Rotten
This Michael Crichton robotic nightmare is so trite that the story seems lifted from Marvel Comics.
Variety Staff, Variety
Runaway
IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.
1984 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Crichton
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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.
Director and cast
- Michael Crichton Director
- Tom Selleck as Jack R. Ramsay
- Cynthia Rhodes as Officer Karen Thompson
- Gene Simmons as Dr. Charles Luther
- Kirstie Alley as Jackie Rogers
- Stan Shaw as Marvin
- G.W. Bailey as Chief
- Joey Cramer as Bobby Ramsay
- Chris Mulkey as David Johnson
- Anne-Marie Martin as Hooker at Bar
- Michael Paul Chan as Wilson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mr. Crichton has a much better feel for the film's gadgets than for its human players.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
Once it turns from the hardware and the action to people, you can hardly believe your eyes or your ears.
Time Out
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