In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters.

　　影史传奇中的传奇。《圣山》后佐杜洛斯基誓要改编科幻小说《沙丘》，目标远大到要改变世界，改变思维。他筹组史上最强战队，作实参演有奥逊威尔斯、米积加，甚至达利！ Moebius 当年的分镜图接成一个长镜头，满足何止影痴，更可确定随后而至的，从《异形》到《普罗米修斯》，都活在 那巨大魂魄下。佐杜洛斯基激情澎湃现身说法，「我强姦了原著」，谈组班过程奇情过瘾。筹备两年大洒金元，荷里活却步，巨作成泡影。献身的幕后战士，尔后在无数科幻片大放异彩。影痴必修的一课。

　　俄亥俄州赫灵顿高中，似乎就在一夜之间，学校的老师以及部分优等生就变得十分奇怪。原本态度和蔼的他们如今冷峻阴森，而这种情况似乎愈演愈烈。
　　问题学生凯西（Elijah Wood 伊利亚•伍德 饰）和黛丽拉（Jordana Brewster 乔丹娜•布鲁斯特 饰）偶然机缘躲进了衣橱，并由此见证了护士罗莎（Salma Hayek 饰）被残忍杀害的场面。但未过多久，罗莎又完好无损地出现众人面前，表情却如其他老师一般阴森。凯西等人逐渐意识到，这一连串事件和他们发现的某种神秘生物有关，而今这种生物似乎正以令人难以想象的恐怖速度大肆蔓延。危险不断迫近……

　　居住在休士顿的阿玛考斯特夫妇生活安逸幸福，妻子吉莉安（查理兹·塞隆 Charlize Theron 饰）是一名小学教员，丈夫史宾塞（约翰尼·德普 Jonny Depp 饰）则是供职于太空总署的宇航员。为了维修故障卫星，史宾塞和老搭档艾力克斯·史瑞克（Nick Cassavetes 饰）进入地球轨道。然而原本简单的任务却突发事故，故障卫星爆炸，导致两人与地球失去联系长达两分钟之久。所幸他们并无大碍，最终还是安全回到地球。
　　在此之后，史宾塞和艾力克斯对那神秘的两分钟绝口不提，吉莉安也从他们的沉默中预感到什么。就在史宾塞决定辞职和妻子搬到纽约前不久，艾力克斯与妻子娜塔莉（Donna Murphy 饰）相继暴亡。吉莉安对此深感不安，她隐隐感到某些不祥的事件将发生在她和丈夫的身上……

　　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.