Universal continue to play down the futuristic element of EX_MACHINA and have kept concentration on the human side. Although I’m eager for a little look into that aforementioned new world, I’m still intrigued by both the leads as, to be fair, they’re damn good actors.
Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac star alongside the creation of the first true artificial life form who we’ll learn is Ava, played by Alicia Vikander. It’s written and directed by Alex Garland and opens in the UK on 21st January, once you’ve watched the one below you can see another clip here:
EX_MACHINA is an intense psychological thriller in which Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a 24 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company’s reclusive CEO, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava (Alicia Vikander). Truths, emotions and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava and Nathan intensifies.
