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Runaway

IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.

1984 1hr : 40m Science Fiction · Thriller · Action ★ 5.6

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.

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  • Runaway combines Science Fiction and Thriller elements in one feature.
  • The principal cast includes Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons.
  • Viewers currently rate it 5.6/10 from 303 votes.

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Best suited to viewers looking for Science Fiction, Thriller, Action.

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futurechasetechnologyrevengemurderconspiracyrobotexplosion

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GenerationofSwineExternal review · ★ 10.0/10

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 …

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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 steady pace being just science fiction enough to be sci-fi and just grounded enough to be believable.

And, revisiting it decades later, it still works despite how dated it is.

So you are left entertained despite Alley once more playing 80s Girl and not an actual character. I mean, lets face it, any movie where Gene Simmons does a decent acting job, that is not only a good movie, but has a great director that knows how to get what he needs from actors.

Marshall567External review · ★ 7.0/10

Crazy movie with Gene Simmons as bad guy creepy spider robots and an ending that mind blowing good acting from Tom and Gene good movie but Gene hair look goofing though lol.

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