Eve of Destruction (film)
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Director Duncan Gibbins Music director Philippe Sarde Duration Language English | 4.8/10 IMDb Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller Production Interscope Communications Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 18, 1991 (1991-01-18) (United States)
August 7, 1991 (1991-08-07) (France)
December 6, 1991 (1991-12-06) (Netherlands) Writer Duncan Gibbins, Yale Udoff Cast Gregory Hines (Colonel Jim McQuade), Renée Soutendijk (Dr. Eve Simmons / Eve VIII), Michael Greene (General Curtis), John M. Jackson (Peter Arnold), Kurt Fuller (Bill Schneider), Kevin McCarthy (William Simmons)Similar movies Universal Soldier: The Return (1999), Cyborg Soldier (2008), The Lawnmower Man (1992), Ex Machina (2015), Johnny Mnemonic (1995) Tagline They gave her looks. Brains. Nuclear capabilities. Everything but an "off" switch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eve of Destruction is a 1991 American science fiction action drama film. The film is about a gynoid named EVE VIII, designed in secret by the United States military for undercover operations. The film stars Gregory Hines as Col. Jim McQuade and Dutch actress Renée Soutendijk (in her first U.S. film) with the dual roles as the robot's creator Dr. Eve Simmons, and the robot Eve herself.
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- Plot
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- Reception
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Plot
EVE VIII is a military gynoid created to look and sound exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery, it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator. The memories used though are dark and tragic ones.
The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission. Colonel Jim McQuade is tasked with eliminating the unstoppable machine. With the help of Dr. Simmons, he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional robotic doppelgänger.
Cast
Reception
Vincent Canby gave a negative review in The New York Times, calling the film "an undistinguished, barely functional action-melodrama." As of March 2014, the film has a 10% "rotten" score on RottenTomatoes.com.
Box Office
The movie opened with $2.5 million.
References
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