Sex Machine

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2015)

Writer, now Director Alex Garland's Debut is Not Surprisingly Big on Words & Wordplay with a Script that is Richer than the Minimalism and Sharp Contrasting Imagery. The Movie is about Duality, not the least of which is God and Man or Man (God) and Intelligent Machines (Man). It's Classic Mythology.
Here it is a Modern rendition with references to Frankenstein, Oppenheimer, Kubrick, Google, Lewis Carroll, Computer Code, and more. Oscar Isaac is the Super Genius, Super Nerd, Creator of the World's Biggest Search Engine, developed when He was only 13 Years Old.
Now He not only Writes Code but apparently has Attained the Ability to do Everything necessary to Physically Create a Sentient Robot. Although He is no longer 13, by the Looks of His Creation He still Is.
It's a Heady Movie full of Egghead Energy and enough Sexual Stimulus for a Soft Porn. Yes, it's Smart but Dumb Downed for the Masses who might not even Own a Desktop or a Laptop, Just a Hand Held device. The Look is mostly glass and metal Sterile with Outside Shots of an Isolated Wilderness (more contrast).
The Squirrelly looking and Anemic Domhnall Gleeson Plays Opposite and Contrasts Isaac's Burly, Hairy, Bodybuilder Type who Never Shaves. Gleeson Shaves daily.
Alicia Vikander is the Sexy Robot, there are other even More Sexy Ones Hanging around. Most of Her Intelligence is kept Inside the Whirling Wires and She, most of the time, seems to be Hiding something from Her New found Friend and Inquisitor.
Overall, this is a Better than Average AI Film, a Subgenre that will no doubt Continue to Proliferate as the New Millennium moves along.
One Wonders if A.I. Creations will keep being as Sexy as They are Smart. Certainly, If Nerdy Writers, Directors, and Programmers Have Anything to Say.