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The Creator (2023 film)
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The Creator is a 2023 American science fiction film about an ex-special forces agent who is recruited to hunt down and kill the "Creator", who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war by destroying mankind itself, but must choose whose side he is on when he discovers what the weapon actually is.
Directed by Gareth Edwards. Written by Edwards and Chris Weitz.
This is a fight for our very existence. (taglines)
Joshua Taylor
You got to be a good person to go to heaven.
They're not people, Maya. They're just programming.
Trust me, I'm getting you out of this.
I'll do anything to keep her safe.
[Written on the mirror] My best friends are software
Alphie
Then we're the same, we can't go to heaven. Because you're not good, and I'm not a person.
My name is not Bot. My name's Alphie. Remember?
They've come for me. I have to help.
To be free.
Maya
When the war started, they protected me. Took better care of me than the humans would.
General
Ten years ago today, the artificial intelligence designed to protect us detonated a nuclear warhead in Los Angeles. This is a fight for our existence.
General Andrews
Sergeant Taylor, we are this close to winning the war. But the AI are developing a secret weapon. Retrieve it. Or they win.
[To Joshua] Execute her or we go extinct.
Colonel Howell
You know, Neanderthal's got a bad rap. I mean, people talk about them like they were dumb, but... you know, turns out they made tools. They made clothes. They made medicine out of plants. They even made art. Little flower necklaces to bury their dead in. The only problem was there was a species that was smarter and meaner than them. Us. And we raped and murdered them out of existence.
Drew
Do you have any idea of what that thing is? She looks like a little girl now, but she's growing.
Shipley
[Arguing with Joshua] Whose side are you on, huh?
Uncredited Scientist/Engineer
[Heard through speech translator] Go make love to yourself. Go make love to your mother.
McBride
[Referring to Alphie] She looks like a little girl now, but she's growing. Whoever has that kid, wins the war.
Dialogue
Howell: Did you locate the weapon?
Joshua: Yeah, it's just a kid!?
Alphie: What's Heaven?
Joshua: It's a peaceful place in the sky.
Alphie: Are you going to Heaven?
Joshua: No. You gotta be a good person to go to Heaven.
Alphie: Then we're the same, we can't go to heaven. Because you're not good, and I'm not a person.
Kami: What do you want, sweetie?
Alphie: For robots to be free.
Kami: Oh. We don't have that in the fridge. How about ice cream?
Colonel Howell: Taylor, where is Shipley?
Joshua: I'm with him right now. He's in pretty bad shape.
Colonel Howell: Alright. Listen to me. Did you locate the weapon?
Joshua: Yeah. It's here. I'm with it.
Colonel Howell: Describe it.
Joshua: It's a kid. It's a kid. They've made it into some kind of kid. That's the weapon.
Colonel Howell: What? I can't reach you. You have to bring it in. Do you understand?
Joshua: No. Shipley can't move. He's not looking good. At all. Police are everywhere. I don't know how I'm getting out right now. I don't even have an exit strategy right now.
Colonel Howell: Then do what you have to do. Kill it.
Joshua: What?
Taglines
From the director of Rogue One
This is a fight for our very existence.
Cast
John David Washington - Joshua Taylor
Madeleine Yuna Voyles - Alpha-O / Alphie
Gemma Chan - Maya Fey-Taylor / Nirmata
Allison Janney - Howell
Ken Watanabe - Harun
Sturgill Simpson - Drew
Amar Chadha-Patel - Omni / Sek-on / Sergeant Bui
Marc Menchaca - McBride
Robbie Tann - Shipley
Ralph Ineson - Andrews
Michael Esper - Cotton
Veronica Ngo - Cami
External links
11858890 The Creator
Category:2023 films
Category:Action films
Category:Science fiction films
Category:2020s American films
Category:Thriller films
Category:Post-apocalyptic films
Category:Films set in Los Angeles
Category:Films set in Tokyo
Category:War films
Category:Films about robots
Category:Films directed by Gareth Edwards