El Machina
Rating 6.5 out of 10
This is a movie most of you probably have not even heard of. I saw a preview a month ago and thought it sounded interesting. It came out the same weekend as the Avengers so it was clearly lost in the shuffle. This movie is the anti-Avengers. While the Avengers is all bam and wow action from the first frame and stars a plenty. El Machina is basically a three star movie with alot of dialog. Why they named it El Machina I have no idea.
Here we have a reclusive billionaire genius who has invented a realistic female robot with artificial intelligence. He is Nathan Bateman (Played by Oscar Isaac- the best character actor working today). He brings in a young programmer and internet expert to "test" his robot and give his opinion on how the artificial intelligence works. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson- He was in a movie I liked alot About Time a few years ago) spends time with Ava (the beautiful Alicia Vikander) every day talking to her and testing her. She is so realistic he begins to have feelings for her.
Caleb begins being torn between Ava and the crazy billionaire Nathan. There is alot of good dialog that moves at a fairly slow pace. Crazy things happen at the end.
I was entertained even though a few times I wanted the pace to pick up a bit. They really need to change that name. It makes it seem like some foreign language film.
This is a good rental.
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