Eve of Destruction (1991)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Duncan Gibbins

Writers (WGA):

Duncan Gibbins (written by) &
Yale Udoff (written by)

Release Date:

18 January 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Its creator made it in her own image. The military made it deadly. Now only one man can stop her.

Plot:

Eve is a robot, modelled on "her" creator. Eve's armoury includes a nuclear bomb, which for unexplained reasons is on-board during Eve's testing...

Plot Keywords:

Military | Chase | Road Rage | Train | Title Based On Song

Cast

Gregory Hines	...	Colonel Jim McQuade
Renée Soutendijk	...	Dr. Eve Simmons / Eve VIII
Michael Greene	...	General Curtis
Kurt Fuller	...	Bill Schneider
John M. Jackson	...	Peter Arnold
Loren Haynes	...	Steve the Robot
Nelson Mashita	...	Scientist / Waiter
Alan Haufrect	...	Dr. Heller
Maryedith Burrell	...	Dawn Perlin
Norman Merrill	...	First Scientist
Craig Oldfather	...	Young Man on Train
Greg Collins	...	Skaaren
Eddie Matthews	...	Bank Robber #1
Tom Morga	...	Bank Robber #2
Tim Russ	...	Carter

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

'Richard Collier (I)’'s last film.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Near the beginning of the film, we see the exterior of a gun shop. On the concrete wall outside, the shop advertises "Guns whollsale" (sic), not "wholesale".

Quotes:

Colonel Jim McQuade: What da' ya' mean she's activated?!

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

ACAPULCO

They forgot to yell 'cut!'

Of all the thousands of movies I've seen that have employed guns and tanks and exploding things, this is the first that made me want to turn the gun on myself. As each scene wore on and on, I kept gesturing in the air to 'hurry it up'. It was as if dead people were on the screen. The characters spoke so slow, I began to doubt that any of them ever spoke before! A world of frustration. There was only a little tension, a fair plot and a whole lot of inconceivabilities. Supposedly, the robot was infused with the memories and life experiences of her/its creator. So, it was expected to act and respond according to this 'information'. Yeah, right. Yawn. Gregory Hines was right for the role and his performance was very good, as expected. Everybody else were rank amateurs, as evidenced by their uninteresting, wooden deadpan styles. Avoid this movie unless you want to eat your own lead salad.