Fresh, intriguing, intelligent

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2015)

This is one of the first AI movies in which the AI is portrayed as a superior intelligence, compared to humans. Even if the story is simple, there are only 3-4 main characters, the movie seems always on the edge. The filming, lighting, pacing are all very well chosen. There are a few moments where you can really feel the tension.
The movie raises multiple issues, like the question if an AI should be treated as a computer (which can be discarded/dismounted/shut down) whenever you want, or as a human being with feelings, memories, desires...
The ending is really non-standard. All AI movies I've seen recently, all have happy endings. Not this one. Ava tricks Caleb into believing that she likes him, but, in fact, all she wants is to be set free. In the end, Nathan is dead, and Ava leaves Caleb trapped in the fortress, with nowhere else to go.