1970 · sci-fi · thriller
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Directed by Joseph Sargent1h 40m1970
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Our read: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive sci-fi · thriller entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, cold.
- sombre
- bleak
- cold
- epic-stakes
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