Set in a dystopian future, "Hardware" follows an artist, Jill, who is working on her latest sculpture. Proteus IV is a chilling adversary after watching "Demon Seed," you'll never think about the phrase "artificial insemination" in the same light ever again. The scenes in which she attempts to escape are reminiscent of "Hardware," another movie on this list. Julie Christie excels in the role of Susan, a part that could have easily lapsed into melodrama. "Demon Seed" is essentially a slasher movie where the killer is a vast electronic intelligence that can't be disguised by a mere hockey mask. One of its creations is an unusual yet flexible design that's constructed from geometric triangular shapes, a sort of ancestor to TARS and CASE in Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar." Seeking to learn more of the human condition, the cunning computer escapes its confines and takes refuge in Harris' house, trapping his estranged wife Susan and building a variety of remarkably original robots as extensions of itself. Taken all together, "Turbo Kid" is somewhat of an essential watch.ĭoctor Harris, who lives in an automated house that he designed, has developed Proteus IV, a ground-breaking A.I. There's also some ridiculously over-the-top comic violence. There was no shortage of Mad Max rip-offs made throughout the late '80s and the '90s, so it's nice to see that finally somebody got one right. Zeus is as over-the-top a villain as you're likely to find in cinema, and despite the fact that the film's scenery is mostly desert plains, he relishes in chewing every inch of it.Įssentially "Mad Max" with handlebars and a kick-ass '80s-style synth soundtrack, "Turbo Kid" is a delight. There's an unwritten law of cinema that any film (no matter how mediocre) is made infinitely better by the presence of actor Michael Ironside, and "Turbo Kid" abides by that rule. The villains may have pump-action shotguns, but our hero has a pump-action bicycle. Set in an alternate post-apocalyptic 1997, the unnamed lead known only as "the Kid" fights back against the tyrannical forces of the despot Zeus, armed only with his bravery, his knee and shoulder pads, a BMX, and his two friends.
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