Barely Science Fiction and a waste of leads

Rating: 3/10 (14 February 2017)

Some have called this "A rape fantasy" (incorrect), a Stockholm Syndrome film (maybe) and Creepy (in parts). I call it mostly dull, since it drags in parts and barely science fiction (for reasons since I don't want to write spoilers, I won't go into depth). But there's barely any science to the science fiction - as any sf fan who watches this - especially the reactor vent scene - will see. While the leads are good together, I found the story un-involving and the premise as well as the sappy ending, silly. With a little work this could have been really good, but as it is, it's barely worth watching once. I keep hoping Hollywood would simply allow a great sf movie like Ex Machina to be made, but they keep failing the viewer and then wring their hands, wondering what went wrong.