A Sci-Fi Movie that mixes realism with complex ideas!!

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2015)

Ex Machina features a premise that is somewhat related to the Spike Jonze movie Her. In this movie, a young talented coder is invited to a private island of a scientist whose quest is to use artificial intelligence to make a robot that can behave like a human.
As Caleb (Domnhall Gleeson) believes that he has been chosen due to his technical skills, he soon finds out that he is singled out due to a completely different reason. His day-to-day activities involve interacting with Ava, a female robot that has emotions like any other human. After a while, Caleb starts to fall in love with her that complicates things.
Even though most of the movie seems fairly straight-forward, the director pulls the rug from under the audience by presenting an ending that seems bizarre and confusing. In one viewing, it is almost impossible to uncover the complete meaning behind that last scene.
Ex Machina seems like any other science fiction movie but it manages to be original with a challenging plot that will keep the viewers engaged.