"The Creator" is a 2023 American epic science fiction action thriller film directed by Gareth Edwards, who co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Weitz). The film is set in a future where there is a war between humans and artificial intelligence. John David Washington plays Joshua, a former special forces agent who 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. Along with his team of elite operatives, Joshua journeys across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory, only to discover that the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.

The film has a runtime of 133 minutes and was released in the United States on September 29, 2023, by 20th Century Studios). It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction by Edwards, ambitious visuals, production value, and world-building, with criticism being directed at the screenplay). The film stars John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney, and Madeleine Yuna Voyles (in her film debut)).