Posts Tagged ‘robot-as-menace’

Runaway (1984)

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Selleck, Tom | Rhodes, Cynthia | Simmons, Gene | Alley, Kirstie | Shaw, Stan | Bailey, G.W. | Cramer, Joey | Mulkey, Chris | Martin, Anne-Marie | Chan, Michael Paul | Norment, Elizabeth | Teasdale, Carol | Davies, Jackson | Batten, Paul | Chula, Babs
Directors: Crichton, Michael
Download: DivX iPod 

A police officer specializes in runaway robots in the near future. When a robot becomes homicidal, he begins to unravel a mastermind’s plot to create killer robot weapons, and then the policeman becomes a target himself.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Furlong, Edward | Patrick, Robert | Boen, Earl | Morton, Joe | Merkerson, S. Epatha | Guerra, Castulo | Cooksey, Danny | Goldstein, Jenette | Berkeley, Xander | Hamilton, Linda | Gibbel, Ken | Winley, Robert | Schrum, Peter
Directors: Cameron, James
Download: DivX iPod 

Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

I, Robot (2004)

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Genres: Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Moynahan, Bridget | Tudyk, Alan | Cromwell, James | Greenwood, Bruce | Ricard, Adrian | McBride, Chi | Wasserman, Jerry | Hogan, Fiona | Shinkoda, Peter | Chen, Terry | Haysom, David | Heindl, Scott | Wilkins, Sharon | March, Craig
Directors: Proyas, Alex
Download: DVD DivX iPod PDA 

Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of “robotophobic” Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner’s (Smith) investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny (Tudyk), appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there’s nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe… they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin (Moynahan), who specializes in the psyches of robots.

Red Planet (2000)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Genres: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Jessica Morton | Kilmer, Val | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Bratt, Benjamin | Sizemore, Tom | Baker, Simon | Stamp, Terence | Morton, Jessica B. | Bossi, Caroline | Neill, Bob
Directors: Hoffman, Antony
Download: DVD DivX PDA 

In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity’s only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man’s destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Schwarzenegger, Arnold | Stahl, Nick | Danes, Claire | Loken, Kristanna | Andrews, David | Famiglietti, Mark | Boen, Earl | Harris, Moira | Bernet, Chopper | Lawford, Christopher | Hennesy, Carolyn | Acovone, Jay | Gainey, M.C. | Merson, Susan | Morehead, Elizabeth
Directors: Mostow, Jonathan
Download: DVD DivX PDA 

More than 10 years after ‘Terminator 2′, John Connor now exists only as a drifter - living ‘off the grid’, so no more Terminators from the future can hunt him down. Unfortunately, SkyNet does send another one back - and this one is called the T-X, even more powerful & advanced than the dreaded T-1000. However, another CSM-101 Terminator is also sent back to protect John against the T-X. Now, Skynet is patiently assuming control of civilian computer systems, under the guise of a computer virus. John has also met his future wife, Kate Brewster, whose father - a U.S. Air Force General - is in charge of the military computer systems & is leery of up linking SkyNet. However, when the SkyNet virus infects the U.S military computers & leaves the country open to attack, the machines begin their horrific takeover. Soon a nuclear war will result - and the war against the machines will begin. Can the outdated CSM-101 Terminator eliminate the highly advanced T-X - or will a darker future await man following the nuclear attack?