Tech thriller starring Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman and Rebecca Hall. As scientists achieve technological singularity (the point at which artificial intelligence surpasses the intellect of humans), a radical anti-technology organisation fights to stop them. The directorial debut for Christopher Nolan's long-time cinematographer, Wally Pfister.
If you’re planning to watch Transcendence simply to see Johnny Depp as nature intended (no wigs, crazy makeup or prosthetics) you might be disappointed. As Will Caster, a scientist who becomes a ghost in the machine, Depp’s performance, largely portrayed as the equivalent of a Skype call, is about as electrifying as your new iPad mini.
Full reviewThe script and Pfister’s heavy, humorless direction tend to reduce everything to simplistic standoffs between good and evil.
Full reviewNot even in the enjoyable realm of starkly ridiculous Cold War thrillers like "Colossus: The Forbin" Project.
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A dark, lurchingly entertaining pastiche of age-old worries, future-shock jolts, hot-button topics and old-fashioned genre thrills.
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Suffers from terrible timing, arriving a few months after Spike Jonze charmed audiences with his semi-futuristic love story Her.
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Pfister shows a sure hand at staging scenes, creating visuals and setting a tone.
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