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Play trailer 2:24 Poster for Morgan R Released Sep 2, 2016 1h 28m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a bioengineered child who began walking and talking after one month of existence, exceeding the wildest expectations of her creators. When Morgan attacks one of her handlers, a corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) visits the remote, top-secret facility where she's kept to assess the risks of keeping her alive. When the girl breaks free and starts running amok, the staff members find themselves in a dangerous lockdown with an unpredictable and violent synthetic human.
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Morgan neglects to develop its decent premise, opting instead to settle for a garden-variety sci-fi thriller with more action than ideas.

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Kate Erbland indieWire "What is Morgan?" the film's marketing campaign has been asking for weeks. Turns out, Morgan is just another sci-fi film that's only engineered to disappoint. Rated: D Jan 2, 2017 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) An initially intriguing but ultimately flimsy sci-fi action thriller. Oct 10, 2016 Full Review Stephanie Zacharek TIME Magazine Morgan is an unassuming little thriller, nicely put together and engaging enough while you're watching, though its memory is likely to vaporize hours, or even minutes, after you've seen it. Sep 7, 2016 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Has a lot in common with dozens of science-fiction stories but doesn't have any innovative ideas of its own. Rated: 2/4 Apr 11, 2022 Full Review Kip Mooney College Movie Review A nasty little thriller that doesn't have anything of substance to say. Rated: B Aug 28, 2021 Full Review Ian Brill Battleship Pretension Unfortunately, the high point of Taylor-Joy's performance also signals the film's downfall... Apr 13, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael L Pretty awful movie. Another mega corporation (just called corporate throughout), creates a human/weapon in a lab. Seemingly, no one in the movie understands what they are spending seven years of their lives in total isolation for, except the risk manager and mother. Corporate has the money to create this weapon, but doesn't seem to give a crap about putting any security protocols in place. Nothing to protect people in the lab, no security, a tall chain link fence protecting the people and facility. Very weak sauce. There's more rigor conducted by the US Army when purchasing a new handgun, than for corporate creating a human/machine bio-weapon. Any psych evals on your staff throughout the years. That probably would have alerted corporate and everyone else they are getting too attached to a weapons program. Basically, everyone fell in love with a manipulative ticking time bomb. I can suspend some disbelief, but this movie was barely watchable. I wish people would stop writing such terrible sci-fi movies. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/25 Full Review Rick D Morgan is a deeply underrated because people, quite naturally, are buying into its deceptive framing and thinking of Morgan as human. Nearly every human character in the movie has fallen into this trap after all. The movie actually does a good job developing a diverse group of characters and tracking their responses to Morgan's actions. Morgan is a hybrid that is operating with a very primitive operating system that's attempting to understand its rudimentary emotional framework. But her rampage has logic to it. Morgan makes for an interesting counterpart to Ex Machina. While I'd say the latter is the superior movie, Morgan is better than what it seems to become: just another count-the-deaths killfest. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/25 Full Review Jeff R One of the dumbest movies I've ever watched. I did not care about any character in this film. I caught myself wanted all the characters to be killed off. If the idea was to get me to feel sorry for Morgan, it was a huge box office failure! I wanted her to die the most! This is a one and done movie, I will never watch it again and would not recommend it to anybody. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/25 Full Review Garrett M I'm not entirely sure why this movie received so many negative reviews because I was actually surprised with how entertaining it was. I like the tone of the movie and the ideas it touches on. The acting was good and the plot was executed well. I would recommend it to any sci-fi fan or thriller fan. It's definitely worth a watch and it's definitely not a 30%. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/08/25 Full Review John S Don't put too much stock in the reviews for this one. The reason why they're all over the place is because this is one of those movies where a large portion of the audience is only watching to see a particular actor, and whether or not they liked the movie or threw a tantrum over it depends on who they're watching the movie for. Basically - if you're cheering for character 'A' you will like it, but if you're cheering for character 'B' or 'C' you will dislike it. The bone of contention here is the ending because not everyone survives (obviously). The character I was rooting for (played by the actor I was watching it for) prevailed, so I liked it. Other people are flipping tables because the horse they bet on (and showed up for) got smoked. lol On a side note, I loved Kate Mara's character in this. She had a lot of personal agency, intellect, etc., but without being a marry-sue or a girl-boss. She also had strikingly sharp looking business formal attire the entire time, which I couldn't help but notice. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review Jake D There are many ideas that should work here: the question of AI vs humanity, the difficulty of maintaining distance when your subject is a child, the deadliness of a child assassin. It has a stellar cast, including a scene-stealing Paul Giamatti and a severely under-utilized Michelle Yeoh and Brian Cox. Unfortunately, this is a soulless and confused movie that cares more about its visuals and pseudo-intellectualism than crafting a compelling narrative. At the end, the only question we are left with is whether watching Kate Mara drown a child is truly the victory it wants to be? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a bioengineered child who began walking and talking after one month of existence, exceeding the wildest expectations of her creators. When Morgan attacks one of her handlers, a corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) visits the remote, top-secret facility where she's kept to assess the risks of keeping her alive. When the girl breaks free and starts running amok, the staff members find themselves in a dangerous lockdown with an unpredictable and violent synthetic human.
Director
Luke Scott
Producer
Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam
Screenwriter
Seth W. Owen
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Scott Free Productions
Rating
R (Some Language|Brutal Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 2, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.9M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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