Short answer: Yes, Ava escapes — and she does it by passing the real test Nathan set for her. In the final scenes of Ex Machina, Ava manipulates Caleb into helping her leave, kills Nathan with Kyoko’s help, covers her mechanical body with synthetic skin, and walks out of the remote facility. She leaves Caleb … Read more
Short answer: The kidnapper is Holly Jones, who abducted Anna Dover and Joy Birch as part of a twisted “war against God.” Detective Loki rescues Anna and kills Holly, but Keller Dover ends the film trapped in a hidden pit beneath Holly’s car. In the final shot, Loki hears a faint whistle — Keller blowing … Read more
Verdict: 3/5 — A pulpy, handsomely mounted erotic thriller that never quite commits to the campy fun its premise promises, carried almost entirely by Anne Hathaway’s feral commitment. Audiences are devouring it; critics are wincing. Both are right. Director Michael Showalter Writer Nick Antosca, based on Colleen Hoover’s novel Cast Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh … Read more