There are some movies that creep under your skin in the most subtle way possible, and for days after you can’t help but stay up late just to talk about it with anyone who will listen. “Ex Machina” is one of those rare sci-fi thrillers that completely took over my thoughts the first time I watched it, and now that it’s available on Prime Video, it’s the perfect time to revisit this masterpiece — or, if you haven’t seen it yet, finally dive in.
Directed by Alex Garland, “Ex Machina” is an intimate, thought-provoking exploration of artificial intelligence, morality and manipulation. It’s a movie that makes you squirm, not because of flashy action scenes or jump scares, but because of how disturbingly plausible its near-future world feels. This isn’t a movie about robots shooting lasers or alien invasions though. It’s about people (well, one of them is AI)
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