The Machine (R) 6.5

The Machine (2013) : 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. (6.1)

Director: Caradog W. James
Writer: Caradog W. James
Stars: Caity Lotz, Toby Stephens, Sam Hazeldine

Good cinematography and special effects. The central question of the story is how you can prove a robot is alive and intelligent. It asks the question the other way around, how do you prove the humans are what they claim to be. I'd seen this asked in Clarke's sci-fi stories a long time ago, so for me, this isn't a new way of looking at the question. Yes, the story has a nice seed inside, but the writer-director should have gone with that theme more than the usual military vs scientific theme in all these type of stories. So, in that sense we have the all too predictable evil military man, the scientist with a personal reason to continue the project, etc. The first half of the movie crawls along so there was more space in it for an expanded story. My Rating: 6.5