Review of Ex Machina

Ex Machina (2014)
7/10
Mixed feelings
17 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The things going for the movie is the cinematography for the briliant outside world shots and the bland interior of modern life. From the actors I would say that Alicia Vikander is doing a great job and that Oscar Isaacs is doing a good job too. The two other actors are highly replaceable.

What doesn't make sense is to present to the audience that 4th character where everybody immediately assumes that she is a robot too. Also it is insane, to have a security lockdown protocol that closes doors on power-down. A fire is too easily happening that could shut down electricity as well. The inventor obviously has the fear that the robot might get out of her room. So it would be easy to just shut down that room specifically. Also in order to avoid the expected attempt at escape, he could have used a charging method not available in the outside world, so the robot has to charge up in the house and nowhere else.

There is a lot of discussion of how to test an AI in the movie or its impact, so it makes it worthwhile too.
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