Great Acting, but a Little Familiar

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2015)

Ex Machina is a really good and extremely smart Sci-Fi drama. The performances given by Alicia Vikander and Oscar Issac are great, and the film makes you feel as if the relationship between man and machine is more real than most romances between real people. I loved seeing the robot and man relationship, and at first the film makes the audience feel for the machine. However, as the film progresses it sways more to the thought provoking and complex themes, which then make some of the machines feel less relatable, and more familiar with today's modern clichÃ©s. Also the film lacks a sense of humor, and feels a little too much like Frankenstein meets Her.