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Ex Machina

Ex Machina

There is nothing more human than the will to survive.

20157.61h 48m

Overview

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.

Directed by Alex Garland
Written by Alex Garland
Produced by Allon Reich, Andrew Macdonald
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $36.9M

Top Cast

Domhnall Gleeson

Domhnall Gleeson

Caleb

Alicia Vikander

Alicia Vikander

Ava

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac

Nathan

Sonoya Mizuno

Sonoya Mizuno

Kyoko

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

Jay

Claire Selby

Claire Selby

Lily

Symara A. Templeman

Symara A. Templeman

Jasmine

Gana Bayarsaikhan

Gana Bayarsaikhan

Jade

Tiffany Pisani

Tiffany Pisani

Katya

Elina Alminas

Elina Alminas

Amber

Themes & Keywords

androiddancingfriendshipman vs machinedistrustartificial intelligence (a.i.)isolationtechnologymanipulationhigh technologytreasondeceptionnorwaylaboratoryrobotpower outagesurveillancerichsurveillance cameraconsciousnessemployer employee relationshipisolated housewealthy manexistentialismlockdownemotional intelligencefemale cyborghuman android relationshiptech companycriticalintensebig tech

About Ex Machina

Ex Machina is a drama, science fiction film released in 2015 exploring themes of android, dancing, friendship, man vs machine, distrust, artificial intelligence (a.i.). Directed by Alex Garland, it stars Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac. 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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