Review of Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) by Ken S — 28 Mar 2011

Really, really well done "computers take over the world" movie from 1970.

Highly recommended if you dig on paranoia fueled sci-fi!

This review of Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) was written by Ken S on 28 Mar 2011.

Colossus: The Forbin Project has generally received positive reviews.

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