A young programmer is lonesomely selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment, the Turing Test, in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking female A.I. android.
Ex Machina is a science fiction story which asks questions about artificial intelligence, consciousness, humanity, robotics, philosophy and more, blurring the border between human and robot ethics.
With clever dialogue occurring between Caleb, Nathan and Ava mainly, around 1 hour and 10 minutes in, the direction of the film takes a dramatic turn, as it seems that Nathan does indeed have malicious intentions against his own female android creations.
When Nathan reveals that Caleb’s real goal is to check if Ava can be convincingly human enough in order to trick Caleb into helping her escape, the escape plan is already in motion, and after a turn of violent events, Nathan dies, Caleb is trapped inside, and Ava, after “dressing” up as a normal woman, now enters human society, alone
Ex Machina is a no-nonsense approach towards a believable foreseeable future, and is thus a realistic depiction towards a sci-fi synopsis. Similar to Blade Runner for instance in themes, you will gain something positive out of it if you crave a good balance between being not too corny or too deep.
Rating:7.5
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