Ex machina review
Ex machina is a sci-fi
film directed by Alax Garland. The storyline of this film is about a man, Caleb
Smith (Domnhall Gleeson), who entered for a competition and won a week trip to
do a Turing test for man who created the robot, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac),
Caleb Smith didn’t know what he was going to do when he was there but it all
goes wrong once the 2 men start having trust issues.
Towards the end of the
film, we see that all of the creations Nathan had made are all women. This had
made it sexist in my opinion as the film wouldn’t have been the same if the
robots were male. Because Nathan is based in a research lab in the middle of
nowhere, he feels lonely and needs the company of the women robots.
The film, ex machina,
is a great film for the budget that they had of $15,000,000. The film had low
amount of staff working on the film who weren't "A list stars", which
saves them money instead of having to pay bigger wages to the “big named”. With
the production company offering roles within the play to the lower levelled
actors, they were able to spend their budget on more important aspects of the
film such as the visual effects and the location of the film. The directors and
writers of the film (Alex Garland) had thought of a good idea for a film which
suited their target market as the film had made around double the amount of
money which was invested in to it. Alex Garland hadn’t made many films before
but this film was good and very unique with the idea of robots becoming more powerful
than humans eventually. The producers of the film, ex machina, (Andrew
MacDonald and Allon Reich) were involved in a great film which did very well
considering the amount of money which was put in to the film. This film had
great visual effects and kept the audience attached to the screen, to see what
happens at the end with the robot, Ava, and Caleb.
Although the film was
good, it wasn’t very moral as Nathan had made a robot which can think and feel
like a human with consciousness but is keeping her in a confined area not
allowing her to escape. If it was a human behind the bulletproof room then it
would be breaking that person’s rights but because it is a robot, it is seen as
fine. Also, Nathan had made all female robots that can’t escape and have to do
what Nathan says when he wants and what he wants. This could be seen as a type
of slavery which is also morally wrong making Nathan a bad person but because
he is clever and is making future technology, he is allowed to get away with
it.
The ending of the film, we
all presumed that Ava was going to walk off with Caleb and be free together and
live a happy life but we didn’t expect Ava to lock Caleb in a room where he
needed a card to get out and there was no other way of him getting out so he
was trapped. How Ava was with Caleb made us all suggest that she actually liked
him but Nathan was right, Ava pretended to like Caleb to use him as a way of
escape.
Overall, I thought this
film was a good film with plenty of suspense moments. My most enjoyable bit was
the action towards the end with Nathan and Ava (Nathan’s creation).
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