Ex Machina

• Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson): A young programmer at Blue Book, the world's biggest search engine company. He wins a contest to spend a week at the CEO's remote estate and ends up as the human participant in a Turing test. • Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac): Blue Book's reclusive, genius founder and CEO. He lives in a secluded research facility, where he has built advanced AI. He's domineering, manipulative, and heavy-drinking. • Ava (Alicia Vikander): A humanoid AI with a robotic body and a human-like face. She is the subject of Caleb's Turing test, and she proves far more intelligent and strategic than anyone expected. • Kyoko (Sonoya Mizuno): Nathan's silent housekeeper, who seems unable to speak or understand English. She is revealed to be an earlier android model. • Helicopter Pilot (Chelsea Li): A minor character who appears at the end and flies Caleb to the estate. She's credited as the pilot.

Other notes:

• Previous android models (including ones Nathan references and displays in his closet) appear only briefly or in video footage, with no named roles. • Ava's voice and body are partly built on Caleb's pornography search profile, a detail Nathan reveals late in the film.

Nathan's estate in Ex Machina is a remote, high-tech research facility disguised as a minimalist luxury home.

• Location: It sits in vast, isolated wilderness (glaciers, forests, waterfalls), reachable only by helicopter. Nathan owns all the land you can see from the air. • Design: Sleek and modern, with concrete walls, glass, and warm wood. Much of it is built into the landscape, and large parts are underground. • Living areas: The upper level has an open living space, a kitchen, a gym, and Nathan's bedroom. Everything feels like a showroom. • Caleb's room: A comfortable guest bedroom with no windows. A security camera watches it, and its wall art and décor feel curated. • Research lab: Below ground is a cold, industrial area with workstations, tools, and Nathan's hidden workspace. This is where he builds and stores his androids, including prototypes in closets. • Ava's enclosure: A glass-walled cell with a bed, desk, and few comforts, where the Turing test sessions take place. • Security: Keycards control every door, and Caleb's access level is limited. Cameras are everywhere. Power surges trigger blackouts that temporarily disable the locks, which becomes a key plot point.

Ex Machina: Opening Sequence

1. The Win [Users Input] sits at his desk in the open-plan offices of Blue Book, working on code. A notification appears on his screen: he has won the company-wide lottery. The prize is a week at the private mountain estate of Nathan Bateman, the founder and CEO whom almost no employee ever meets. Coworkers gather around him.

2. The Flight [Users Input] boards a helicopter, and the film shifts from the office to wilderness. Through the window, glaciers, rivers, and endless forest unfold below. The pilot tells him that Nathan owns everything they've been flying over for some time.

3. The Drop-Off The helicopter sets down in an open field beside a river. The pilot explains that this is as far as she can take him. He must follow the river on foot, and the house is beyond. She lifts off, leaving him with his bag in the landscape.

4. The Walk [Users Input] hikes along the water, passing through trees. Eventually the facility comes into view, tucked into the terrain: sleek, modern, and understated.

5. The Entrance [Users Input] reaches the entrance and finds no one there. A security system recognizes him and issues him a keycard. When he uses it, the doors open. Inside, the house is silent and spotless. [Users Input] walks through it with no host in sight.

6. Meeting Nathan Nathan appears, casual and imposing, built like a fighter rather than a tech mogul. He greets [Users Input], calls him "dude," and describes the situation as a lucky coincidence. Nathan then steers the conversation toward the real purpose of the visit.

7. The Non-Disclosure Agreement Before anything else, Nathan requires that [Users Input] sign a non-disclosure agreement. [Users Input] reads it and signs. Nathan then reveals the true purpose of the trip: he has built an artificial intelligence, and he wants [Users Input] to be the human component in a Turing test.