Colossus The Forbin Project!

Let me tell you about an artificial intelligence which is developed at great cost by the United States and instead of making the country and the world safer turns on its creator and demands absolute obedience from the world's population. That movie is not Terminator, it's Colossus The Forbin Project. This film is a sleek somber telling of how our society efficiently and effectively dooms itself to slavery.

Eric Braedon is Forbin and he leads a team that builds Colossus and after its activation the world learns of another A.I. named Guardian which had been built by the Soviets. The two computers agree that  humanity is not up to the task of keeping themselves safe and unite to force the world to kowtow to their commands. To enforce that compliance they blithely launch a few nuclear missiles and destroy a few small cities here and there.

Forbin gets the bright idea to pretend a romance with Susan Clark's character so he can remain in contact with his team after the machines demand his isolation. It's a game of chess throughout the movie as the computers and the humans try to gain the advantage. I will not say how it all turns out, but I will say that I've always found the movie a compelling if not always exciting flick.

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