'The Creator' review: Beautifully poignant sci-fi epic puts the humanity in A.I


Looks like the machines have finally found Sarah Connor. — Photos: Handout

Humans and artificial intelligence have been fighting each other in movies for years. From the Terminator franchise's Skynet wiping our humans, to The Matrix reducing us to mere batteries, the general consensus has always been "humans good, A.I bad".

Well, Gareth Edwards’ latest film, The Creator, flips that on its head and delivers a movie that at its core is a story of finding a human heart within an artificial intelligence.

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You won't look at A.I the same way again.

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