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Transcendence (2014)

Transcendence poster
Directed by
Wally Pfister
Genre
drama film, action film, science fiction film, thriller film, dystopian film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 59m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 5,841 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of scientists works to complete a powerful artificial intelligence project while being hunted by extremists who oppose technology.

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What happens

Transcendence is a 2014 American science fiction thriller film directed by Wally Pfister (in his directorial debut) and written by Jack Paglen. The film stars Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy and Cole Hauser, and follows a group of scientists who race to finish an artificial intelligence project while being targeted by a radical anti-technology organization. Paglen's screenplay was listed on the 2012 edition of The Black List, a list of popular unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Transcendence was considered to be a box-office bomb, grossing $103 million against a budget of as much as $150 million. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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