"Ex Machina" (2014) Directed by Alex Garland #oscarissac #exmachina #dystopia #reading

“If you’ve created a conscious machine, it’s not the history of man. It’s the history of Gods”.

Given Alex Garland’s screenwriting background it’s unsurprising to note he also wrote the screenplay for this, his directorial debut behind the camera. It’s also far from surprising given his writing collaboration on film’s such as The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and more recently Never Let Me Go, that Ex Machina has a sublime, punchy, irreverent and intriguing script delivered by a total cast of just fifteen characters but which is in essence a “three hander” encompassing many pertinent themes of the current day as well as shining a light on a near future that is almost certainly coming, and coming quicker than many of us would wish to believe: of conscious, socially acceptable cyborg machines.

I absolutely adored this film the minute I left the darkness of my local picture house over three years ago and several repeat viewings since have never, ever disappointed. Essentially a three hander of a creative genius, his futuristic creation and a young man caught in the spiders web between them, here is a brief love in review through the thoughts and actions of our three main protagonists.

The above opening paragraphs are taken from my original spoiler free review of "Ex Machina" penned and published in 2017, transferred to my Medium blog site on 13th November 2021 and available to read in full and for free (please also consider subscribing for free too!) via my Substack blog site and my original article linked immediately below:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/alex-garland-ex-machina-6234be2b9b2e

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