The Terminal Man (1974)
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Cast
as Harry Benson
as Dr. Janet Ross
as Dr. John Ellis
as Dr. Robert Morris
as Angela Black
as Dr. Arthur McPherson
as Gerhard
as Dr. Robert Morris
as Detective Capt. Anders
as Dr. Ezra Manon
as Ralph Friedman
as The Priest
as Benson's Guard
as Benson's Guard
as Richards
as Questioner
as Night Nurse
as Instructor
as Edmonds
as Police Doctor
as Anesthetist
as Orderly
as Reporter
as Coroner
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Critic Reviews for The Terminal Man
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (5) | DVD (1)
A thoughtful and unusually pessimistic sci-fi pic.
While this movie seems unsalvageable, it might have had some punch if we'd been told more about the Segal character's past, before his operation.
By the time The Terminal Man reaches its tragic ending, it has succeeded in the dubious achievement of making us view its subject as dispassionately as any clinician.
An aimless and unexciting science-fiction story.
Hodges takes a cool, detached approach, designing most scenes in monochrome with disturbing flesh-colours, and manages to make Segal's semi-android a strangely sympathetic monster.
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Audience Reviews for The Terminal Man
Based on a novel by Michael Crichton. If "The Terminal Man" has one fault, it is the general slowness of the plot. Even though the audience is paid in full for their patience, 2-3 minutes could have been edited out. That may not sound like much, but in a generally precise film such as this one, any more would be disastrous. The high point of this film is the style of talented director Mike Hodges. There is a scene about 2/3rds through the picture where a blood drips off the edge of a bed and flows across the floor through cracks in the tile. Those shots, and the murder proceeding it, are masterfully filmed. Early on in the film, he sustains the plot build-up with a series of innovative sequences that look great even thirty years later. George Segal gives a really superb performance as a man who is basically made into a guinea big. He does an excellent job, and still retains the charm that served him well, even when the films surrounding him were less than perfect.
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Not as good as the book, but does have a few moments here and there.
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