Ex Machina - starring Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Issac & Alicia Vikander. If you're a fan of sci-fi movies I think you'll like this one. As a matter of fact, I think it's probably the best film I've seen this year so far. It's about a tech coder named Caleb (played by Domhnall Gleeson) who wins a competition to spend a week at the private retreat of his employers recluse billionaire CEO (Nathan, played by Oscar Isaac). It doesn't take long for Caleb to surmise that the trip was about more than spending a week with the reclusive CEO. He was being given the chance to help test out Nathan's new Artificial Intelligence technology. That's an offer of a lifetime to a coder like Nathan. To make matters more interesting, the A.I. technology comes in the form or the beautiful Ava (played by Alicia Vikander). The question then becomes, what's real and what's not real? Is Ava flirting with Caleb? Is Caleb falling for Ava? Is Nathan telling Caleb the complete truth about the reasons behind his being picked as winner of the "contest"? Does Caleb outsmart Nathan? All these twists and turns keep you heavily invested and engaged all the way throughout the film. Gleeson, Isaac, Vikander all do nice jobs in their respective roles, I also really enjoyed Sonoya Mizuno as Kyoko (when you see her you'll understand). I'm also becoming a big fan of Alex Garland, his list of credits is becoming very impressive, both as a writer and now as a director. I highly recommend this one, give it a watch!
I'll give it 4 out of 5 stars (*****).
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