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- Opening with a brilliant sequence in which Segal is reborn on the operating table, and building towards a finale in which the scientists realise that they can do nothing to control this hi-tech monster of their own making, the film's bleak futuristic vision also benefits greatly from some extraordinary sets, and from writer/producer/director Hodges' confident direction.
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The Terminal Man is a 1974 American horror science fiction film directed by Mike Hodges, based on the 1972 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. Starring George Segal , the film centers on a man, who after suffering brain damage in a car crash, becomes violent during seizures.
Sep 10, 2012 · A thoughtful and unusually pessimistic sci-fi pic based on Michael Crichton's novel about a psychotic (Segal) who has a tiny computer planted in his brain to control his violent impulses.
Aug 5, 2014 · SYNOPSIS: “As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW:
- Nigel Honeybone
Sep 18, 2024 · The Terminal Man met with yawns from critics and audiences alike, most reviews citing the film’s glacial pace – I’d say deliberate rather than slow – and the subdued performances, agreeing that the film was style over substance.
- Ray Banks
Both Stanley Kubrick and Terrence Malick vouched on the record for the greatness of this movie, which should handily infer its ultra slow-motion approach to pacing, pathological fastidiousness, and aversion to dynamic storytelling.
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- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Mike Hodges
Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers that violence now triggers a pleasurable response his brain.
The plot centres on a group of scientists and doctors who are pushing the frontiers of neuroscience by implanting a computerized chip in the brain of a man (George Segal) afflicted with terrible seizures. The chip is programmed to shock the patient's brain each time a seizure is about to happen.
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