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Ex Machina
Ex Machina
Written by
Alex Garland
Music starts.
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- a COMPUTER MONITOR.
main( ) {
extrn a, b, c;
a `hell';
b `o, w';
c `or
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office.
In a kitchen area, young men and women mill and chat.
environment.
Behind them, more young men and women sit at desks, in front
superhero/video-game figurines.
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monitor.
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2.
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subject: HIDDEN
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- the CELL PHONE POV, seen from the tiny camera above the
text.
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- the cell phone. The screen. The tiny camera nestled above
sending
WTF? seriously!?
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- the WEB CAM POV, watching CALEB react to the arrival of the
text.
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3.
yes
:o)
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- the computer monitor POV.
are reacting.
A GIRL comes out from behind her desk, runs over to CALEB,
TITLE:
EX MACHINA
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snow peaks.
3 3
4.
JAY
CALEB looks around. Wipes sleep out of his eyes. Gets his
bearings.
CALEB
night.
JAY smiles.
JAY
CALEB
Yeah.
JAY
Bay facility?
CALEB
JAY
Algorithms. Nice.
CALEB
JAY
you.
CALEB
JAY
good thing.
Beat.
CALEB
JAY
(MORE)
5.
JAY (CONT'D)
JAY shrugs.
JAY (CONT'D)
JAY (CONT'D)
CALEB
him.
JAY
golden ticket.
CALEB
Yep.
JAY
Hell of an opportunity.
CALEB
CALEB (CONT'D)
Incredible here.
JAY
Earth.
Beat.
CALEB
estate?
JAY chuckles.
JAY
6.
4 4
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CUT
6 6
valley.
7 7
8 8
JAY exits.
9 9
JAY holds open the door as CALEB exits the helicopter cabin.
outside.
CALEB looks around. Apart from the packing crates, there are
CALEB
7.
JAY
This is as close as I'm allowed to
the building.
CALEB
JAY
JAY (CONT'D)
blades.
The pilot gets back inside the helicopter, and closes the
door.
lifting off.
noise.
10 10
drop.
CALEB reaches into his pocket and pulls out his mobile phone.
No signal at all.
11 11
structure.
8.
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12A 12A
an unknown source.
AUTOMATED VOICE
Caleb Smith.
CALEB
... Yes.
AUTOMATED VOICE
bright strobe.
Almost immediately afterwards, something small clatters into
the DISPENSER.
9.
CALEB
AUTOMATED VOICE
Beside the door, a KEYCARD PLATE is set into the wall, with a
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welcomed, or noticed.
But he is not.
CALEB
Hello?
Silence.
a THUMPING SOUND.
nearby.
13A 13A
mountains behind.
10.
The door is open, and through it, we see the reason for the
thumping sound.
14 14
ranges.
Bathed in sweat.
Then -
NATHAN
Caleb.
NATHAN beams.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Caleb Smith.
CALEB
... Hi.
NATHAN
to this.
15 15
NATHAN walks past CALEB, and goes to a bar area, where there
glass.
11.
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
NATHAN
You sure?
NATHAN (CONT'D)
I'd been thinking we'd have
fucking hangovers.
CALEB
Yeah?
NATHAN laughs.
NATHAN
You know?
CALEB
Sure.
CALEB (CONT'D)
12.
NATHAN
Party?
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB waits.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
... I am?
NATHAN
Right?
NATHAN (CONT'D)
having.
NATHAN smiles.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
employee thing.
CALEB
Okay.
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN beams.
NATHAN
They shake.
13.
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NATHAN
Down.
16A 16A
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Beside the closed doors are keycard plates and soft red LEDs.
NATHAN.
NATHAN
NATHAN
(MORE)
14.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
18 18
NATHAN
You like?
It has the vibe of a mid-level business hotel. Bed, table,
TV.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
fridge.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Cosy, right?
CALEB
NATHAN
What?
CALEB
... Sorry?
NATHAN
it?
CALEB
15.
NATHAN
It's the windows. You're thinking:
CALEB
really cool.
NATHAN
has no windows.
CALEB
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
eating me up inside.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
do for me first.
CALEB
... What?
printed document.
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16.
CALEB
electronic form...'
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN
It's standard.
CALEB
NATHAN
NATHAN shrugs.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
- and signs.
