The robots will enslave us. We all know it. But this is a nice take on it.

Rating: 7/10 (15 September 2015)

"Ex Machina" is the kind of slow-building and unpredictable movie that I was sure would have one of those rug-out-from-under-you "mindscrew" endings. Not the good kind, but of the short-changing variety. Thankfully, it goes for the genuine payoff, a fitting capper for such an experimental (and somber) movie. Very nice surprise.
This is a story about ideas (some really good ones, too) and its roll-out is appropriately tense from almost start to finish. The effects are fantastic (mostly on Ava herself), and the modernist architecture set against the nature scenery makes for eye-popping visuals.
It doesn't feel like a big movie, but its impact is.
7/10