
Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father William, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son Henry that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! The resulting being is large, strong, and develops many strange powers. Initially it has Jeremy's gentle personality but this, too, begins to change, and a year later i... (Full plot summary below)
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Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father William, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son Henry that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! The resulting being is large, strong, and develops many strange powers. Initially it has Jeremy's gentle personality but this, too, begins to change, and a year later it decides to end its long seclusion... Unusual piano music score.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussIn the climactic scene, the juxtaposition of the robot with the death rays, the dead bodies and the Bible quote on the wall adds up to something quite fascinating and powerful. |
| User ReviewBrian CI actually thought this was very well done. big Ross Martin fan sorry that he was quite quickly dispatched of and just his voice was the rest of the movie. I thought the movement of the robot was good. I thought it was a cool looking robot where it was big but also wide and weird. invoices that made when it's trying to first speak or just chilling in a way. doesn't go over the same old tracks that most of the monster movies like this do yes it is pretty much but the heavy-handed moral but still it was very well done |
| User ReviewBill TI actually thought this was very well done. big Ross Martin fan sorry that he was quite quickly dispatched of and just his voice was the rest of the movie. I thought the movement of the robot was good. I thought it was a cool looking robot where it was big but also wide and weird. invoices that made when it's trying to first speak or just chilling in a way. doesn't go over the same old tracks that most of the monster movies like this do yes it is pretty much but the heavy-handed moral but still it was very well done |