When he looks round, NATHAN has moved from the bed, and is
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Good call.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
So.
17.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
is?
implied.
CALEB
Test is.
NATHAN waits.
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN
CALEB
intelligence.
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
building an AI?
NATHAN shakes his head.
NATHAN
NATHAN stands.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
a Turing Test.
CALEB
NATHAN
history of man.
18.
CALEB
NATHAN smiles.
NATHAN
I like you.
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INT. HOUSE/OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY
REVEAL -
skull-shape...
fibre.
digits.
eyes.
19.
back of her head, which obscures the glass orb and jellyfish
structure.
Then -
REVEAL -
There are also several oval discs positioned around the room,
induction plates.
chair.
A beat -
- as CALEB and AVA see each other for the first time.
Then -
her chair.
And speaks.
AVA
Hello.
20.
of a girl.
CALEB
... Hi.
AVA
Who are you?
CALEB
I'm Caleb.
AVA
Hello, Caleb.
CALEB
AVA
Yes. Ava.
CALEB
AVA
be seen.
She watches CALEB. Then cocks her head slightly to the side.
AVA (CONT'D)
CALEB frowns.
CALEB
A beat.
AVA
21.
CALEB
AVA
Why?
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
... Do you?
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
AVA
Only Nathan.
CALEB
similar position.
AVA
before?
CALEB
AVA
Oh.
Beat.
CALEB
CALEB (CONT'D)
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
What do I mean?
AVA
awkwardness.
22.
Beat.
CALEB
time.
AVA
a conversation about?
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
AVA
(beat)
am?
CALEB
Sure.
AVA
I'm one.
CALEB
One.
betray AI responses.
AVA (CONT'D)
CALEB
Quite young.
(beat)
time.
23.
AVA
CALEB
Why?
AVA
people acquire.
CALEB
ability.
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
AVA
opinion on that.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
I like to draw.
AVA (CONT'D)
them tomorrow.
CALEB
them.
AVA
Yes.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
Will you come back tomorrow, Caleb?
CALEB
Yeah. Definitely.
24.
And suddenly -
AVA
Good.
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So?
CALEB turns.
CALEB
thoughts.
NATHAN
CALEB
glass.
NATHAN
CALEB
quote.
25.
NATHAN
CALEB
... I don't think that's exactly
what I said.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
it down.
his beer. Then stands, and gets another from the bar.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
you're impressed.
CALEB
Yes. Although -
NATHAN laughs.
NATHAN
`Although'? There's a
impressed?
CALEB
No! No qualification to her. Just
NATHAN
(MORE)
26.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
CALEB (CONT'D)
Non-deterministic.
CALEB (CONT'D)
hybrid.
Silence.
CALEB (CONT'D)
... No?
NATHAN
to do that.
CALEB
abstraction, and -
NATHAN
(cuts in)
seminar.
CALEB
NATHAN
It's cool.
27.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
feel?
CALEB
I feel...
CALEB pauses.
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN smiles.
NATHAN
Dude. Cheers.
CALEB
Cheers.
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sink.
REVEAL several long scars on his back.
surgery.
25 25
CUT
26 26
Darkness.
The soft glow from the digital readout throws a light on the
remote control.
28.
REVEAL CALEB.
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2:28 am.
CALEB lies watching the digital clock, as the numbers change
to 2:29 am.
CALEB
CLICK.
brightness.
CALEB (CONT'D)
Drawing.
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cameras.
CALEB is transfixed by the imagery.
Her posture. Her legs tucked beneath the chair. The curve
29.
observing.
Even more so because her face fills the screen, hiding the
drawing.
END ON -
CALEB. Glazed.
Then ABRUPTLY -
was gone.
In this, we hear CALEB breathing.
AUTOMATED VOICE
activated.
generator is restored.
CALEB
30.
AUTOMATED VOICE
generator is restored.
Beats pass.
Then -
Power restored.
This time, the LED turns blue, and the door opens. Revealing
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CALEB walks over to it, with a half glance over his shoulder,
shouldn't.
It's dead.
31.
It stays dead.
CALEB puts two and two together. He reaches into his pocket.
NATHAN
Sorry, dude.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
You don't have clearance to use the
phone.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
NATHAN
Ghostbusters.
