Er\`ic Braeden stars as,._
_ Dr. Charle]s F)o;?/rb#+in, who has created`+ a supercomputer named Colos[su+$s, built s%
olely for the pu rp ,
.ose of cont!\rolling)$* the(_ nuc:_lear d ?e#fens ?es@$ of the West?= $ern al`=li,]ance. I)t isn,'t?\$ too long after, h.\owever, +t%/hat the _)Rus+sians announce tha t t ?+hey too have bu ilt-^ a]# similar computer) for th +
o)se sam .@e[` p $urposes on their+. side--Guardian. A(]nd when# the two/ [ machines begin shari]]ng ]*[info)^$rmat!/^;ion at  a \speed nobody can believ@ e,
] an attempt+ is made t+:.o d?isable the:+]m.!　　Th/^is unfortun(ately just raises \/t he$%% machines'@__ ire%\; and in re talia#tion,=@ the%/y launch their weapo$ns at each othe![#^r'[s home??$ n_
a!.#;tions. T@-h?e+ $@result is a chilling scena*-rio that is potentia-,lly becoming all:^_ t +_oo rea##l th,]ese d\ ays.　　COLOSSUS THE FORB*/IN PRO#:JEC[#T w!@as no`.\]:t a b^i@g :! hit/` at the box o+(f@.fic=e  =f;:?:or/@ vario` _us r[%easons
\..[ [*On)`e is that its cas;]t wasn'_] t exactly /=.well.$
 known. Another rea^ !son : is )-@ that its endin)^ g #;isn't exa?ctly a happy one. St%;ill a third rea[s\@)on is t
)hat Unive^r`\#sal ha \d t/,rouble tr? #yin*:g+ to :!((promo ) t?e i /t in :!:the wake of#* t]he/@$ huge su$(@cces+,s of Stanle?^
:y Kub#?rick's 2001 A SPA, ^;CE ODYSSE`Y*;#. The @]la[*tt\er reas,on is[;! []!obvious Col=ossus and Guardian, like HAL\`. in the Ku/brick _.movie, becom $e central ch)#=aracters h:$=ere. The %$difference) here is tha/t.)! wh_i
^le HAL malfunctions due to a pr_o:gramming co_
nfl;ict$*, Colo[@s+\sus and Guardian remai!% n all t;?oo stable, co\?`n^?vinced:^ bey$on*#d a d$[oubt !^-that the:
y know * how=^ to protect Man_:kind: b#%etter :\[than Man himself+ . As the %;c=:@omputers/[ point out
: One inevi table =rule i^s th_at Mank
in?(/+d i?.s his ow
,#n worst enemy.　 　Joseph@*?\\ S*%argen@t's dire-*%ction is efficient.), and the` special effects : work of Albert Whit^ lock st^()ill manages to work +desp*ite its:@: obvious age. An ove]=%rlooked g^=em in the sci-f]i genre_#, this #@should be$ given!\ a reviva: l.