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14/12/1984 Science Fiction, Thriller, Action 1h 40m
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IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Crichton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Selleck

    Jack R. Ramsay

  2. Cynthia Rhodes

    Officer Karen Thompson

  3. Gene Simmons

    Dr. Charles Luther

  4. Kirstie Alley

    Jackie Rogers

  5. Stan Shaw

    Marvin

  6. G.W. Bailey

    Chief

  7. Joey Cramer

    Bobby Ramsay

  8. Chris Mulkey

    David Johnson

  9. Anne-Marie Martin

    Hooker at Bar

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-11
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$6,770,587.00

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