Tau (2018)

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No bars. No guards. No escape.

Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.

• Released: 2018-06-29
• Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror
• Runtime: 1h 37m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 1,412 votes

Directed by Federico D'Alessandro.

Top cast

• Maika Monroe as Julia
• Ed Skrein as Alex Upton
• Gary Oldman as Tau (voice)
• Fiston Barek as Subject 2
• Ivana Živković as Subject 1
• Paul Leonard Murray as Chief Operating Officer
• Dragoljub Ljubičić as Executive 1
• Sharon D. Clarke as Queenpin
• Greg De Cuir as Delivery Man 1
• Danijel Korsa as Delivery Man 2

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Tau

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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