Sci-Fi The Machine (2013)

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Title: The Machine

Tagline: They Rise. We Fall.

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Director: Caradog W. James

Cast: Caity Lotz, Toby Stephens, Denis Lawson, Sam Hazeldine, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Jonathan Byrne, Jade Croot, John-Paul Macleod, Helen Griffin, Siwan Morris, Nicola Reynolds, Alan Low, Sule Rimi, Joshua Higgott, Giles Thomas, Cornelius Garrett, Sam Ellis, Richard Shackley, Daniel Llewelyn-Williams, Dafydd Emyr, Ben McGregor, Clark Fisher, Gareth Jones, Paul James, Lee Nicholas Harris, Stuart Matthews

Release: 2013-04-25

Runtime: 92

Plot: Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

 

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If you like AI {artificial intelligence}, computers, and androids, in your science fiction this is a good one. It is free to see on YouTube. Here is the link.

The Machine 2013

 

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Before setting aside 90 minutes, can you give a synopsis of the movie?

 

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The Machine | Review
By Nicholas Bell on April 21, 2014

Imitation of Life: James’ Sci-Fi Thriller Plumbs Dark Recesses of A.I.

"While its ingenious ideas are sometimes marred by obvious budgetary limitations, director Caradog W. James’ second feature, The Machine is a highly enjoyable and brooding sci-fi flick in the philosophical vein of Blade Runner, with a smattering of other similarly minded or styled classics, such as Lang’sMetropolis heavy on its mind. Even though it sometimes looks like a film that seems tailor made for the Syfy Channel, James still manages to create an appropriate atmosphere with its cavernous, dimly lit underground bunkers. An arresting and ambient score reminiscent of Vangelis and early John Carpenter is complimentary to its simple yet hypnotic spell........"

See whole article here:
The Machine | Review - IONCINEMA.com

Also, I don't particularly like romance movies BUT in this sci-fi thriller there is a romantic element - And it plays well - Begs the question can a humanoid machine feel love? And can we love a machine with human characteristics?