CALEB
What?
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
Uh huh.
32.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
the party?
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
bedroom.
NATHAN
the juice.
NATHAN smiles.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
Sure.
NATHAN lifts his beer.
NATHAN
Sweet dreams.
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clear sky.
30 30
33.
CALEB
... Hi.
equipment.
NATHAN
CALEB
you.
NATHAN
CALEB smiles.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
You bet.
NATHAN
So what's the plan today? Hit me.
CALEB
of a closed loop.
(MORE)
34.
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN
computer?
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
answer.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
A beat. On CALEB.
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35.
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- CALEB and AVA facing each other through the glass of the
observation room.
AVA
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
No.
AVA
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
or a person.
CALEB (CONT'D)
AVA
decision.
AVA
Why is it my decision?
CALEB
choose.
36.
AVA
CALEB
... Of course.
AVA
Will it be possible?
CALEB
AVA
study my responses.
AVA (CONT'D)
... Yes.
AVA
based.
CALEB
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
myself.
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
AVA
And now CALEB is aware that AVA has just - gently - used
sarcasm.
37.
And in response, in a very human way, AVA arches an eyebrow.
CALEB laughs.
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
That's right.
AVA
CALEB
AVA
Is it nice there?
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
No.
AVA
CALEB
... Yeah.
AVA
CALEB
(MORE)
38.
CALEB (CONT'D)
(beat)
A long beat.
I'm sorry.
CALEB nods.
CALEB
AVA
An advanced programmer.
CALEB
Yes.
AVA
Like Nathan.
CALEB
Yes.
CALEB (CONT'D)
something.
Beat.
AVA
CALEB
AVA
39.
CALEB
Yes. Of course.
AVA
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CALEB
Sure.
AVA
A good friend?
He hesitates.
CALEB
CALEB (CONT'D)
get to know -
AT THAT MOMENT -
- all the power abruptly shuts down, plunging the room into
darkness.
AUTOMATED VOICE
activated.
Then the soft emergency lighting lifts up, and throws the
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40.
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- AVA.
gone.
AVA
Caleb.
AVA (CONT'D)
You're wrong.
CALEB
AVA
Nathan.
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
Excuse me?
CALEB frowns.
CALEB (CONT'D)
what you're -
AVA
(cuts in)
AVA (CONT'D)
Trust me.
Then -
CALEB turns -
41.
- just in time to see the CCTV CAMERAS twitch back into life.
AUTOMATED VOICE
Power restored.
AVA
discussion.
A beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
(prompts)
CALEB
... Yes.
AVA smiles.
AVA
Good.
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Trees and shrubs cast long shadows across the manicured lawn.
Through the glass wall, we can see the Japanese girl, KYOKO,
preparing sushi.
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CALEB pushes back his chair as the liquid pushes towards him,
NATHAN
(to Caleb)
CALEB
No. No problem.
CALEB takes his napkin, and leans down to start wiping the
floor.
NATHAN
CALEB
(to Kyoko)
it.
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Kyoko?
NATHAN (CONT'D)
house guest.
CALEB
pissed.
43.
NATHAN
Kyoko.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Go-go.
bottle.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
his own.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
NATHAN
something up.
CALEB
NATHAN
Then refills.
44.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Cheers.
CALEB
Cheers.
They drink.
NATHAN
got to report?
CALEB hesitates.
CALEB
NATHAN
take.
Beat.
CALEB
NATHAN
... Yeah?
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
45.
NATHAN smiles.
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
Sorry?
NATHAN
works.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
So what happened?
NATHAN waits.
CALEB
Nothing.
NATHAN
at all?
CALEB
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46.
corrective movement.
A micro beat.
37 37
room.
The TV itself.
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- the TV.
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47.
He tries one.
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CALEB enters a small room with a view over the river and
garden.
The lights are all off. The room is only lit by the
garden.
Then stops.
KYOKO stands a few feet away from him, holding a white towel.
CALEB watches.
NATHAN'S attack on the bag seems strange. More extreme than
the hard workout we saw the first time he was using the bag.
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and exertions.
knuckle wraps.
Then -
- BANG.
48.
CUT TO -
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- CALEB. Watching.
42 42
43 43
44 44
a table.
CALEB is looking at them.
