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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Michael Crichton
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
PG-13
Year:
1984
99 min
664 Views


- That's impossible.

- The public has a right to know.

We got a 10-month-old baby in there.

The rest of the family's

been cut up...

...and we don't know if

the 912 will attack the child.

I'm sure you don't want

a carved-up baby on your network.

We can be the judge

of what's newsworthy.

Yeah, I know. Not tonight.

The first confirmation from

Sgt. Ramsay of Runaway...

The first confirmation from

Sgt. Ramsay of Runaway...

...that there is a baby inside,

still alive.

Police are preparing

a floater camera...

...to enter the house to locate

the runaway 912 and the infant.

I can't see.

Lights on in the house.

Hit the house lights.

- Where's the baby?

- In the playroom, near the back.

How big's this 912, anyway?

About the size of a hatbox.

- Look.

- It dropped the knife.

Maybe the battery power's fading.

Maybe.

- You get an audio?

- Confirmed as a.357 Magnum.

- The bastard's got a gun.

- Now what?

- I'm going in.

- We can send a disarm robot in.

It hit the floater, it'll hit

the disarm, and it'll hit the kid.

I want light lines out here.

No audio, no radio, no nothing.

I don't want it to know

what we're doing.

Mr. Johnson?

Mr. Johnson?

I'll be going in your house soon

to get your baby.

What modifications were made

to the robot?

I didn't make any modifications.

I didn't touch that thing.

Then why has it gone out of control?

Well, how should I know?

You think I should have some idea

why it's doing this?

Take it easy. I'm just asking.

Well, don't ask! I don't know!

What about the gun?

- It's got a gun?

- Yes.

- Oh, my God, he's crazy.

- Who's crazy?

- My God, he's crazy.

- Who's crazy?

No television! No pictures!

I won't be on television!

No pictures!

No television!

What was his problem?

Yeah, he was really upset.

That was very hot stuff.

Sgt. Ramsay is wearing

his electromagnetic scatter suit.

He apparently is going in.

What is your next move now?

I really can't say.

It looks as if you're going in

after the robot.

You're broadcasting on an

electromagnetic frequency...

...that the robot reads.

Let's get out of here, John.

This is exciting.

Our own John Wilson...

...is accompanying Sgt. Ramsay

into the house...

...for exciting live coverage

of the runaway robot.

I'm coming out with the kid.

It's all right, darling.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Here you go. Where's the father?

He disappeared.

He disappeared?

With his own kid still in there?

After two tense hours and the

tragic death of a KBEX cameraman...

...it was all over

when Sgt. Ramsay...

Hello?

That was great!

See, they're running it again.

You're on instant replay!

Hi, guy. Bobby, this is Karen.

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Michael Crichton

John Michael Crichton (/ˈkraɪtən/; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American best-selling author, screenwriter, film director, producer, and former physician best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into films. In 1994, Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in US television (ER), film (Jurassic Park), and book sales (Disclosure). more…

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