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Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test—charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan’s latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated––and more deceptive––than the two men could have imagined.
This movie was very well done from an artistic filmmaking perspective. There was a great build towards the climax and Oscar Issac continues to shine as an actor. This was exactly what psychological sci-fi should be. The only knock is that it definitely dragged at points and hurt the overall momentum.
I would recommend people check this out. It's absolutely not a mainstream movie, but it is a good watch for those able to appreciate these kinds of movies.
