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The Machine

They Rise. We Fall.
2013 | 92m | English

(32680 votes)

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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.
Release Date: Apr 25, 2013
Director: Caradog W. James
Writer: Caradog W. James
Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller
Keywords artificial intelligence (a.i.), android, experiment, dystopia, military
Production Companies Red & Black Films
Box Office Revenue: $314,131
Budget: $1,500,000
Updates Updated: Feb 01, 2025
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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Name Character
Caity Lotz Ava
Toby Stephens Vincent McCarthy
Denis Lawson Thomson
Sam Hazeldine James
Pooneh Hajimohammadi Suri
Jonathan Byrne Tim
Jade Croot Mary
John-Paul Macleod Paul Dawson (as John Paul Macleod)
Helen Griffin Paul Dawson's Mother
Siwan Morris Lucy
Nicola Reynolds Joan
Alan Low Assassin
Sule Rimi Dr. Giwa-Amu
Joshua Higgott Assistant (Dr. James)
Giles Thomas Dr. Henning
Cornelius Garrett Doctor GP
Sam Ellis Surgeon
Richard Shackley Checkpoint Guard
Daniel Llewelyn-Williams Squadron Commander
Dafydd Emyr Armed Military Policeman
Ben McGregor Implant Soldier Ben
Clark Fisher Implant Soldier Clark
Gareth Jones Implant Soldier Ryan
Paul James Doctor (on computer screen)
Lee Nicholas Harris Implant Soldier Harris
Stuart Matthews Soldier
Name Job
Caradog W. James Writer, Director
Chrissie Pegg Costume Design
Nicolai Brüel Director of Photography
Erik Rehl Production Design
Tom Raybould Original Music Composer
Matt Platts-Mills Editor
Jamie MacWilliam Art Direction
David Anders Stunts
Manuel Puro Casting
Name Title
John Giwa-Amu Producer
Organization Category Person
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Reviews

Rangan
5.0

**Creating an artificial intelligence, but its intelligence beyond expected's the issue.** Maybe the films about artificial intelligence that were made in the last 5 years might outnumber to those were made before that for centuries. Especially there are lots of B movies on this theme and some of ... them surpassed the film critics and the film fanatics' expectations. Here is another one, but this is a British film. Though one thing I don't understand is, in all these films they make the same mistakes. I mean the film characters recognising the AI as one of us which leads to a major disaster. Sets in the future, when the Chinese aggression towards the Taiwan made the west, especially Britain to counteract them in the region, they decide to build a most advanced AI. But when the scientist creates beyond what the military needed, the conflict of interest surface among them. From this, who gains what, and how the story ends comes in the latter part. Initially I liked it, but not the progression. It led nowhere, but the same crumble and a conflict between the man and the machine. I'm not saying the film was bad, but I blame the overcrowded films on this theme. The filmmakers have to start to think a different kind of storyline. Going advance like what AIs can do in the field than the initiation programmes which is too old for now and onwards. So that's where I disliked it, but not hated it. I hope you enjoyed it better than me or would do if you yet to try. _5/10_

May 16, 2024
gcsantiago
3.0

A disaster ... the effects are good, but the plot is very **forced** and closed ... very trite the subject of AI that becomes human ... there are other titles even recent that far exceed it, starting with "Yo Robot" (_to which does not even reach the heels_)! ...

Jun 23, 2021