enjoyed the sinister feel of this film, and the way the exchanges between the three main characters became...
Blah Blah, robot A.i. stuff
Ex Machina So he looks like that guy from ‘New Girl’ with a beard but actually he’s Blue from ’Sucker Punch’, & does a fantastic job acting in this film. Much like most AI movies, this was reminiscent of ‘A.I.’, ‘Her’ yet had great moments of 'iRobot', ‘Blade Runner’, Automata’, ‘Lawnmower Man’ and ‘Jobs’. Hard to believe it didn’t do well in the box...
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