The Creator marks a rare occasion in Hollywood: a completely original science fiction film that also happens to cost a fraction of other major blockbusters.
Director Gareth Edwards is no stranger to spectacle, having kicked off Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse in 2014 with Godzilla and delivering arguably one of the best Star Wars films with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
With The Creator, he takes a more grounded approach to building out a world that’s been ravaged by a war between artificial intelligence and humanity.
At the tail end of this war, ex-special forces agent Joshua (John David Washington) is tapped for a mission to destroy a weapon the AI collective has developed, titled Alpha-01.
Joshua discovers that Alpha-01 has taken the form of a young girl, whom he names “Alphie” (Madeleine Yuna Voyles).
Joshua and Alphie start bonding despite his orders to terminate her, which leads him to interrogate his beliefs about the machines.
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