Ex-machina (2015)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Alex Garland
	Actors: Alicia Vikander, Domnhall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
	Country: GB
	Genre: SF, Romance
	Conditions of visioning: 06.04.2015, Schauburg, OV sneak preview
Synopsis: Caleb (Gleeson) is software programmer at a large internet company and wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan (Isaac), the reclusive CEO of the company. Caleb has been chosen to test the world's first true artificial intelligence, called Ava (Vikander).
Review: In camera in a luxurious house lost in the mountains. After ten minutes it is clear that the test will turn into a romance and that Caleb will be used. The question with suspense is: used by whom? The dialogues Ava with Caleb are developped as expected as well with some suprises for Caleb but not much for the viewer. I guess that after Her it was a bit short time before making a new romance human-machine. The suspense coming from the tripartite or soon fourpartite romance and makes the story surely more interesting than Her. The acting of Isaac (seen a lot of times this year!) is again good. Gleeson plays a bit ingenuous. Vikander plays very straight her cold role, with such a beautiful face that it reminds me the cold beauty of Blade Runner.
Rating: 6 /10