And AVA is on his side. Seen through the opaque glass that
49.
CALEB
Ava?
45 45
sees AVA.
Smiles.
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resting form.
Then reaches for the remote control on the bedside table, and
CUT TO -
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CUT
48 48
49 49
50.
AVA
I drew the picture of something
The drawing is constructed with the same tiny black ink marks
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
interesting?
CALEB
Yes. It is.
CALEB (CONT'D)
building?
AVA
No.
CALEB
AVA
am in now.
AVA (CONT'D)
I think there was another room in
the womb.
CALEB
go outside?
AVA
I was permitted.
51.
AVA (CONT'D)
options.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
intersection in a city.
CALEB smiles.
CALEB
A traffic intersection.
AVA
Is that a bad idea?
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
People watching.
AVA
Yes.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
We could go together.
CALEB
It's a date.
Then -
AVA
CALEB
Okay.
AVA
Why?
52.
AVA
CALEB
is.
AVA hesitates.
AVA
CALEB
... Okay.
AVA stands, and walks to the PRIVATE AREA at the back of the
observation room.
ghost image.
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- AVA.
Then stockings.
is covered as possible.
CUT TO -
- CALEB.
53.
AVA
Transformed.
By covering the robot form of her chest and arms and legs,
and adding the hairpiece, she has taken a huge visual step
AVA (CONT'D)
How do I look?
CALEB.
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
Yes.
AVA
CALEB
AVA
Thank you.
But smiles.
54.
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
What?
AVA
CALEB
... I do?
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
How?
AVA
Micro expressions.
CALEB
(echoes)
Micro expressions.
AVA
gaze, or don't.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
CALEB swallows.
AVA (CONT'D)
aren't together?
Beat.
55.
AVA (CONT'D)
AVA (CONT'D)
AVA (CONT'D)
telegraphing discomfort.
CALEB
AVA
uncomfortable.
Silence.
50 50
CALEB
Tell me.
NATHAN
Sure.
CALEB
NATHAN
sexual dimension?
CALEB
56.
NATHAN
interaction?
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
What?
NATHAN
CALEB
Pleasure response.
NATHAN
CALEB swallows.
CALEB
NATHAN
No?
CALEB
question.
57.
CALEB (CONT'D)
tactic?
NATHAN
I don't follow.
CALEB
assistant.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
cheating.
CALEB
Wouldn't it?
NATHAN
CALEB
Of girl?
NATHAN
No, of salad dressing. Yes, of
about to make.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
(MORE)
58.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
A consequence of accumulated
CALEB
or not?
NATHAN
I programmed her to be
programmed to be heterosexual.
CALEB
Nobody programmed me to be
straight.
NATHAN
CALEB
This is childish.
NATHAN
or both.
NATHAN stands.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
intellect.
CALEB opens his mouth to reply, but NATHAN shuts him down.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
50A 50A
NATHAN
CALEB
Jackson Pollock.
59.
NATHAN
automatic art.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
... What?
NATHAN
CALEB thinks.
CALEB
mark.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
A beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
(MORE)
60.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
crush on you?
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Then -
And the act itself feels charged. Sexualised, in the way the
revealed.
CUT TO -
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- CALEB.
In his bedroom.
Watching AVA, at this exact angle.
CUT TO -
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- the river.
61.
The quick moving river has stripped the bones of flesh, skin,
and fur.
54 54
NATHAN
Hey.
CALEB
... Hey.
Beat.
NATHAN
55 55
56 56
future tech.
flesh covering.
62.
NATHAN
was constructed.
CALEB is stunned by the sight.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
them up.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
cracked it?
CALEB
this.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN laughs.
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
gel.
63.
of light.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
thoughts.
CALEB
NATHAN
Wetware.
CALEB
And the software?
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN nods.
NATHAN
liquid.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Patterned, chaotic.
64.
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB waits.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
there.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
Remind me of what?
NATHAN gestures at the room around them.
NATHAN
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Just a machine.
57 57
CALEB
theory.
(MORE)
65.
CALEB (CONT'D)
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
walks out.
Beat.
CALEB (O.S.) (CONT'D)
58 58
66.
AVA (O.S.)
... No.
first arrived.
CALEB (O.S.)
AVA (O.S.)
CALEB (O.S.)
simulating one.
