A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
Acting
Anya Taylor-Joy's micro-expressions do heavy lifting the script doesn't.
Direction
Ridley's son knows how to shoot concrete bunkers with inherited style.
Practical Effects
Morgan's movement design: uncanny valley athletics, no CGI required.
Director
Luke Scott
Kate Mara
Lee Weathers
Anya Taylor-Joy
Morgan
Toby Jones
Dr. Simon Ziegler
Rose Leslie
Dr. Amy Menser
Boyd Holbrook
Skip Vronsky
Michelle Yeoh
Dr. Lui Cheng
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Dr. Kathy Grieff
Paul Giamatti
Dr. Alan Shapiro
Michael Yare
Ted Brenner
Chris Sullivan
Dr. Darren Finch
Vinette Robinson
Dr. Brenda Finch
Brian Cox
Jim Bryce
Crispian Belfrage
Charles Grimes
Amybeth McNulty
Morgan (age 10)
Jonathan Aris
David Chance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Luke Scott is Ridley Scott's son; this was his feature debut, shot in Ireland standing in for upstate New York.
Released months after Ex Machina, it suffered unfair comparisons despite being developed independently. The 'corporate risk assessment' angle actually critiques bean-counter ethics more than Ava's seduction narrative does.
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