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5.5/10 • 249

1984-12-141h 40m

Science FictionCrimeThrillerDrama

IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

Directors
Michael Crichton
Editors
Glenn Farr

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  1. Tom Selleck

    Tom Selleck

    Jack R. Ramsay

  2. Cynthia Rhodes

    Cynthia Rhodes

    Officer Karen Thompson

  3. Gene Simmons

    Gene Simmons

    Dr. Charles Luther

  4. Kirstie Alley

    Kirstie Alley

    Jackie Rogers

  5. Stan Shaw

    Stan Shaw

    Marvin

  6. G.W. Bailey

    G.W. Bailey

    Chief

  7. Joey Cramer

    Joey Cramer

    Bobby Ramsay

  8. Chris Mulkey

    Chris Mulkey

    David Johnson

  9. Anne-Marie Martin

    Anne-Marie Martin

    Hooker at Bar

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 11, 2023

10/10

This is sort of a more realistic Terminator. I mean, we aren't going to see cyborgs marching over the earth, that would be entirely inefficient. But we already see a lot of robots like this, and they will be our downfall... ... for economic depression alone, even if the singularity never happens. Anyway, it is DATED, in fact it redefines dated and when I saw it in the early 90s as a kid (thank you Suncoast Video) it was dated... but it was fun. It tells a great story, Jack Ramsay is believable and not an over the top action hero (Thank you Tom Selleck) and it moves along at a nice and steady pace being just science fiction enough to be sci-fi and just grounded enough to be believable. And, revisiting it decades later, it still works despite how dated it is. So you are left entertained despite Alley once more playing 80s Girl and not an actual character. I mean, lets face it, any movie where Gene Simmons does a decent acting job, that is not only a good movie, but has a great director that knows how to get what he needs from actors.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000.00
Revenue
$6,770,587.00
Keywords
futurechasetechnologyrevengemurderconspiracyrobotexplosion