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Ex Machina (2015)

Director:
Alex Garland
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
GENRE
Science Fiction/Thriller
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Ex Machina
RUNNING TIME
108 minutes
Producer:
Andrew Macdonald
Allon Reich
Screenwriter:
Alex Garland


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Caleb Smith Domhnall Gleeson
Ava Alicia Vikander ½
Nathan Bateman Oscar Isaac ½
Kyoko Sonoya Mizuno

 

Review

In Alex Garland's updated man-against-machine fantasy, the machine is sexy and sensual, driven by the same essential needs as all humans: affinity and self-preservation. In his directorial debut Garland creates a near perfect hybrid of stylish, simmering suspense and taut thematic theses. It's always a strength for any mystery movie when the potential antagonist's enigma is narratively based, i.e. driven by a character's – as opposed to the plot's – need to obscure things. And the result here is an edge-of-your seat interplay between the three lead characters, through whom Garland displays, demonstrates and discusses an impressive range of what it means to be human – or in touch with humanity, at least. Great acting by all the implicated bolsters this to-be-classic.

Copyright © 18.9.2016 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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