Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

noragrace Best Si-Fi ever! It scared me way back then, when 'Colossus' was already in existence in some other form, it has scarred me ever since, (I worked with somewhat lesser technology in my career), & we just blithely go on as if we are superior & don't have anything to worry about. Haha haha haha....... Today's headlines are how much information "They" have on us already. Someone should re-make this just to scare us again.Today's tech is much smaller & WAY more powerful.Beware! You don't know whom or what is listening!

Brent Burkwell Being a fan of some Marvel, some DC movies I find it refreshing to watch a movie without amazing special effects where the actors must keep the viewers attention and the script had a more important role in the success or failure of a film. This movie, while not my favorite, is a nice change of pace from today's average action/sci fi flick. One thing I noticed that will likely ruffle the feathers of the average liberal democrat, while Colossus(a US super computer) and Guardian(the Soviet counterpart) are getting to "know" each other and also expanding our knowledge of the universe, you will notice that the Guardian(Russian) computer is moving at a much slower pace than the Colossus(US Super computer) is. Since liberals just love the former Soviet Union with all it's Gulag's and iron fisted excess, I figure it might upset them that the writer(s) thought it necessary to point out that the Russians are ALWAYS a few steps BEHIND the USA in just about every endeavor. Thought you might enjoy that info.

verbusen I will admit this is probably tied with another apocalyptic film called "Phase Four" but it's still one of the geekiest films in general but most especially apocalyptic films. My memories go back to 70's TV and they would show this film often and I would always watch it up to the soviet scientist's death and switch the channel. I hate long commercial breaks and it's funny that I would watch it several times and thats the last part I remember so less then half way through. This alone gives proof to just how geeked out this film is, if you are not a geek you will for sure be fast forwarding this. That said, it's fun to watch! My reservations are that they show firing squads but don't really show the nukes going off. The first nuke is only covered via the big board like they do in Fail Safe. It's like they wanted this to be toned down when they really could have gone dramatic with it with people dying by nukes. So it's kind of awkward and goes into some mind think chess match, which is implied. If Charlton Heston had done this it would have been epic. I like Eric Braeden in his war stuff, but Heston would have raised it up a notch. Still, the sets are way cool and the premise is very entertaining and because I'm on the geek side, 9 out of 10.

hellraiser7 One of the things I really love about the sci-fi genre is that they can make very effective cautionary/horror tales because despite presenting great possibilities they also show that there can be a flip side of the coin to them. To every decision there can also be dire consequences. This is an under the radar gem which I really like.I really like the plot line, it was a film that was no doubt ahead of it's time, though watching the film now is sort of like seeing a relic from a time capsule.In part of the 60's and 70's you have to realize computer technology and some of the concepts were starting to steadily rise, the fact that these things could pass and access info, let alone get certain things done quicker was amazing for it's time, despite the fact none to few of us had access to this tech at the time. A.I. was a foreign concept as well and seemed like something that seemed almost millions of miles away. But of course when the 80's and so on hit and we began to have access to Computers and Internet and all kinds of technology like Cell Phones, Survelence and Drones and has established A.I. the concept in this film is actually frighteningly placeable.I do like the suspense, this film is sort of an espionage thriller, only here instead of a foreign power it is against the power of a machine. And unfortunately unlike enemy agents or organizations whom can make mistakes, this enemy doesn't make mistakes because it was built not do. Which in a way makes the conflict against Colosus extremely hard because it's literally almost like a war against God; as this cyber entity has access to all kinds of surveillance so it knows most to all of your moves and due to it's unlimited intelligence it's capable of anything to everything. Eric Brayden is solid as Charles Forbin, to me this is probably the best role from the actor and sadly only really big role as he never really got to be on the silver screen again, which is sad because I really felt he had a lot of potential. His character is slightly sympathetic, despite the fact that he created or helped create the A.I. he did it for good intentions to help create peace. But as an old saying goes "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions" and both he and all of mankind have just taken one big step. I do like seeing some emotion on his face, despite keeping or trying to keep good composure he feels guilt knowing that instead of a great scientific achievement he made the greatest mistake of his life. So he tries to correct his mistake by trying to covertly sabotage his own creation.Colosus is a very interesting villain and is to me one of my favorite fictional villains, and was no doubt a partial inspiration to Skynet from "The Terminator". But unlike Skynet and many more A.I. villains this A.I. system operates on a gray area, Colosus I don't feel is totally evil but it's not entirely good either, this cyber entity is based on cold logic, it carries out the necessary actions to produce the solutions to complex problems no matter the corrupt nature of those actions, they are necessary evils to get results. It's goal isn't to eradicate mankind but to unify it, in a way create a Utopia, but like with all Utopian concepts there is a price to pay.I really love the voice that we hear near the end, Colosus sounds like one of the Cylons from the 70's TV show "Battlestar Galatica" and this film was 8 to 9 years before that show. But the voice fits perfectly as it has that cold caluating menacing tone to it. Most of the things Colsus says about mankind really give a cold chill and are a bit disheartening because it's sadly the truth.I like the back and forth between both Forbin and Colosus, to me that's what really drives the film. It's sort of a verbal chess game, but unfortunately despite Forbin's great intelligence, playing chess with Colossus is impossible as Colossus is millions of moves ahead. But also in a way you could say it's also the age old motifs of father and son, mentor or student conflict as we see both old wisdom conflict against advanced intelligence.Thought this film isn't perfect it has a couple of bugs in it's system that hold it back for me. The pacing is kinda slow, which is one of the reasons it takes a while for things to get going. Also it's not really that exciting, it just feels like the anty needed to be upped a little more, or a sticky situation or two needed to occur to keep things moving. But those are things I can get around.The ending is to me one of the darkest one's I've seen which will haunt you, I won't say what it is but I leave it with these words "to one side came great triumph, but to another came great tragedy." The message of the film is simply, don't let technology rule your lives. Technological advance and the use of it is OK, as long as it's used wisely and it's sole purpose is as a tool and not the single solution to everything. But also about the danger of progress, just because we can do a thing, doesn't necessarily mean that we should.I personally wouldn't mind a remake (a good one mind you, and from an film that old enough), and if they do may'be they can do it based on the whole trilogy of books, that would be an interesting sci-fi saga.The numbers the machines computed may'be our last days.Rating: 3 stars