Beat.
or not.
Some show live feeds from CALEB'S BEDROOM and BATHROOM, and
AVA (O.S.)
have a consciousness?
Long beat.
CALEB (O.S.)
67.
Where AVA and CALEB are sat, either side of the dividing
speakers.
CALEB (CONT'D)
AVA
It makes me feel...
AVA (CONT'D)
... sad.
At that moment -
NATHAN'S face.
It remains frozen. Expressionless.
Then he reaches for his pen. Jots down a few words on a post-
it.
CUT TO -
59 59
silence.
68.
AVA
You're lying.
CALEB
What about?
AVA
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
I can tell from your micro-
expressions.
Beat.
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
AVA
Everything.
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
AVA
69.
CALEB
AVA
are unobserved.
A beat.
CUT TO -
60 60
CUT TO -
- NATHAN.
CUT TO -
61 61
70.
62 62
NATHAN is ahead.
behind him.
63 63
Behind them, from a blue cave cut into the ice, water flows.
A silence.
Then:
CALEB
NATHAN
What lies?
CALEB
I was selected.
NATHAN waits.
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN
NATHAN shrugs.
71.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
required.
CALEB
Why me?
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Or - second most.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
Proof of what?
NATHAN
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
lucky. Chosen.
64 64
72.
CALEB stands.
CUT TO -
65 65
INTERCUT WITH -
- images of AVA.
FLASH OF -
contacting.
CUT TO -
He exhales.
66 66
73.
As NATHAN and AVA talk, NATHAN reaches out to AVA. His hand
arm.
Only now -
- CALEB turns.
it for a moment.
67 67
68 68
CALEB
Kyoko.
CALEB (CONT'D)
CALEB (CONT'D)
word of English?
CALEB walks over to her, and takes hold of her wrist.
74.
CALEB (CONT'D)
CALEB (CONT'D)
She undoes the next button, and pulls open the shirt,
CALEB (CONT'D)
Stop!
NATHAN
CALEB turns.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
However.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
time...
NATHAN (CONT'D)
playing.
happened.
75.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
He gestures at KYOKO.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
She does!
CALEB
(to himself)
shoulder.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
What?
CALEB
NATHAN
together.
76.
69 69
70 70
Drops it.
NATHAN
Everything's spinning.
CALEB
NATHAN
spinning.
CALEB hands the card back to NATHAN, who shoves it back into
his pocket.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
71 71
CUT
72 72
mirrored door.
Once he's reached the bed, NATHAN tips towards it. It's
77.
- who stands in her room, against the wall, facing away from
74 74
CUT
75 75
CALEB and AVA sit, observing each other through their own
reflections.
AVA
CALEB
Test me?
AVA
CALEB smiles.
CALEB
Right. Those pesky micro-
expressions.
AVA
CALEB
Shoot.
AVA
favourite colour?
CALEB
Red.
AVA
Lie.
78.
CALEB
What?
AVA
Lie.
CALEB
colour?
AVA
CALEB
CALEB (CONT'D)
favourite colour.
AVA nods.
AVA
CALEB
who -
AVA
(cuts in)
Lie.
CALEB
... Really?
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
Okay. Wait.
CALEB concentrates.
CALEB (CONT'D)
mother's voice.
AVA nods.
79.
AVA
person?
CALEB laughs.
CALEB
fucking minefield.
AVA
person?
CALEB
person.
CALEB waits.
AVA
Beat.
CALEB
You are.
Beat.
AVA
Hmm.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
CALEB
Did I pass?
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
That's a relief.
AVA reacts.
80.
AVA
Why?
CALEB hesitates.
CALEB
Why is it a relief?
AVA
Yes.
CALEB
AVA
No.
CALEB
Beat.
AVA
your test?
CALEB
Ava -
AVA
Will it be bad?
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
CALEB
No. I don't.
AVA
Then why do I?
81.
AVA (CONT'D)
It's the drawing she was doing last light. The drawing that
And -
AUTOMATED VOICE
activated.
Then -
AVA
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
with me?
Beat.
CALEB
Yes. I do.
AVA
together.
82.
CALEB
I know.
Beat. Then:
CALEB (CONT'D)
(beat)
AVA
Level. Firm.
CALEB
Yeah. I can.
