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The Machine (2013)

charlie_says · 2014-04-23 17:03:30

The Machine (2013) Interesting British Sci-Fi movie that revolves around the development of Artificial Intelligence for weapons in fictitious Cold War between UK and China sometime in the near future. In a high security military research facility a top scientist is working with very lifelike super soldier androids and…

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The Machine (2013)

Interesting British Sci-Fi movie that revolves around the development of Artificial Intelligence for weapons in fictitious Cold War between UK and China sometime in the near future. In a high security military research facility a top scientist is working with very lifelike super soldier androids and integrating new forms of AI into their programming for a pretty nasty government who seem bent on beginning a war.

Without giving too much away from the plot, I quite enjoyed the questions voiced in The Machine about what it is to be alive, can a machine reach sentience and how do we behave towards it morally if it does. Many of the themes in Solaris are explored here, admittedly in a less philosophical manner. It also has some Skynet/Matrix as well as 2001 Space Odyssey references and homages. Also some actual scientific terms in relation to robotics and AI are used in it that are factual relevant to the storyline so some elements of hard Sci-Fi are there.

Visually quite impressive (the setting reminded me of the facility in Aliens) with such a low budget, in particular lighting was used very effectively throughout, though although overall I wasn't too impressed with the synth soundtrack it seemed a to try a bit too hard. It did go into fight/shoot mode in the final scenes but the buildup was worth it for a few minutes of generic violence, which was also done to a fairly high quality if you are into that kind of thing.

An interesting dystopian flawed gem. Definitely worth a watch if you are into Sci-Fi with a bit of meat to it. Also seeing Caity Lotz dancing naked is fun too :pac:

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