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　　故事紧承上一部展开。在丈夫为保护家人牺牲后，伊芙琳（艾米莉·布朗特 饰）不得不独自带着孩子们（米莉森·西蒙斯、诺亚·尤佩 饰）面对全新的生存挑战。他们将被迫离开家园，踏上一段未知的旅途。在无声的世界里，除了要躲避“猎声怪物”的捕杀，铺满细沙的道路尽头还暗藏着新的危机。

　　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.

未来2036年，人和人之间最大的差异不再是年龄职业或肤色，而是透过复杂的评鉴机制给予每个人的分数。分数划分了阶级与命运，激励着人们展现才华、提升自我、还要跟外表与真人无异，内在却精密无比的人形机器人竞争。这样的评鉴机制造就了集体追求完美的风潮，然而人性中的虚荣与妒忌却精细到无法被这机制察觉。于是，为了追求完美，人们甚至选择了最丑陋。

　　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。

　　在“索科维亚战役”两年后，雷神索尔（克里斯·海姆斯沃斯 Chris Hemsworth 饰）识破了洛基（汤姆·希德勒斯顿 Tom Hiddleston 饰）的伪装，辗转找到了被放逐到地球的奥丁（安东尼·霍普金斯 Anthony Hopkins 饰）。然而垂死的奥丁却告知两个儿子，“诸神的黄昏”已经开始，曾遭到奥丁封禁的死亡女神海拉（凯特·布兰切特 Cate Blanchett 饰）即将重返阿斯加德。与海拉的初次对决中，索尔失去了雷神之锤，他和洛基也被打落至混乱不堪的萨卡星。在萨卡的决斗场上，索尔重逢失踪许久的绿巨人，也见到了曾从海拉魔爪下逃得一生的女武神。
　　历经千辛万苦，索尔和战友们重返阴云密布的阿斯加德，去正视这注定要到来的“诸神的黄昏”……