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Westworld
(1973),
Director: Michael Crichton, rated
PG
Boy, have we got
a vacation for you... Where nothing can possibly go worng!
 Starring: Yul
Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Alan Oppenheimer, Dick
Van Patten, Alan Oppenheimer, Victoria Shaw, Steven Franken
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"There's no way to get hurt
in here, just enjoy yourself." – John Blane
Why watch this? ...
it is one of the best sci-fi films from the 70's.
Plot Summary: In a
futuristic amusement park called Delos, wealthy guests can
indulge in their fantasies in lifelike, robot-inhabited worlds,
including the Wild West-themed Westworld. When a
programming error causes the androids to malfunction, these
vacationers find themselves in a terrifying struggle for
survival against the park's attractions.
Dad's Preview:
When you are an 11-year-old boy, who loves weird movies, this is
your kind of film. I begged Mom to take me to the theater and
she agreed. Holy Cow! It is a real sci-fi mind-bender. Its theme is classic: humans invent
artificial intelligence, it goes horribly wrong, and everyone
pays the price. It was pure genius to cast Yul Brynner as the
robotic "gun-slinger", a character similar to his role
in
The Magnificent Seven
(1960). The real horror
begins when robots populating futuristic theme park, Westworld,
start to malfunction. The gunslinger becomes a ruthless
killer, one that
knows no pity, and will not stop until he's eliminated his human prey.

Paul N. Lazarus
III; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |