A thought provoking, witty, intellectual, terrifying and above all bleak 70s sci-fi film. They just don't make films like this any more, they come from a time in history where people actually had a point to make using the medium of science fiction, not like now where it's all about some bullshit blue aliens cat things and a vague message about peace and harmony. No. This is proper sci-fi. If you played (and finished) the game Deus Ex, you really need to watch this film.
Very much of its time, the cold war. Everything about the look of the film screams 60's sci-fi - the blinking-light computers, the fantastic sets, the modernist architecture, even the opening credit typeface. Enjoyable and thought-provoking.
Relentlessly bleak sci-fi that's very much of its time. The movie starts with an ominous tone and the tension continues to rise as all the worst fears of that generation are played upon and then realised superbly. Great performances, some subtle satire and a fantastic ending.
Perhaps naive and too open-ended for its own good, but genuinely tense and plausible if you're willing to shut down critical operations for an hour and a half. Acting is reasonable for this sort of thing as well.
A very seventies sci fi movie. They don't make them like they used to, probably because we don't expect nukes to go over every minute.
Good stuff, a little dated though.
Daft but entertaining parable about the construction of a super-computer that outstrips human control and deifies itself. Flawed, not merely in that it was written before the true possibilities of processing power were realised, or that no-one thought to just unplug it, but rather that not nearly enough is made of using human irrationality to combat logic. Nevertheless, some excellent acting from the leads and subtle and effective touches throughout.
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