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Assassin (TV 1986)A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, ... See full summary » Director:Sandor SternWriter:Sandor Stern |
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Title: Assassin (TV 1986)
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Henry Stanton
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Mary Casallas
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Richard Young | ... |
Robert Golem
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Earl Dickman
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Calvin Lantz
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Ben Frank | ... |
Franklin
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Jessica Nelson | ... |
Ann Walsh
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Grace Decker
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Len Birman | ... |
Sen. Corbin
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Robert F. Hoy | ... |
Becker
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Nick Angotti | ... |
Kreiger
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Grace Simmons | ... |
Secretary
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Wheeler
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Richard Newton | ... |
Oliver Smithfield
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Todd
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A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically builded to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable. Written by Luis Carvacho <lcarvach@lascar.puc.cl>
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Part Flesh. Part Steel. All Killer. See more »Parents Guide:
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19 March 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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 clichéd 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.