Nathan (Oscar Isaac) has a great pad fit for the CEO of the
largest internet search engine. It appears to fit in with its natural surroundings,
a small wooden cabin at the bottom of a valley. But once you gain access to it,
it takes you a subterranean level filled with glass, steel, fine art and gadgetry.
Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a coder for Nathan’s company, has won a lottery to
spend a week with Nathan in his retreat. However, Nathan reveals that Caleb
will be testing out Nathan’s new invention, an A.I. named Ava (Alicia Vikander)
which is capable of passing the Turing Test. Nathan’s house gives the audience
a taste of the themes explored in Ex Machina,
namely what is the line between nature and artificial creation? What separates
us the machines from humans if anything? What are our deepest fears and desires
about artificial intelligence? These are ideas that have been explored in
sci-fi films in the past, but Ex Machina
re-examines them in a fresh and inventive way, unafraid of taking a stringently
analytical approach without becoming obtuse.
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