All That Money to Build a Woman When We Already Have Several Billion

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2015)

Despite my silly summary statement, I liked this film. Now there are some issues that one might confront. One would be motivation. A genius is able to turn his company into the biggest money maker in the world. He goes off to his own paradise and begins to work magic with artificial intelligence. He builds an incredibly sexy android, and then maneuvers a young man to his on the ruse that they will be working together. We quickly see that he is not honest with the young guy and he has somehow become a pawn in his sick game. The point of everything is to see if the young man and the android can forget what they are and establish a loving, caring, relationship. The problem is that there has been a lot of programming and abusiveness, and this leads to a sort of rebellion. Unfortunately, we begin with one character stacking the deck. But, he has some real issues with alcohol and self abuse. Back to motivation. Is this a story about a man, or does it have broader themes relating to creating machines that are potentially self engendering and superior. These questions alone make this a worthwhile film. Visually, it is utterly fantastic.