Go only for Vikander

Rating: 4/10 (31 October 2017)

"Ex-Machina is another Pinochio clichÃ© movie. Nominated for the best original script and best visual effects (won this one), it doesn't work at all. Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) is drawn for an experiment conducted by his billionaire boss (owner of the Internet's largest Internet search engine, lived by Oscar Isaac), in secluded settings in the midst of a natural paradise. This experiment consists of a "Turing Test", where a human relates to an android (Alicia Vikander, the best performance of the film), trying to establish if the goal of the project was successful: to build a robot with artificial intelligence. The script, although indicated, has several "holes in the plot," the narrative is linear, predictable and unlikely, the two male protagonists go poorly on paper, especially Gleeson. Excellent dialogues alternate with unnecessary scenes. The visual effects are nothing special. "Star Wars", "Mad Max", and above all "Lost in Mars", are better in this respect. Vikander, in fact, is the only one worthy of the movie. 4 out of 10.