Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970 · 100 min · EN · PG · 6.9 (278 votes)

Dir. Joseph Sargent · Starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage · Music Michel Colombier

“This is the dawning of the Age of Colossus (where peace is compulsory... freedom is forbidden... and Man's greatest invention could be Man's greatest mistake).”

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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.

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A chillingly prescient vision of unchecked technological power. The film evokes a palpable sense of dread and paranoia, as a supercomputer's cold logic threatens global annihilation. It feels like a stark warning from a bygone era that still resonates today.

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