The computer scientist Harry Benson (George Segal) has a violent behavior caused by seizures and blackouts from his epilepsy. When he is invited to be submitted to an experimental surgery to implant electrodes in his brain by a renowned team of doctors, he accepts the invitation despite the opposition of the psychiatrist Dr. Janet Ross (Joan Hackett). The electrodes would detect the seizure before it happens and then stop it, and the surgery is a success. The doctors induce seizures to Benson monitored by computers to test the effects of the healing, but Benson flees from the hospital with his friend Angela Black (Jill Clayburgh). Now the doctors and the police run against time of the next seizures that are turning Benson's violence to next level of killing.
"The Terminal Man" is a boring 1974 sci-fi film with the story of the mind control by computers of a violent man. The plot is developed in a very slow pace and Benson's surgery is absolutely tiresome. Michael Crichton's novel is not good and this movie is dated. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "O Homem Terminal" ("The Terminal Man")
"The Terminal Man" is a boring 1974 sci-fi film with the story of the mind control by computers of a violent man. The plot is developed in a very slow pace and Benson's surgery is absolutely tiresome. Michael Crichton's novel is not good and this movie is dated. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "O Homem Terminal" ("The Terminal Man")