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Plot

In this Japanese animated science fiction adventure, an elderly man is chosen to be the recipient of a special robot, the Z-001, which will act as his caregiver. The Z-001 displays greater efficiency and skill than any human nurse. But while the robot does fine at first, there's one catch -- the Z-001 began as a military project, so when the old man's violent impulses rise to the surface, the machine begins to mirror them, and soon the machine is a danger to all around it ... including the man the machine is supposed to serve.
MPAA Rating:
PG-13
Genre(s):
Science Fiction
Run Time:
80min.
Theatrical Release Date:
01/30/1996
DVD Release Date:
08/26/1998
Themes:
Experiments Gone Awry,Technology Run Amok,Robots and Androids
Tone:
Menacing,Rousing,Stylized,Tense,Visceral
Keywords:
android,caregiver,experiment,machine,mind-reader,prototype,robot