流星风暴

　　查穆先生（罗伯特·雷德福 Robert Redford 饰）是一名老木匠，他总喜欢给孩子们讲一个关于龙的故事，故事中的龙居住在位于太平洋西北部的茂密丛林中，查穆先生说他曾经亲眼见证过龙的存在。女儿格蕾丝（布莱丝·达拉斯·霍华德 Bryce Dallas Howard 饰）对于这个父亲已经讲了一百万次的故事不屑一顾，她认为这绝对是父亲信口胡说乱编的故事。
　　一次偶然中，格蕾丝遇见了一个名为彼得（奥克斯·弗格雷 Oakes Fegley 饰）的男孩，男孩告诉格蕾丝，他没有亲人也没有家，唯一的朋友便是一条名叫艾略特的飞龙。皮特的叙述让格蕾丝想到了父亲的故事，两者之间有着惊人的相似，为了证实彼得的话，格蕾丝踏上了寻找龙的旅途。

故事乖张离奇，讲述在一个只有男孩和妇女的小岛上，男孩正在接受一种奇怪治疗，小男孩尼古拉斯的潜水打破了原有的平衡。

　　一场基因实验引发的变异人危机故事。商业巨贾顾余丰癌症晚期妄图长生不老，暗中资助科学家从事基因实验，却造成新型病毒外泄，引发疫情。东南亚小镇吊丝马锐只想与奶奶相依为命，却无意中卷入顾余丰的病毒实验，不但惨成变异人，还被多金科学家秦朗找上门来，与此同时还有天降白富美未婚妻，一个巨大的秘密逐渐揭开……病毒危害升级，变异人肆虐，小镇生灵涂炭，各方势力齐聚，大战一触即发！马锐能否抵抗病毒拯救小镇？幕后黑手又有着怎样的惊天阴谋？

　　美国加州某大学，佐伊·麦康奈尔（奥利维亚·王尔德 Olivia Wilde 饰）和恋人兼合作者弗兰克·沃顿（马克·杜普拉斯 Mark Duplass 饰）正在进行一项复生项目，在新人艾娃摄像机的记录下，他们以及团队成员克莱、尼克即将迎来项目的里程碑时刻。历经艰辛，他们的实验终于获得成功，一条早已死亡的狗成功复生。可就在此时，他们的研究内容被校方和资助公司获知，数年来辛勤的研究成果和数据全部被资助方收走。不甘心失败的佐伊和弗兰克等人趁着夜晚再度闯入实验室，谁知期间发生意外，佐伊不幸触电身亡。
　　悲痛万分的弗兰克抢救无效，这是他突然冒出将尚未确定副作用的血清注入佐伊的身体中……

　　一名轻度自闭的航天工程师罗伊，他的父亲在20年前离开地球前往海王星，寻找外星智慧生物。不料任务失败，有去无回。而罗伊此次也要飞越太阳系，找到父亲，并查清当年失败的原因。

　　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.