ASSASSIN(1986)
In the set: 100 Greatest Sci-Fi Classics

You don't discover why this is classified as
sci-fi until 20 minutes into the movie! Conrad
plays a retired CIA agent who's been sought out
to help pull in a renegade agent, who's really
a robot! Bob does great in this, as does most
of the cast, all except the lead actress,
which really slows down the movie! C+

From a reviewer at IMDb.com:

This mid-80s made-for-TV sci-fi thriller takes
its cues from The Terminator, with a human-like
robot assassin, created by a top secret government
agency, programmed to kill those on a hit list
compiled by its deluded, deceased designer.
Ex-agency operative Henry Stanton (Robert Conrad)
reluctantly comes out of retirement to try and
stop the renegade mechanical menace, aided by
attractive robotics expert Mary Casallas(Karen
Austin).

Writer/director Sandor Stern is no James Cameron,
but he still manages to deliver a fair bit of
tension and some hokey fun from the premise, with
his murderous machine (effectively played by
Richard Young) interfacing with an ATM to extract
cash, taking a couple of high dives from several
stories up, leaping over moving cars, opening
up compartments in his body to modify himself,
and even bedding a desperate bar floozy when
his mission calls for it (he's anatomically
correct and can go for hours on a full charge!).

The plot does get unnecessarily convoluted and
cliched at times, with Henry haunted by his past,
developing a relationship with Mary, and
discovering that his superior has been hiding
a terrible secret, but Stern just about keeps
the pace going right up to the hilariously
explosive ending.

5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb. - BA_Harrison

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