Rating: 5.9/10
Director: Luke Scott
Writer: Seth W. Owen
Stars: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Michael Yare
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Released: 02 Sep 2016

Synopsis: The opening scene shows Dr. Kathy Grieff (Jennifer Jason Leigh) entering a secured room. She is there to meet with Morgan (Anya Taylor-Joy), and the whole thing is seen through surveillance cameras. Kathy sits down to have lunch with Morgan. Morgan looks at her own hands curiously on both sides as Kathy says she couldn’t get “them” to let Morgan go outside. Morgan pushes aside everything on the table, jumps over it, and begins to stab Kathy in the eye. Two other doctors enter to intervene and sedate Morgan. Lee Weathers (Kate Mara), a risk management consultant, travels to the facility where the incident took place. She meets Amy Menser (Rose Leslie), Morgan’s behaviorist, and Skip Vronsky (Boyd Holbrook), the team’s nutritionist. Lee then goes to meet Dr. Simon Ziegler (Toby Jones), who explains to her the creation of Morgan. After two failed experiments, Morgan was a creation of synthetic life that matured at a rapid rate over six months, where she now maintains the appearance of a young woman. Lee is also shown a video of the incident, showing that Morgan has managed to develop emotions as well. She has spent most of her time with Amy, who treats Morgan like a sister. Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) plays Morgan, an artificially-created humanoid kept in seclusion at an isolated facility in the middle of a forest. She’s only five, but looks like a sullen teenager. For unclear reasons, Morgan goes bananas and stabs one of her doctors (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in the eye. Lee Weathers (Kate Mara), a risk-management consultant from the corporation that funded Morgan’s creation, is dispatched to the location to determine whether or not she should be terminated. Paul Giamatti plays a doctor also brought in to do psychological testing. Things do not go well. Morgan has clearly malfunctioned.