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Ex Machina
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artificial-intelligence

Ex Machina

2014 · R · 1h 48m

There is nothing more human than the will to survive.

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

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Release & where to watch

US theatrical
April 10, 2015
Streaming & digital
October 24, 2017

Curator Score

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Anchored by atmosphere, light on gore.

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8.2Overall
Fear1.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere8.0
Intensity5.0

Genres

science-fictiondramahorrorthriller

Tags

Subgenre

artificial-intelligencebody-horror

Tone

bleakslow-burntwistcharacter-drivenpsychological

Setting

isolated-location

Region

britishinternational

Content Warnings

self-harmdomestic-violence

Details

Budget$15M
Box office$36.9M

Directed by

Alex Garland

Written by

Alex Garland

Cinematography

Rob Hardy

Starring

Domhnall Gleeson as Caleb · Alicia Vikander as Ava · Oscar Isaac as Nathan · Sonoya Mizuno as Kyoko · Corey Johnson as Jay · Claire Selby as Lily · Symara A. Templeman as Jasmine · Gana Bayarsaikhan as Jade

Production

DNA Films, Film4 Productions, IAC Films, Scott Rudin Productions

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