Rating of
1.5/4
Hasn't aged well
WestIsBest - wrote on 11/18/07
The idea of this film is very clever, Michael Crichton is very good at showing the chaos that science and technology can cause and this is no different. As a book, I'm sure it works very well but I just feel it fell a bit flat as a film. I think the casting of Yul Brynner was a genius move but otherwise, I think the film suffers from being very dated. The effects and the technology just can't match up with what we have today and I believe it hampers it a fair bit. However, I still think it is worth watching for the concept alone. I have heard that they are planning to remake this and, as much as I don't like remakes, I think this could be a huge benefit for the likes of Westworld just so long as they keep it sinister and don't overuse effects.