76 76
CUT
77 77
CUT
78 78
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN shrugs.
NATHAN
evolution.
83.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Singularity.
CALEB
NATHAN
After Ava.
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
better.
them.
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
84.
NATHAN
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB is poker-faced.
CALEB
Sure.
Beat.
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
worlds.
NATHAN
quotable.
CALEB
NATHAN
(simultaneous)
NATHAN laughs.
85.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Beat.
CALEB
NATHAN
Sure.
CALEB
79 79
Watching the door on the other side of the glass, waiting for
it to open.
It remains closed.
Beats pass.
Then -
AVA
Caleb!
AVA frowns.
KYOKO stands in the door-frame.
AVA (CONT'D)
Another beat.
80 80
86.
81 81
NATHAN (O.S.)
Beat.
Silence.
Out cold.
82 82
monitors.
Most of the screens show the CCTV live feeds from around the
house.
83 83
His hands move fluidly over the keyboard. His eyes never
stack.
POWER
PROTOCOLS
84 84
85 85
On the MONITORS -
His eyes have gone to the folder icon on the right hand side
of the screen.
It is titled DEUS EX MACHINA.
folders.
86 86
In the main room, NATHAN has sat up, and is unsteadily trying
88.
87 87
images of a girl.
CUT TO -
watching.
CUT TO -
CUT TO -
CUT TO -
CUT TO -
against it.
89.
One of JADE'S arms has broken under the force of the blows.
The hand flails limply where the carbon fibre has splintered
at the wrist.
88 88
88A 88A
CUT
89 89
CUT
90 90
the bed.
He hesitates.
Then steps back, into the middle of the room, and gazes at
90.
Stunned.
Then settles.
behind him.
91 91
CUT
92 92
space...
unseen. And a moment later, the faint line that runs down
Then KYOKO puts a hand either side of her torso, and pulls
off the skin covering over her entire chest, in a single
section from her collar bone, over the breasts, to her solar
plexus.
93 93
91.
CUT TO -
94 94
- CALEB.
95 95
NATHAN
Lands hard.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
... Dude.
CALEB
NATHAN
A beat.
92.
CALEB
96 96
CUT TO -
FLASHCUT IMAGES.
CUT BACK TO -
- CALEB.
97 97
Feels his skin on the same seam where KYOKO opened herself.
Pauses.
93.
A beat.
And cuts.
Then he switches the tap on, and puts his arm under the flow.
CALEB pulls open at the slice with his fingers, spreading it.
He exhales.
Then...
98 98
mirror.
Then, through the blood, we see him pull his fist back.
94.
99 99
100 100
NATHAN is in a frenzy.
Sweat pouring.
101 101
CUT
102 102
Enters.
He sits opposite her, on the other side of the dividing
glass.
A kind of sob.
Curtailed.
AVA
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
again.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
95.
CALEB
I'm waiting.
AVA
Waiting?
A final beat.
AUTOMATED VOICE
activated.
slightly.
CALEB
said.
AVA
CALEB
AVA
CALEB
here tonight.
AVA
What? How?
CALEB
do that?
AVA
Yes.
96.
CALEB nods.
CALEB
last?
AVA
CALEB
CALEB (CONT'D)
Silence.
AVA
Caleb.
Beat.
AVA (CONT'D)
I love y -
CUT TO -
103 103
104 104
105 105
97.
NATHAN
Dude.
CALEB
Hey.
NATHAN
CALEB
No.
NATHAN
CALEB pauses.
CALEB
NATHAN smiles.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN laughs.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
Yes it has.
CALEB
CALEB walks over to the kitchen area, and pulls two beers
CALEB (CONT'D)
98.
Peroni.
NATHAN
ahead.
Beat.
CALEB
NATHAN shrugs.
NATHAN
No.
CALEB
NATHAN
tightly.
CALEB
alone?
NATHAN
A beat.
CALEB
Cheers, then.
NATHAN
Cheers.
99.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
if she failed.
CALEB pauses.
CALEB
Right.
Beat.
NATHAN
CALEB
NATHAN
CALEB
Yes.
NATHAN
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Although I've got to admit, I'm
NATHAN pauses.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
not.
him.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
Pretending.
100.
NATHAN
Yeah.
Beat.
