Review of Westworld (1973) by Tim S — 28 Dec 2013

Westworld is likely one of the finest science fiction satires that you're every likely to find. It's also a thriller, and you can definitely tell it had an influence on the horror genre later, but the film holds up and the things that it is satirizing are becoming much more of a reality in later years.

It's also a Jurassic Park prototype, which should come as no surprise, being that it was written and directed by novelist Michael Crichton. The film concerns vacationers who are vacationing at Delos, wherein they can live out their fantasies in different periods of time.

It's all automated with robots and attendants keeping constant watch and is only meant for fun, but things go horribly wrong when the attendants lose control of the robots and they go on a rampage.

This is the first film to use digitized images as well, and was also released as a paperback during the film's release. Despite being a bit disjointed, it's still intelligent and well-made science fiction.