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Ex Machina

4K Ultra HD

Blu Ray

  • Score
    72
    from 2 reviewers
    • Ex Machina
    2014
    108 min
    R
    True 4K
    HDR10
    DTS:X

    Director: Alex Garland

    Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno

    Plot: A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.

    Disc Release Date: 6 June 2017

    • Video
      75
    • Audio
      77
    • Extra
      47
    • Movie
      72

    all scores

    Blu-ray.com review by Jeffrey Kauffman
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    • Video
      100

      • Ex Machina is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with a 2160p transfer in 2.39:1*. This is to my eyes the nicest looking and clearest upgrade of the three films being released simultaneously...

    • Audio
      100

      • I didn't yet have a receiver able to decode DTS:X when I reviewed the Blu-ray release of Ex Machina, but I still gave the audio top marks. There's not a whale of a lot of difference between the DTS-HD...

    • Extra

      • In a slight step backward, the 4K UHD disc ports over none of the supplements from the Blu-ray release (hence the lack of a score above). The 1080p Blu-ray disc included with this release contains all...

    • Movie
      80

      • Maybe there's a parlor game someone can create to explain the linkage between a trifecta of catalog items Lionsgate has chosen to release in tandem in the 4K UHD format. Dredd 3D, Snitch and Ex Machina...

    • Total
      90

      • Ex Machina remains a fascinating and thought provoking enterprise, and the good news is it looks and sounds incredible on 4K UHD. Lionsgate refrained from including the Blu-ray disc's supplements, as they've...

    High-Def Digest review by M. Enois Duarte
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    • Video
      80

      • Nathan's humanoid robot takes on a new life on Ultra HD, powered by an excellent and beautiful HEVC H.265 encode in HDR10. Worth noting, however, is Rob Hardy's gloomy, atmospheric photography, which is...

    • Audio
      90

      • The sci-fi drama debuts on UHD with the same DTS:X soundtrack enjoyed on the Blu-ray. It's a richly complex and somber mix with a majority of the activity and action spread across the screen. Because it's...

    • Extra
      60

      • Through the Looking Glass: Making Ex Machina (HD, 39:59). This documentary cuts between cast and crew interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. It's quite in-depth and informative.SXSW Q&A with Cast &...

    • Movie
      90

      • "Are you a good person?"Ex Machina is a fascinating character study / sci-fi thriller about Caleb (Domhanall Gleeson), a computer programmer who wins a competition to spend the week working alongside his...

    • Total
      80

      • Ex Machina marks the exceptional directing debut of writer Alex Garland. Together, with his talented cast and crew, the filmmakers have created a grounded science fiction thriller designed to unsettle...