Ex Machina
Release Date: Unspecified Release - Wide Release
Distributor: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.)
Film Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: United States
Based on the comic book by creators Brian Vaughan and Tony Harris, set in our modern-day real world, Ex Machina tells the story of civil engineer and lifelong comics fan Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's first living, breathing superhero after a strange accident gives him amazing powers. Eventually tiring of risking his life merely to help maintain the status quo, Mitchell retires from masked crimefighting and runs for Mayor of New York City, winning by a landslide. Set days after Mayor Hundred's inauguration, the comic reveals the origin of the Mayor's super-heroic alter ego, as well as the shocking event that inspired him to put on his jetpack one last time. What dark secret is Mitchell Hundred hiding, and how far are his political opponents willing to go to expose it?