I just wanted to say to anyone that was thinking... hmmm... is it worth spending the 90 min to watch, I would say, Yes. It was actually better than I thought it would be. So many movies now a days are just simply painful, it is no wonder they are remaking every thing in sight. Can't Hollywood come up with something original. I mean are vampires and zombies the only thing you can come up with???

This movie make me think of the movie - Her. Not only is it similar in subject matter, it also has some shared weaknesses.

However, while both of these movies have there problems, some plot holes and such, they also have some good things as well. They have surprises, they have some unexpected, they have some good camera work and especially this one has some good special effects.

These two also have something in common that most robot movies do not have. But, if I told you what it was, it may spoil the movies.

Fantastic Look and the Score is Effective, Minimalist and Silky. This is a Creepy, sometimes Frightening Film filled with War-Battered, Brain-Damaged Robots and few Humans.

The Low-Budget takes a Back Seat to the Imaginative Scenery and the Mood is all Melancholy. There is barely a Light in Sight and the Literal Darkness of the Scenes does Enhance the Gloomy Appeal of the Story.

Caity Lotz in a Dual Role is Stunning and Toby Stevens as the Scientist in Despair is OK. The Story may be Nothing New and the Ending will Not Surprise Sci-Fi Geeks. But Viewers will most likely remember the Feel of the Film and it is Unique in that respect.

Overall, Above Average B-Movie with its Sci-Fi Roots Showing most of the Time, although Not in the Foreground. It's an A.I. Trek that is a Welcome Inclusion in the Sub-Genre. Low-Budget Movies should all Look this Good and They Can with Fertile Imaginations.

There aren't really too many successful films about artificial intelligence out there, so additions to the genre are always welcome for this reviewer. Sadly, THE MACHINE doesn't really do much in terms of film-making that hasn't been done previously, although it is a film that raises more than a few moral and philosophical questions over the course of its running time.

This low budget feature stars the reliable Toby Stephens as a researcher looking into AI and its uses in a modern-day cold war with China. Various complexities and dilemmas arise, but none of them seem to have a huge dramatic effect on the viewer; most of the action takes place in a murky and empty laboratory and the cinematography is below par. Attempts to shoehorn some fight scenes into the narrative don't work very well, and the climax is as predictable as they come. For the most part, THE MACHINE relies on the talents of Stephens and Stephens alone to make an emotional impact, but only he can do so much.