movieman_kev Susan Dey is Cindy Fairmont, a patient of plastic surgeon Dr. Roberts (Albert Finney), who might be the next one targeted for murder after his previous patients have been killed for apparently being too pretty. Roberts is about to uncover a huge sprawling conspiracy involving high-tech research company, Digital Matrix.A somewhat prophetic little film that again has author Crichton mining his massive mistrust of technological advancements. Much of the movie is absolutely married to the '80s but there are certain elements of the film that are very much still relevant to today. I liked the film on the whole, but it does drag on in places. Furthermore I kind of wished that it would have been as scathing to the superficiality of the cosmetic surgery business as it was technology, but that's a more personal gripe.Eye Candy: Terri Welles gets topless; Susan Day goes fully nude

Robert J. Maxwell This must be the only movie ever produced in which the hero is a Beverley Hills plastic surgeon. Albert Finney has had a few of his recent patients return for more alterations taken from a list, down to the millimeter. Then two or three of them die in disfiguring accidents.Another of his patients, Susan Dey, who requires absolutely nothing in the way of renovation, sort of latches on to him as he tries to find out if there is some link to the recent deaths. The police are eyeing him as a suspect but his interests focus on some computer digitalizing outfit that, as it turns out, has discovered a way to replace human models in commercials with what we now call computer-generated images, or CGIs. It was a novel idea at the time.Well -- "So what?", asks the sophisticated viewer. Is that all there is to it? No. The CGI corporation is run by the evil James Coburn. Not only does he now create commercials out of nothing but he has learned how to insert a hypnotic ray into the pupils of his CGIs. Bad enough when you're selling mouthwash. A disaster when you're producing political ads for a candidate who promises to rid us of inflated government and bureaucratic bloat and return to us the freedoms bestowed on the nation by the Founders. Oh, he's against pollution and big corporations too, so no need to read any messages into it, beyond those carried by any commercial production, including, "Spend money on this movie and make us famous and rich." There are multiple plot holes. I'll just mention two in passing and then give up. (1) It's never explained why those two or three suicides took place. (2) The cops switch from suspecting Finney to being convinced of Coburn's guilt for no particular reason.The technology is kind of interesting, dated though it is, but a little confusing too. Evidently, in the course of developing the hypnotic eyeballs, Coburn and company stumbled onto the possibility of installing the ray into a handgun, through the kind of serendipity that Robert K. Merton wrote about.Albert Finney makes for a clumsy action hero. He doesn't move very quickly or gracefully. There is a car chase of course, only the weapons are not machine guns or shotguns but those flash rays. And the final sneaking around, with Finney and a couple of villains creeping into commercials being shown to a select (and amused) audience of Big Wigs, is a little sluggish. The pace isn't helped by an ostinato in the musical score that goes on and on until -- until -- I woke up in a daze a week later and found myself in Cozumel. I was glad it happened -- GLAD! What with the pina colada and that bronzed babe.

Aaron1375 I enjoyed this movie a lot as a kid as I enjoyed the flash guns and the other nifty computer stuff. This movie also has a bit of nudity in it, funny considering this movie was rated pg. It even has a couple of good deaths in it too. Just not the kind of stuff you would find in a movie these days unless it were just showing a male butt on screen. Here you get brief images of models and it is quite nice to look at. The plot has a plastic surgeon's patients dying off. What is strange is that none of these women seem to need any surgery to begin with. One particular girl kind of gets close to the doctor and through a series of events they uncover strange going ons. This movie is very entertaining as it has it all it seems. Good action here and there, some mystery, and some nice imagery. You also have a cool flash gun that stuns a person for a good while when used. It also has its rather funny scenes as a couple of those deaths that happen when they are filming those bad commercials are just great. The cast is rather good too, as Albert Finney may not be an action star, but he does really good here. James Coburn is also very good and they have a nice assortment of attractive girls too. They just do not make them like this anymore unfortunately.

Eric Mercer This movie was written ahead of television technology, but on the computer it really leaves room for imagination. If you want to see into the motivation behind marketing,(Myspace,Google,Microsoft,etc...),check this movie out. It's not a movie that follows into any previous genre. Micheal Chrieghton never does. That's what's so great about it. It leaves you with a feeling of insight into the hearts and minds of corporate America. It is a must see. I saw this movie in the eighth grade. My friends and I were all raving about it. A real "Star Trek" atmosphere to it. The women were really sexy, especially at the age I was. I think the movie would be great for a college course in marketing. After seeing the movie you might consider where your mouse wanders, eh?