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Ex Machina
7.2
/10
5,968 Ratings

Synopsis

A young programmer arrives at his reclusive CEO’s private retreat, and learns that he will be a key player in a breakthrough artificial intelligence experiment. The subject is a breathtaking A.I. whose intelligence proves more sophisticated—and more deceptive—than the two men could have imagined.

Our take

Writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later) made his directorial debut with this Academy Award®-nominated cerebral sci-fi. A richly philosophical and psychological slow-burn thriller, this is a contemporary riff on Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac and a remarkable Alicia Vikander as the AI Ava.