# Runaway (1984)

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**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Drama
**Directed by**: Michael Crichton
**Written by**: Michael Crichton
**Starring**: Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Stan Shaw, G.W. Bailey

> *IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

L.A., not so far off. A discarded circuit board. Cops now troubleshoot rogue robots. But one rebuilt machine shows a new, lethal programming.

A roboticist has weaponized artificial intelligence. The cop's own family is now in the crosshairs.

Crichton does Westworld, again.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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