The plot it cleverly manipulated to trick and confuse the audience, as there are many plot twists. Nearer the end of the film there is a twist where Ava (the programmed human) takes over and tricks Caleb and betrays him ending up locking him inside the secure building. This film leads you to think what is actually happening in the real world what companies are doing with your information and whether artificial intelligence will actually have a big impact in the real world therefore a possibility of whether ai could actually take over.
I find it interesting how the director decided to use a female as the ai robot. Like most ai in the real world, female voices are used (Siri, Google and Windows' alternative). Therefore having the female ai overpower and out smart the male dominated society helps to prove the stereotype of a male-dominated society, wrong. Some may argue that Ava was programmed by a male therefore defending themselves.
Ex Machina has a really well thought out storyline. The build of the story leads little secrets and hints showing why Nathan (Oscar Isaac) actually brought Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) to his isolated home. Whilst the film progresses, Nathan reveals that he brought Caleb not from a competition, but selected very carefully from his company, showing he manipulated his employee Caleb with a reward he could not reject.
The film is cleverly thought out as the Si-Fi elements are not over done. As the film is based on the future of computing and scientific experiments, the suttle use of special effects helps to keep the film more realistic, therefore the audience can relate the film to real life experiences.
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