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Synopsis: Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
1986
98 min
1,839 Views


You don't have to blow it up, Skroeder.

Just try and bring it back in one piece.

- One piece will do.

Whatever it takes to put that stupid

contraption out of commission, gentlemen,

- that's what you do.

- Yes sir.

Give inertial status...

Let's scramble one, maybe it'll listen

to what comes with a decoder.

What is this?

Running diagnostics.

Testing its logic circuits.

Let's just bounce on off its magnesium

casing. What do you think, I don't know.

What is this? Input, Input, Input...

Come on...

Let's boot it up.

See if you can boot it.

Return to D-Station...

Come on. Now!

Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?

Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?

What is going on?

I don't know,

must be the print scanner...

- it must be reading it some place.

- I'm not understanding the reference

Need input.

Input.

- Did you see something?

- Oh God... I hope not.

- Well, I saw something.

- Ya, me too.

Oh sh*t!

It's right outside.

- Captain Skroeder, Captain Skroeder

This is Bravo 4, over.

Skroeder, what have you got, over.

He's right in front of us, sir, we're

on the bridge out on 101, over.

We're on our way.

Loose it and you're dead meat.

- It's going berserk.

- Ben, how'd this happen?

Who is knowing how to read

the mind of a robot?

Weeeeee!

I am not cut out for this!

You did this, Crosby...

- Howard!

- so you wouldn't have to talk to those people.

Just calm down.

Excuse me, sir, but we're loosing

its signal. It's going out of range.

We're going to have to follow it now.

Can I get a vehicle? Can I get...

- Howard, is there a van or anything like that?

- Of course there's a van!

Thanks for calling me, Mrs. Cepeda,

where's that son of a b*tch?

He's around the bend and up

to no good, you better believe it.

Get the hell down here, Beasley!

- Hey!

- What are you doing home?

This is my home! It's not

your home. I live here.

What are you doing with Beasley?

Uh... well, darn it, you know

he looked kind of sick to me so I thought...

I'd just take him down to the vet

and fix him up a bit.

He doesn't look sick, you look sick.

What did you come back

here for anyway?

Well, to tell you the truth, I thought that

maybe we could patch things up.

Sort of pick up where we left off.

You know you want me back.

What is this?

Quinn's Medical Research? You slime bag!

The dog is on its last legs.

That's very funny. Why don't

you get the hell out of here!

You know what I figure?

I figure you owe me some money.

- So I'm just here to collect.

- I owe you?

- That's right.

- I supported you.

That was my money you used

to buy your big red dorkmobile!

No! Damn it!

Hey! Hey!

- Do not do that car!

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