Westworld

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Theatrical - Wide 1973-11-21

Cast Yul Brynner Richard Benjamin James Patten Victoria Shaw
Directed by Michael Chrichton
Written by Michael Chrichton

Genres: Science-Fiction Thriller Western

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8/10

Synopsis

Peter Martin and John Blane decide to take a holiday in a high tech amusement park, Westworld. Here they get to play cowboys – saloon brawls, saloon girls and quick draws against the town’s gunslinger – with lifelike robots. All is... See more well for the first few days but when the park’s central computer malfunctions, the built-in safety features are turned off and the robots begin to attack the guests. The gunslinger in particular seems indestructible and relentlessly pursues his prey.

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Posted 4 years ago

Plot: A dark odyssey about the fate of sentient life on earth. Review: Like clockwork, a new season of Westworld has debuted on HBO every two years. The most recent season, 2020’s The New World, left the park and introduced...

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