There's an US complex named Colossus , created by Dr. Charles Forbin (Eric Braeden) and is the product of years of work toward a single goal : build a sophisticated and impregnable computer that can run America's missile defenses without interference from humans, and retaliate at once to any threat an enemy might pose. But it becomes too big
for its bytes and it launches its own plan for world domination. Thinking this will prevent war , the US government gives the impenetrable super computer total control over launching nuclear missiles . But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators. When some orders are disobeyed it alarms the President (Gordon Pinsent) , and he commands a disconnection. But then the super computer teams instead with its Soviet equal . We built a super computer with a mind of its own and now we must fight it for the world!.This is the dawning of the Age of Colossus (where peace is compulsory... freedom is forbidden... and Man's greatest invention could be Man's greatest mistake).
This suspense thriller was well based on the novel by D. F. Jones about a super computer runs amok by attempting world domination and using its superior intelligence to sabotage man at every turn . Wire-tight , intriguing and suspenseful movie seems at once dated yet timely . This brooding production is disturbing , thought-provoking , believable and very well made . Filmed in Panavision with adequate cinematography by Gene Polito and weird musical score by Michael Colombier ; including traditional special efects with a computer designed to manage US defence formed with an incredibly vast complex of reel-to-reel tapes, pilot lights , buttons and punch tapes .Lack of towered stars and downbeat story kept it from becoming the box-office hit it deserved , but the movie would find new fans on internet and nowadays it's considered a cult movie . If flick doesn't displays great stars there're efficient actors giving nice interpretations such as Eric Braeden , Susan Clark and Gordon Pinsent as US President . And support cast appearing here and there some familiar faces , such as : William Schallert , Georg Stanford Brown , Robert Cornthwaite , Robert Quarry and James Hong who today goes on playing.
This nail-biting , chilling and heart-pounding motion picture was compellingly directed by Joseph Sargent , without a doubt one of the best movies of the seventies . Sargent directed as TV as cinema films with enjoyable results . Desperate , swift , nimble realization from Sargent who has made some of television's finest hours , it's been a monster hit in the 70s . Joseph made all kinds of genres , such as Comedy : ¨Coast to coast¨, ¨Tribes¨; Court-room drama : ¨Never forget¨ ; Sports : ¨Golden girl¨ ; Sci-Fi: ¨Colossus the forbidden Project¨ ; Biography : ¨MacArthur¨ , ¨Abraham¨, ¨Manions of America¨, ¨Mandela and Klerk¨ , ¨Arturo Sandoval story¨ , ¨WWII when lions roared¨; Terror : ¨Nightmares¨, ¨Jaws, the revenge¨ ; Drama : ¨The incident¨, ¨A lesson before dying¨ , ¨Passion Flower¨ ; Novels adaptation : ¨Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment¨ ; Western : ¨Streets of Laredo¨ , and action ¨while lightning¨. Rating : 7.5/10 . Better than average . Worthwhile watching.
This suspense thriller was well based on the novel by D. F. Jones about a super computer runs amok by attempting world domination and using its superior intelligence to sabotage man at every turn . Wire-tight , intriguing and suspenseful movie seems at once dated yet timely . This brooding production is disturbing , thought-provoking , believable and very well made . Filmed in Panavision with adequate cinematography by Gene Polito and weird musical score by Michael Colombier ; including traditional special efects with a computer designed to manage US defence formed with an incredibly vast complex of reel-to-reel tapes, pilot lights , buttons and punch tapes .Lack of towered stars and downbeat story kept it from becoming the box-office hit it deserved , but the movie would find new fans on internet and nowadays it's considered a cult movie . If flick doesn't displays great stars there're efficient actors giving nice interpretations such as Eric Braeden , Susan Clark and Gordon Pinsent as US President . And support cast appearing here and there some familiar faces , such as : William Schallert , Georg Stanford Brown , Robert Cornthwaite , Robert Quarry and James Hong who today goes on playing.
This nail-biting , chilling and heart-pounding motion picture was compellingly directed by Joseph Sargent , without a doubt one of the best movies of the seventies . Sargent directed as TV as cinema films with enjoyable results . Desperate , swift , nimble realization from Sargent who has made some of television's finest hours , it's been a monster hit in the 70s . Joseph made all kinds of genres , such as Comedy : ¨Coast to coast¨, ¨Tribes¨; Court-room drama : ¨Never forget¨ ; Sports : ¨Golden girl¨ ; Sci-Fi: ¨Colossus the forbidden Project¨ ; Biography : ¨MacArthur¨ , ¨Abraham¨, ¨Manions of America¨, ¨Mandela and Klerk¨ , ¨Arturo Sandoval story¨ , ¨WWII when lions roared¨; Terror : ¨Nightmares¨, ¨Jaws, the revenge¨ ; Drama : ¨The incident¨, ¨A lesson before dying¨ , ¨Passion Flower¨ ; Novels adaptation : ¨Dostoevsky's Crime and punishment¨ ; Western : ¨Streets of Laredo¨ , and action ¨while lightning¨. Rating : 7.5/10 . Better than average . Worthwhile watching.