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Cast

Toby Stephens
as Vincent McCarthy

Caity Lotz
as Ava/The Machine

Denis Lawson
as Thomson

Sam Hazeldine
as James

Pooneh Hajimohammadi
as Suri

John-Paul Macleod
as Paul Dawson

Helen Griffin
as Paul Dawson's Mother

Siwan Morris
as Lucy

Nicola Reynolds
as Joan

Jade Croot
as Mary

Jonathan Byrne
as Tim

Jonathan Christian Byrne
as Tim

Alan Low
as Assassin

Sule Rimi
as Technician (Dr. Giwa-Amu)

Joshua Higgott
as Assistant (Dr. James)

Giles Thomas
as Dr. Henning

Cornelius Garrett
as Doctor GP

Sam Ellis
as Surgeon

Richard Shackley
as Checkpoint Guard

Daniel Llewelyn-Williams
as Squadron Commander

Dafydd Emyr
as Armed Millitary Policeman

Ben McGregor
as Implant Soldier, Ben

Clark Fisher
as Implant Soldier, Clark

Gareth Jones
as Implant Soldier, Ryan

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• Dec 01, 2015

  Released a year before Ex Machina, The Machine is very nearly the basic blueprint for it, to wit: scientists create a lovable AI (that happens to be a bodacious femme as well, natch) and begin to fall in love with it, er, her, ah, the program ("she's the only one who really understands me, yah?). This time out the government wants the robot/android/girlbot to be a killer soldier application as well, and homie don't play dat, yo! The technology part of the tale is on the backburner so this is very user friendly.
  Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
• Nov 18, 2014

  A rather solid first entry for this director that doesn't exactly shows us anything we haven't seen before but has plenty of heart and good ideas to make it an interesting experience. Still, some characters are a bit dull and clichéd but thanks to a decent conclusion with a very poignant warning, they round up their stories rather well by the end. Worth a shot for serious in tone b sci-fi fans.
  Francisco G Super Reviewer
• Oct 29, 2014

  The British sci-fi thriller The Machine explores the age-old question of A.I. giving birth to artificial life. Set in a dystopian future where Britain and China are in a protracted world war, a MOD research scientist develops a neural network which he believes could be the key to creating artificial life. Caity Lotz stars as "The Machine" and gives an interesting performance. But, the script is pretty weak and does a poor job at explaining the war and how technology fits into it (other than the generic super-soldier cliche). There are also some leaps in logic and dropped subplots that add to the film's unevenness. Yet while it's problematic, The Machine does present some intriguing questions about man's evolving relationship with technology.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Sep 10, 2014

  Caradog James (what a name) gives us a debut worthy of one of the best CGI science fiction flicks since anything involving Tom Cruise. The Machine might not be as in depth or as long as something you'd be accustomed to with a Cruise film, but there is plenty on the surface with just enough digging up the top soil to find a good product. Former James Bond villain Toby Stephens is the genius engineer who along with an American scientist of the same intellect, breed the first conscious AI program. It's actually a pretty violent beginning for the machine, who is played expertly by Caity Lotz. She needs the CGI and audio dub to really make her robot self come to life, but it's seamless. As for the rest of the cast, many of the no-names act their part with a bit of a Total Recall, Blade Runner bad guy in Denis Lawson, who was in Star Wars as one of the pilots in the X-Wings I found out! It gets a tad heavy on the emotional stuff, but that's mainly because this film is trying to find an even balance between a new world order, action, and emotion production all in one with robots. If the movie could have expanded into more of the real world, you're probably looking at a fully fleshed out mega movie. Instead, we're left with a pretty satisfying independent feel that plays it somewhat safe with a harrowing ending.
  Lane Z Super Reviewer

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