Review of Morgan (2016) by Greg C — 04 Sep 2016

A shady corporation has developed an AI in the form a rapidly grown girl named Morgan. What will the outcome be? I give this one points for being well shot by director Luke Scott and his team. I was intrigued by the contrast between ramshackle buildings and a concrete hi-tech bunker, but failed to deduce what the metaphor might mean.

This is not my type of film, much like horror films aren't my cup of tea. This is not a horror film, but takes it's kernel of an idea and runs that same kind of simplified trope, where nearly everybody make wrong decisions, from before the film starts.

Kate Mara does a suitable job. There is a strong supporting cast which includes Michelle Yeoh (recently of the Mechanic 2) , Paul Giamatti, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and the always solid Brian Cox. Slight spoiler here.

The only thing I felt really artistically intriguing was that our eponymous AI, might be the metaphorical projection of the psyche of our behaviorist named Amy, played by Rose Leslie. We see this in the use of reflections during a conversation in the glass cage.

It suggests strongly that Amy and Morgan are one persona. Some people might like this thriller for a number of brutal girl fights. This is definitely a watch at home kind of flick. It suffers poorly from comparisons to Ex Machina (which I didn't much like either).

Is Morgan a Super-Solider? The program objectives are clearly weaponized, but not super clear. In the end, the movie's emotional pallet leaves one cool, like something in the shade.