The Machine Page #5

Synopsis: Two artificial intelligence engineers come together as they work to create the first ever self-aware artificial intelligence. A veteran AI engineer secretly hopes to develop technology to help his diseased daughter, even if it means funding comes from the powerful Ministry of Defence (MoD). His new partner, a young woman gifted in the field of AI, is brought on after her breakthroughs are recognized by the MoD. Things go wrong when the MoD takes over and advances the researchers' work to the next level, teaching the AI to kill and follow MoD instructions with its new and nearly indestructible body.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Caradog W. James
Production: Xlrator Media
  8 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
R
Year:
2013
91 min
Website
721 Views


See, this is what I'm talking about.

What?

You need to mind

your own f***ing business.

Okay, Suri, I'm ready to see those

files you've gathered on Ava.

What's the urgency?

I see the program's

passed the Turing test.

She's not as stupid as she seems.

What the hell's she up to?

A hacking device.

Look, I'm sorry I was short

with you the other day.

I care about you, Ava.

I don't want to see you

get in trouble.

I think that she is still

angry with you, Vincent.

Sorry to interrupt.

I just want to congratulate

you on the Turing test.

I fooled them.

They thought I was human.

Machine. How can we

win a war against China?

Use an android to infiltrate C.P...

and assassinate the paramount

leader, the party elders,

and the heads of the politburo

and discipline commission.

Well, why didn't I think of that?

When they are all dead, civil

unrest will tear the country apart.

If you hate this place so much,

why have you stayed for so long?

Why don't you just leave?

My research is too important to me.

My daughter has Rett syndrome.

I hoped a brain implant

would help her.

So you've been using the defense

budget to try and cure your daughter?

Yes.

I'm sorry I lied to you.

So you're gonna try and fix

the broken connections...

in your daughter's brain with mine?

Yes.

As soon as I can scan her brain.

Well, if I'm gonna help you, then

let's not lie to each other anymore.

You'll help me?

You're stealing money for war...

to cure brain damage.

Of course I'm gonna help you.

Should we see if she needs

a ride into town?

Yeah, okay.

Mrs. Dawson?

Mrs. Dawson, it's Ava.

Do you remember me? You

told me about your son.

Mrs. Dawson?

Are you okay?

What are you doing?

Get away from her!

Sh*t.

Please.

What do you want? What are you...

Yes.

They were M.S.S... Chinese spooks.

The Chinese want to delay

our robotics program.

Killing scientists has always been

the best way to achieve that.

So why didn't they kill me?

What, didn't they tell you? A patrol

found you. There was a gun battle.

Bastards escaped into the forest.

You must have a guardian angel

looking after you.

I want to move to phase two...

using the scans of Ava's face.

Is that a good idea...

her brain and now her face?

It won't be Ava. It'll be a machine.

Okay, but it's creepy,

though, isn't it? Why?

Are you worried she'll be the ghost at

the feast? What's that supposed to mean?

Anyway, you were the one

working with her.

If anybody's going to feel

guilty, it's going to be you.

Is that the idea?

Or is this going to be like a monument

to all of your dead assistants?

That's what you want, hey?

Knock yourself out.

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Caradog W. James

Caradog W. James is a Welsh filmmaker best known for The Machine starring Toby Stephens, Caity Lotz and Denis Lawson. James also directed the Bafta Cymru winning Little White Lies and Horror film Don't Knock Twice, starring Katee Sackhoff, Javier Botet, Lucy Boynton, Nick Moran and Richard Mylan. Along with Producer and partner John Giwa-Amu they own Red and Black Films more…

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