Transcendence
Alcon Entertainment (2014)
Action, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
119 mins
PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Johnny DeppWill Caster
Rebecca HallEvelyn Caster
Paul BettanyMax Waters
Cillian MurphyAgent Buchanan
Kate MaraBree
Cole HauserColonel Stevens
Morgan FreemanJoseph Tagger
Clifton Collins Jr.Martin
Cory HardrictJoel Edmund
Falk HentschelBob
Josh StewartPaul
Luce RainsRoger
Fernando ChienHeng
Steven LiuChiu
Xander BerkeleyDr. Thomas Casey
Director Wally Pfister
Producer Brad Arensman
Yolanda T. Cochran
Writer Jack Paglen
Cinematography Jess Hall
Musician Mychael Danna
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed—to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can…but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will’s thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, the end of which is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is that there may be no way to stop him.