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　　1957年某晚，居住在美国加州莫哈维沙漠小镇中的天文学家泰德•刘易斯博士（艾瑞克•麦柯马克 Eric McGormack 饰）正为爱妻拉娜（乔蒂•汤普森 Jody Thompson 饰）准备结婚周年纪念的烧烤晚餐，突然发现一颗流星从天而降坠毁在不远处的小山坡上。同样目睹流星飞过的还有小镇餐馆女服务员泰米（詹妮•拜尔德 Jenni Baird 饰）。泰德前去查看，发现“流星”竟是一艘外星飞碟，自己也被外星人“厄普”俯身。厄普在泰米的帮助下全力搜寻逃匿的独眼外星怪兽“格塔”，却依然赶不上“格塔”吃人的速度。更可怕的是，一旦“格塔”开始以几何级数速度分身，将陷整个地球于不可挽回的危险之中。

　　A girl flees her orphanage in a paranoid belief that otherworldly forces are after her. She seeks refuge in the remote town of Fate, Texas, but is met with hostility. The residents are about to enter her Hell.

　　故事关于一群才华横溢的年轻学生们在一次科学实验中取得了突破性成功：创建了一个无线神经网络，并通过量子计算机能够连接到人类思维。通过这项技术，人类终于能够首次实现真正的知识能力共享，比如能将某个人具备的运动技能转移到另一个人身上。这群年轻人决定免费推广该技术，将其视作实现知识自由与人类平等的重要前提。但他们很快发现，他们自身因此成为一个更大更险恶的实验的一部分。黑暗势力随之登场，并威胁要利用这一技术实现对人类群体的控制。

　　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.