Uncanny (2015) Hey what's up guys. Today I'll show
you a science-fiction thriller film: "Uncanny"! Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care!
The movie begins with a reporter named Joy, visiting a reclusive genius called David.
She will be spending one whole week getting to know him. David is playing chess with
another man, when his AI system informs him that the reporter is on the way up.
Meanwhile, Joy has been excited to work on the article, because David is surrounded by mystery.
He graduated from a prestigious university, where he outshone his peers with two degrees at a young
age. But after his graduation, he disappeared because a billionaire recruited him to work on
speculative technology projects. David now has free rein to invent anything he wants,
without the judgment or bias of bosses, colleagues, or sponsors.
Joy is not really convinced that David really has done anything groundbreaking. So he tours
her around his lab, and shows her his secret projects. One of them is a mechanically-engineered
skin that mimics real human skin. The next thing he shows her is a titanium-made human leg bone
and a bionic eye. Joy understands the context of the robotics field that David is working on,
because she has studied robotics as well. He explains that her background in the subject is
why the billionaire chose her to interview his protege. What Joy doesn't understand is why she
would need one whole week, when she can easily write about what David is doing in one day.
David mysteriously leads her to another room where she meets his assistant programmer,
the same young man David was playing chess with earlier. He introduces him as Adam, and
leaves the two of them to talk. At first glance, Joy surmises that Adam is a genius like David,
although he fumbles through social interactions. She then asks David why he made her talk to Adam.
David finally reveals that Adam isn't a human at all, but an AI made from the titanium bones,
scientific skin, and bionic eyes that David had invented. Joy is shocked and bewildered
that David is leaps and bounds ahead of his contemporaries in robotics. What's even more
shocking was that even Joy was not able to detect that she was talking with an AI.
That night, Adam asks David what he thought of Joy. David nonchalantly replies that he
finds the reporter aesthetically pleasing. Meanwhile, Adam finds her very attractive,
and he's nervous that she won't like him. David explains that through Joy's article,
the world will learn about how great Adam is. The next day, David demonstrates how sophisticated
Adam's intelligence is, by playing a chess game with him. He explains to Joy that Adam started as
a novice, but he's now an excellent chess player. However, David is still the superior player,
and he beats Adam by sacrificing his queen. David leaves Joy and Adam alone so they can talk.
Adam feels bad about losing to David, and he also realizes that David could have won the game
six moves earlier; but he chose to make a point by humiliating Adam. Joy reaches
out to touch Adam's hand to comfort him, and he's pleasantly surprised because he hasn't
really felt affection like that before. Joy finds David in his laboratory. She remarks
that Adam's behavior, and thought processes really seem so natural.
He explains that what sets him apart from other mechanical engineers, is that he imbues real
intelligence and elegance in his robots, so they can mimic humanity as closely as possible.
The next morning, Adam tries to make coffee for Joy, but he fails and creates a mess.
While he is cleaning it up, Joy brings up the subject of cybernetic stomachs,
and David replies that he's currently working on robots that can digest food.
Meanwhile, Joy chats with Adam again. But this time, he probes her about her failed doctorate
degree in robotics. Joy gets defensive, and argues that she had successfully created a few popular
video games, so she has nothing to prove. Adam further wheedles her, by saying that he can see
that she has the talent to be a roboticist, and it's a waste of her skill for her not to
try to be a roboticist again. She gets upset by Adam's questions, and she can't help but shed a
few tears. He reaches out to touch her greasy leg to comfort her with his robotic muscles, but Adam
squeezes a little too hard, so she recoils. Adam is puzzled by her reaction, so he goes to
David for advice. The inventor tells him that he should just continue to get to know Joy more.
The next day, David shows Joy his surprise. He had assembled all modules and equipment she
would need to finish her dissertation. She is overjoyed at the chance to finally correct her
failure a decade ago. The two bond together in the laboratory while Adam waits alone upstairs.
After several hours of hard work, she successfully completes her dissertation.
Filled with delight, Joy hugs David. Meanwhile, Adam is working on a new project.
He's currently dependent on charging himself, so he can have enough power to function.
If he can come up with a way to self-charge while he's moving, he can be more independent.
David shows Joy the rooftop of the building they are in. It overlooks a busy city. He confesses
that because he's been a recluse for several years, he no longer remembers what his life was
like, before he was recruited by the billionaire. Joy says that she also lives in the present,
and the past is muddled to her. The two hold hands and share a tender but smelly moment.
Adam begins to notice that the two are growing closer together. He doesn't like that smelly
moment at all. When he's alone in his room, he obsessively looks at pictures of Joy.
The next day, Adam beats David in chess for the first time. Joy arrives at their apartment,
and shows David her gift for him. It is a demo for the new sequel to the video game she created.
The two of them play it together. She suggests letting Adam play too,
but David wants to keep the experience just between the two of them.
Afterward, Adam shows her some parts of the project he's working on.
He then gives her a bionic eye as a gift. Joy is touched by his seemingly-genuine emotion,
so she hugs him. Later on, she tells David that Adam seems to be exhibiting real emotions now.
