The Terminal Man
Closed CaptioningMike Hodges
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Plot Summary
In this engrossing, futuristic thriller from master-storyteller Michael Crichton ("Jurassic Park," "Disclosure," TV's "ER"), Oscar-nominee and Golden Globe-winner George Segal ("Just Shoot Me") plays a brilliant computer scientist plagued by violent fits after an auto accident. A micro-computer regulator is installed in his brain, but malfunctions, turning him into a machine-like crazed killer. Co-starring Richard Dysart ("L.A. Law"), Jill Clayburgh ("An Unmarried Woman"), Donald Moffat ("Housesitter") and James B. Sikking ("Doogie Howser, M.D.," "Hill Street Blues").
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
58%- Reviews Counted: 12
- Fresh: 7
- Rotten: 5
- Average Rating: 5.3/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: While this movie seems unsalvageable, it might have had some punch if we'd been told more about the Segal character's past, before his operation.
Fresh: Hodges takes a cool, detached approach, designing most scenes in monochrome with disturbing flesh-colours, and manages to make Segal's semi-android a strangely sympathetic monster.
Rotten: A thoughtful and unusually pessimistic sci-fi pic.
Fresh: An intriguing premise, and Segal's strong central performance (a break from the light comedies he became famous for in the 1970s) makes up for workmanlike direction.
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- $9.99
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Released: 1974
- © 1974 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.