
The Creator (2023)
This is a fight for our very existence.
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The Creator rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About The Creator
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.
Cast of The Creator

John David Washington
as Joshua

Madeleine Yuna Voyles
as Alphie

Gemma Chan
as Maya

Allison Janney
as Colonel Howell

Ken Watanabe
as Harun

Sturgill Simpson
as Drew

Amar Chadha-Patel
as Omni / SEK-ON / Sergeant Bui

Marc Menchaca
as McBride

Robbie Tann
as Shipley

Ralph Ineson
as General Andrews

Michael Esper
as Captain Cotton

Veronica Ngô
as Kami
The Creator facts
- Budget
- $80M
- Box office
- $104.3M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Cyberpunk aesthetics and dystopian world building impress visually
- •AI humanity questions explore philosophical themes amid action
- •Southeast Asian setting refreshes sci fi action genre conventions
What the audience disliked
- •Narrative complexity sometimes obscures character emotional development
- •Second half pacing struggles balancing exposition and action momentum
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