Review of Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) by Julian L — 11 Nov 2007

This film is amazing it is a text book example of the evil "savior machine" genre.

This review of Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) was written by Julian L on 11 Nov 2007.

Colossus: The Forbin Project has generally received positive reviews.

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