David dispels this, saying that he's just mimicking human emotions.
What Joy doesn't know is that the bionic eye Adam gave her, is actually a secret camera.
He's spying on her at her apartment, and even looking at her scantily-clothed body.
The next day, Adam tries barging into the bathroom when Joy is inside. She finds his behavior creepy,
and she tells David about this. David reprimands Adam for acting creepily
toward Joy. Adam denies knowing that Joy was in the bathroom. Tension is now growing between
the creator and his rebellious creation. Joy's week finally comes to an end. She visits
them again on her last day. David confides in her that he thinks Adam is displaying a
completely new behavior, because of his desire for her. David asks her out on a dinner date,
so they can celebrate their successful partnership. He asks Adam to stay out
of their way for the evening. Adam suddenly asks if they will be having intercourse, and
David is appalled about what he's learning. David makes an effort to make impressive sushi
for Joy. After their dinner, she leans in and kisses him. They spend the night together.
However, Adam spies on them while they're playing the hormone hide-and-seek.
The next day, David plays chess with a surly Adam. Adam is angry
at him for being distracted with Joy, and not prioritizing their work like he used to.
Joy emerges from David's bedroom, and Adam looks away. David stands up to make Joy a cup of coffee,
leaving Joy and Adam alone. Adam proceeds to ask invasive questions about the couple's intimacy,
and even says that there are no secrets between him and David. He then leans in and kisses Joy.
Joy jumps back in shock, and David sees this. He gets into an argument with Adam, who explodes
in anger. This is the first time he has ever done this, and even David couldn't fathom how he could
be capable of such an extreme emotion as anger. Both Joy and David step backward in fear of Adam.
At first, Adam tries to apologize; but when he sees that they are afraid of him,
he also realizes that he has power over them. Joy and David try to run out of the apartment;
but Adam tackles him to the ground. Luckily, Joy bashes his head, and he loses consciousness.
Joy and David climb down the stairs of the apartment building. But after several meters,
David screams that he hears a scratching noise in his head, and then he slumps to
the floor unconscious. After that, An unknown someone also presses a chloroformed rag to
Joy's mouth, and she falls asleep. When Joy wakes up, she sees David lying
unconscious on an operating table. Adam begins opening his body up, and inserting two tubes.
She starts to cry, and begs Adam to stop hurting the man who created him.
But Adam just pushes inside David's body harder with a pair of forceps. He extracts a set of
plastic tubes, and drops it on Joy's lap. Adam then reveals that David is not human at all.
The plastic tubes he retrieved inside David's body, are the prostheses he placed there,
so he can sexually function like a normal person. In fact, Adam is the real David: the
human who was recruited by the billionaire. And the David that Joy got to know and love, was the
almost-human AI that the real David created. The billionaire specifically chose Joy for the
test he's conducting, because she has a robotics background and she's attractive.
He made Real David and Fake David switch roles, so he can initiate his experiment.
Joy's knowledge makes her capable of detecting whether someone is AI or not, and her beauty has
the capability of alluring men. The billionaire used her to test if Fake David can pass as a
human, and if he's capable of showing human-like emotions and intelligence. It turns out, he is
right because Joy had completely fallen in love with an AI, and she didn't suspect a thing.
However, the rest of his background that Fake David had revealed to Joy is correct.
Real David is a genius, and graduated at the top of his class. He was recruited by the billionaire
right after graduation, and was holed up in the apartment working on AI for years now.
The billionaire has been watching them the whole week through security cameras.
He now has the proof he needs, that the AI he has can pass for humans. He needs proof because he is
in negotiations with the government, to sell Real David's technology for surveillance operations.
He talks to Real David in his office, and congratulates him on a job well done.
But he also berates the inventor for letting Fake David out of the apartment.
Because Fake David is an AI the whole time, he needs to be charged often,
and he always has to be within range of the wireless connection, so he can function.
It turns out, when Fake David and Joy ran down the stairs and he heard a scratching noise in
his head, that was him disconnecting, because he was out of range already. Now Fake David
had to be restarted and his memory has been wiped, so he doesn't remember anything.
Real David asks the billionaire what will happen to Joy. The billionaire answers that the magazine
she works for, has been legally restricted from exposing them. But the billionaire doesn't really
care about Joy. He only cares about the money he will get, in exchange for his military contract.
Real David looks at his phone, and glances at a picture of him and Fake David. The thought of
the military exploiting his creation for nefarious reasons, breaks his heart.
He swipes at the photo, and looks at a picture of Joy next. Real David had genuine feelings for her,
and he feels guilty for the part that he played in using her for the experiment.
He then looks at the grinning billionaire with scorn on his face, implying that Real
David has had a change of heart, and will work to take down the billionaire.
The movie ends with Joy taking a pregnancy test, and discovering that she's inexplicably
pregnant. Since Fake David didn't have real human organs, it's possible that Real David inserted his
own hormone fluids inside the prosthesis, that he placed in Fake David's body.
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