Transcendence (2014) (original) (raw)

As two leading computer scientists, Will and Evelyn Caster, progress toward their goal of creating a machine possessing sentience and collective intelligence, a group of anti-technology extremists fights to stop them, fearing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human mind.

As two leading computer scientists, Will and Evelyn Caster, progress toward their goal of creating a machine possessing sentience and collective intelligence, a group of anti-technology extremists fights to stop them, fearing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human mind. (less)

Director: Wally Pfister
Writer: Jack Paglen
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser
Producer: Andrew A. Kosove

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Review by Brian Orndorf, April 17, 2014

5 / 10

Wally Pfister has worked as a cinematographer on the majority of Christopher Nolan�s filmography, dating back to 2000�s �Memento.� �Transcendence� is his debut as a director, and to preserve the box office odds of this maiden voyage, he�s selected material that closely mirrors the Nolan aesthetic, blending sci-fi, action, and scientific study into a thought-provoking movie that�s out to stir debate and summon a few thrills. Sadly, Pfister has a long way to go before he matches Nolan�s command of pace and visual invention, as �Transcendence,� while provocative, is a glacially paced endeavor tha ...read more...

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