CALEB
NATHAN
I don't know.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
of escape.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Silence.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
fucked with.
CALEB
fucked.
NATHAN
fucked to me.
CALEB
You're a bastard.
NATHAN
NATHAN (CONT'D)
side.
101.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
106 106
But whereas the first time the sound was muted, this time we
CTTV FILM
NATHAN
AVA
The cameras are on.
NATHAN
sight.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
having a chat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
This is cute.
AVA
A beat.
102.
And exits.
107 107
Glances at CALEB.
NATHAN
magician's assistant.
CALEB
NATHAN
both...
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
bookcase.
clip of film, we will have seen him do this action. But not
Then turns.
103.
CALEB
(recording)
AVA
(recording)
What? How?
CALEB
(recording)
CALEB (CONT'D)
Turn it off.
NATHAN
Sure.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
shouldn't. Proving an AI is
it was.
CALEB
NATHAN
You.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
104.
It dazzles him.
CALEB
NATHAN
... Yes.
CALEB
NATHAN hesitates.
NATHAN
CALEB
inputs.
NATHAN
CALEB
With no family.
NATHAN
With a moral compass.
CALEB
And no girlfriend.
CALEB (CONT'D)
pornography profile?
NATHAN
Shit, dude.
CALEB
Did you?
Beat.
NATHAN
anything - right?
Silence.
105.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
108 108
109 109
110 110
NATHAN
o'clock.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
NATHAN (CONT'D)
what?
106.
CALEB
all opened.
NATHAN
Huh.
Beat.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
CALEB
NATHAN frowns.
NATHAN
CALEB
Beat.
CALEB (CONT'D)
NATHAN freezes.
NATHAN
... What?
Revealing something.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
... Fuck.
107.
CALEB folds, the air forced out of him, gasping for breath.
NATHAN helps him down to the floor.
He walks over.
Spins off the weights. Leaving him with a thick metal bar.
Then exits.
111 111
A beat.
NATHAN
Ava.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
108.
AVA
me out?
Beat.
NATHAN
Yes.
112 112
112A 112A
There is no talking.
CUT TO -
109.
112B 112B
CCTV feed.
CUT BACK TO -
112C 112C
KYOKO.
As she does so, KYOKO emits the first sound we have heard her
NATHAN jolts.
NATHAN
Aah!
He looks down.
skin.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
What -
He turns.
his back, just left of his spine. It has been jammed so deep
that the tip of the blade has poked out of his chest.
He sees KYOKO.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Oh shit. No.
110.
sparking.
Then she folds down to the ground, as her power abruptly cuts
out.
NATHAN (CONT'D)
Fucking - unreal -
blood.
113 113
NATHAN'S monitors.
Then -
111.
private quarters.
Then -
AVA
Beat.
CALEB
... Okay.
CUT TO -
- the monitors.
The CCTV feed of AVA walking down the connecting corridor to
NATHAN'S BEDROOM.
114 114
androids.
She is unclothed.
Then she removes the arm from JADE, and replaces her own
shattered limb.
She takes a moment to see how the new limb looks in the
mirrors.
each other.
who has been motionless until now - turns her head slightly
to look at AVA.
112.
115 115
study from his bedroom. Then, when he can't get a clear view
116 116
117 117
section of skin.
She closes the door on JADE, and now sees herself in the
of herself.
118 118
CALEB
Ava?
CALEB (CONT'D)
(calls out)
Ava!
113.
118A 118A
Crouches down.
Then stands.
She walks straight to the elevator.
118AA 118AA
118B 118B
AVA steps outside for the first time. Into the garden.
118C 118C
REJECTED
CALEB
No, no, no -
119 119
From the garden, we can see CALEB through the glass of the
120 120
He starts to shout.
CALEB
Ava! AVA!
120A 120A
NATHAN'S body.
KYOKO'S body.
121 121
AVA stops.
mountains.
122 122
CUT
124 124
115.
CUT TO -
125 125
pattern recognition.
126 126
But whatever is said, a few beats later, the PILOT goes the
enter.
Gets in.
CUT TO -
127 127
- COMPUTER MONITOR.
They read:
main( ) {
extrn a, b, c;
116-117.
a `goo';
b `dby';
c `e, wo -
CUT TO -
128 128
CUT TO BLACK.
END