在一个静寂肃杀的夜晚,居住在镇上的柯迪(保罗·麦卡锡·波英顿 Paul McCarthy-Boyington 饰)、杜克(布莱德·威廉姆·汉克 Brad William Henke 饰)和欧提斯(麦克·C·威廉姆斯 Michael C. Williams 饰)穿梭在阴森的丛林中,几番交手最终抓到一只形容恐怖的异种怪兽。它的眼睛能够迷惑人的心智,被其伤害后全身会因感染而溃烂,最终痛苦死去。柯迪的哥哥提米15年前即死于异种之手,多年来他和同伴一直往返森林和小镇,寻找复仇的机会。 这次他们带着异种来到当年的好友韦尔(亚当·考夫曼 Adam Kaufman 饰)家中。柯迪、杜克受伤被感染,韦尔的女友紧张之余还打电话报警。混乱之际,异种挣脱锁链逃脱,恐怖在斗室之中蔓延……
Eric Braeden stars as Dr. Charles Forbin, who has created a supercomputer named Colossus, built solely for the purpose of controlling the nuclear defenses of the Western alliance. It isn't too long after, however, that the Russians announce that they too have built a similar computer for those same purposes on their side--Guardian. And when the two machines begin sharing information at a speed nobody can believe, an attempt is made to disable them. This unfortunately just raises the machines' ire; and in retaliation, they launch their weapons at each other's home nations. The result is a chilling scenario that is potentially becoming all too real these days. COLOSSUS THE FORBIN PROJECT was not a big hit at the box office for various reasons. One is that its cast wasn't exactly well known. Another reason is that its ending isn't exactly a happy one. Still a third reason is that Universal had trouble trying to promote it in the wake of the huge success of Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY. The latter reason is obvious Colossus and Guardian, like HAL in the Kubrick movie, become central characters here. The difference here is that while HAL malfunctions due to a programming conflict, Colossus and Guardian remain all too stable, convinced beyond a doubt that they know how to protect Mankind better than Man himself. As the computers point out One inevitable rule is that Mankind is his own worst enemy. Joseph Sargent's direction is efficient, and the special effects work of Albert Whitlock still manages to work despite its obvious age. An overlooked gem in the sci-fi genre, this should be given a revival.