Eric Braeden stars as Dr. Charles Forbin, who has created a supercomputer named Colossus, built solely for the purpose of controlling the nuclear defenses of the Western alliance. It isn't too long after, however, that the Russians announce that they too have built a similar computer for those same purposes on their side--Guardian. And when the two machines begin sharing information at a speed nobody can believe, an attempt is made to disable them.
This unfortunately just raises the machines' ire; and in retaliation, they launch their weapons at each other's home nations. The result is a chilling scenario that is potentially becoming all too real these days.
COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT was not a big hit at the box office for various reasons. One is that its cast wasn't exactly well known. Another reason is that its ending isn't exactly a happy one. Still a third reason is that Universal had trouble trying to promote it in the wake of the huge success of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The latter reason is obvious: Colossus and Guardian, like HAL in the Kubrick movie, become central characters here. The difference here is that while HAL malfunctions due to a programming conflict, Colossus and Guardian remain all too stable, convinced beyond a doubt that they know how to protect Mankind better than Man himself. As the computers point out: "One inevitable rule is that Mankind is his own worst enemy."
Joseph Sargent's direction is efficient, and the special effects work of Albert Whitlock still manages to work despite its obvious age. An overlooked gem in the sci-fi genre, this should be given a revival.
自由的代价，，很高！！为了自由！！保持坚强！！
I don't know.
αⅡ！
白左立场的电影，劫持人质的暴徒被美化，曼德拉被释放并当选，成功把南非带出发达国家行列
爱情没有ファンタジー～喜欢不是一件简单的事啊！
总体来说质量还行，不过剧情进展太和平了，显得过于理想化了，其实在1980年，南非的种族歧视制度还是非常残酷的，但影片里太多白人是同情黑人甚至反对种族歧视制度的，这是在让我无法相信。关键历史上这次事件的真实情况被改动的实在太大，除了大框架，细节方面跟历史真相完全不一样。我给4星7分！
黑人兄弟们在获得某种程度的平等和自由后。风靡世界的“黑命贵”运动又走向另一个极端。
光影真的很棒，整部电影的画面都是喜欢的色调，很细腻，剪辑细节处理得也很好。意识到自己的秘密被公开、“被出柜”的时候沉默着流泪，迎着人群下楼梯那段，很心疼。
"We are only human though other human beings."
对照网友提供的事件真相，这电影改编很大，与真相相去甚远。特别是杜撰三人组释放所有人质，彰显MK的正义，就属于编造的谎言了。
哪里有压迫，哪里就有反抗。毛主席说过，星星之火可以燎原。
男话说日本人同质化的角色怎么这么多，男主演过多少个这样温吞内敛好揉搓的角色了？虽然我真的很喜欢看小杏演少女，但是JK的角色也真的很多……
南非真实历史值得了解，但是这个拍的就是有点老套了。
黑人有天生的进化缺陷。
虽说是根据真事改编，但片中情节编得比较过分，煽得过于用力。影片成本不高，场景不大，基本相当于剧场表演。男主、女主两名黑人演员表现不错，演得挺有张力，值得加分。不过其中一些情节编得有些离谱，bug明显，因为借着“释放曼德拉”的由头，导演偏向同情“MK”，赋予他们很多“人性”的细节，让人们对他们最后的结局产生同情。
电影很喜欢，是每年都想重温的那种。虽然我觉得拍成悲剧也不错...仅从艺术性上看（悲剧美学爱好者）
看完一段时间完全想不起来剧情了，大概是关于成长吧，发生在高中生身上一切都合理
改编并不出彩，剧本对于事件现场和南非社会两个尺度下种族冲突的平行刻画都很肤浅，但看得出导演和编剧在质感和节奏上，有意努力模仿同经典的题材/同类型电影，这方面《血腥星期天》是标杆。作为一部中低成本时代背景电影，视觉还是很良心的，尤其是服化道。值得一提的是，前南非军队特战军人创设的G73 Tactical Advisors战术/安保机构为该片提供了警务指挥与战术顾问、演员枪械训练、警察特技群演、警用服装/装具、警用载具（包括直升机）。
结尾的红光有点血色浪漫啊 for freedom
自由的代价是非常昂贵的，除了需要得到绝大多数人的支持，而且还需要革命者牺牲。
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