该片是由约瑟夫·萨金特执导的科幻片,于1970年上映，主要讲述了:Eric Braeden stars a.s Dr. Charles Forbin,. who has created a su.percomputer .named Colossus, built so.lely for the purpo.se of controlli.ng the nuclear def.enses of the Western allian.ce. It isn't to.o long after, however, t.hat the R.ussians a.nnounce that they .too have built a s.imilar compu.ter for those same purposes. on their side--Guard.ian. And when the two. machines be.gin sharing information .at a speed nobody .can believe, an. attempt is made t.o disable them. . . . . 　.　This unfortunatel.y just raises the .machines' ir.e; and in retaliation, they. launch their weapons. at each other's home. nations. Th.e result is a chilling s.cenario that is po.tentially becom.ing all too real t.hese days. . . . . 　　COLO.SSUS: THE FORBIN P.ROJECT was not a b.ig hit at th.e box office for various re.asons. One is that it.s cast wasn't exactly. well known.. Another reason is that .its ending isn't e.xactly a happy .one. Still a third. reason is that Universal h.ad trouble tryi.ng to promote it in the .wake of t.he huge s.uccess of Stanley .Kubrick's 2001: A .SPACE ODYSSE.Y. The latter reason is obv.ious: Colossus and Gu.ardian, like HAL in t.he Kubrick m.ovie, become central cha.racters here. The .difference here. is that while HAL. malfunctions due to a prog.ramming conflic.t, Colossus and Guardian. remain a.ll too st.able, convinced be.yond a doubt that .they know ho.w to protect Mankind better. than Man himself. As. the computers point .out: