Circuitry Man

"The final frontier is not outer space. It is the human mind."

Dec 13 1990 R 1h 33m
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals a case of such chips and flees underground Los Angeles with Danner, a pleasure android so that they can smuggle the chips to New York. In pursuit is Plughead, a dangerous criminal so named because of the many sockets and ports which decorate his scalp so that he can test and use the chips that he is after.

Plot

In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals a case of such chips and flees underground Los Angeles with Danner, a pleasure android so that they can smuggle the chips to New York. In pursuit is Plughead, a dangerous criminal so named because of the many sockets and ports which decorate his scalp so that he can test and use the chips that he is after.

Written by

Robert Lovy, Steven Lovy

Directed by

Steven Lovy

Cast

Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Skouras Pictures, IRS Media

Languages

English

Awards

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Average Rating
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