Watch it and enjoy, but don't expect to be mind-blown

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2015)

I must admit that I was pretty caught up by the story and was eagerly waiting for the dialogues between Ava (the AI) and Caleb (the hero) to continue. Although I didn't care much about Caleb, I was fascinated by the robot. Maybe I'm too easily swayed, and I guess you would have to make a pretty bad movie about AI if the audience wasn't curious to actually get to know the AI. But still, Alicia Vikander does a fantastic job to play this super-human polished robot with her perfectly coordinated movements and her soft voice. All in all, the dialogues between her and Caleb are undoubtedly the best parts about this movie. I also like the environment, the CGI and the sound effects.
The rest is mediocre. The acting apart from that of Alicia Vikander is below average. The "twist" about the Asian maid being another AI was obvious from the beginning. I was even surprised when it turned out that you were not supposed think that she was after we first saw her.
And then I was waiting for that major twist that never happened. Is Caleb an AI too? Nope. Is Nathan an AI and the singularity has already happened? Nope, he's just a programming genius with drinking problems.
The point when the movie went from good to mediocre was when Caleb fell in love with Ava and decided to help her escape. I just didn't buy it. And why would a genius like Nathan not program his robots to follow the Three Laws of Robotics?
Watch it and enjoy, but don't expect to be mind-blown.