Sci-fi fans could not complain in 1984. An epochal highlight of the genre appeared with Terminator, Trekkies came with Star Trek III: Looking for Mr. Spock at your expense, all further status 2010 – the year in which we contact us.
However, this triumvirate of blockbusters also buried other sci-fi representatives among themselves. Like about Runaway – spinning of death, Hardly anyone remembers today. And despite the Jurassic parking author Michael Crichton on the director’s chair and Tom Selleck in the leading role.
Forgotten sci-fi spectacle is reminiscent of the terminator and blade runner
Runaway plays in the United States in 1991, in which robots belong to everyday streets. Police veteran Ramsay (Selleck) specializes in capturing or destroying out of control.
Take a look at the trailer for Runaway:
Runaway – trailer (English)
With his colleague Thompson (Cynthia Rhodes) he determines In the first murder case that a robot is said to have committed. He comes across manipulated chips that turn household machines into ice -cold killers. As it turns out, there is an unscrupulous scientist behind the conspiracy (Gene Simmons).
With the hunt for killer machines, Runaway is reminiscent of other sci-fi representatives such as Blade Runner, Terminator or I, Robot. But Crichton’s story also contains a lot of fascinating own ideas that anticipate today’s technologies.
The Jurassic Park author made technologies ahead of today
So there are a kind of in the film Tablets, self -driving cars, retinal scanners, drones Or to see wireless headphones. In 1984 most of these ideas sounded like future music, today they are reality.
However, the visual wealth of technological innovations was not enough to convince criticism and audience of Runaway: With Rotten Tomatoes, for example, the film comes to 48%in criticism, and only a painful 33%for the audience. Financially, he developed into a flop at the box office.
If you want to know how Blade Runner would have looked with Tom Selleck, you can buy or borrow Runaway from Apple TV+. In addition, the film of the film is available on Amazon.
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