Customer Reviews

Circuitry Man 1 & 2

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The first movie is great fun but what really makes it stand out are the incredible songs by Deborah Holland {from Animal Logic and her own awesome, solo work}! "Cant stop cryin" will stay with you the rest of your life, trust me, I've been looking for the soundtrack for over a decade! If you want some great campy fun, get this. If you want some really great music, buy it now.

The first Circuitry Man was considerably
better than the next installment, five
years later (I love Vernon Wells, but did
he like put on 50 lbs. since the first or
what?) A very imaginative movie and the
soundtrack is a tribute to the very good
and underrated Deborah Holland, who appears
in the first installment. Yes, I gotta ad-
mit, I like Traci Lords in the second. I
am a red-blooded Amer-I-Can male...But
unfortunately Traci + Deborah Shelton
doesn't = Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Good
try(s) though.

First, this movie is one of my favorites. The film is solid the acting is great, and the music is beautiful.
Deborah Holland's "You're Makin Me Crazy," is such a beautiful song. I would love to see more films she scored.
Anyway, to the movie itself: You gotta love it. This is a fun, futuristic road movie. Jim Metzler is great as he was in A Gun a Car and a Blonde. Dana Wheeler Nicholson was also great; you really felt for her character, tough, attractive woman looking for something she will probably never find, but she won't give up. Lu Leonard as Juice is outstanding. Vernon Wells as Plughead really sets the mood of the film. The characters all fit well in this film especially Denis Christopher's Leach. But the show stealers are Paul Wilson and Andy Goldberg as Squaid and Beane. Paul Wilson was also great in a movie called The Devonshire Terror with Donald Pleasants and Suzanne Love. He had hair too.
This DVD Pak is great especially the commentary.
As for Circuitry Man II on the flip side, it is a good solid follow up to the original, and although Debra Sheldon is very sexy and tough and the love scene with her and Metzler was great (especially that song Walk Away), I really would have like to see Dana Wheeler Nicholson back.
Jim Metzler is a great actor and should really be seen in more films. He is a great leading man.
There was talk about a Circuitry Man 3, anyone know about that? I hope they make it.
Circuitry Man was plugging before the Matrix copied Dark City. If they do make a 3rd installment, I hope they bring back Dana Wheeler Nicholson and definately let Deborah Holland Score the film.

This gem of a film has everything a sci-fi lover could be yearning for; comedy, a dark vision of the future, a robotic romance with a twist and a fleeting chance of redemption for mankind. Wired analysts who live off pain and lovesick Romeo Biobots populate this highly creative, fast paced film that somehow manages to overcome what must have been a low budget. Every scene has you smiling inwardly, eagerly awaiting the next... a real page turner, without the pages. The Lovy Brothers write some crisp dialogue that holds up well today, including some prophetic themes of climate change that include the death of all forests and oceans... not bad for a 1980's flick. In fact, the themes of manufactured love and hardwired addiction to pain warrant a remake of this already classic, post apocalyptic story. Circuitry Man 1 & 2

Simply magnificent edition! An excellent picture, subtitles: English and Spanish, Filmmakers` kommentary for Each Film, trailers: Circuitry Man 1&2 and Johnny Mnemonic. Many thanks creators for qualitative release.

For those who love this movie but doesn't want to pay the $100 plus dollars listed here, I want to mention that I found it for $19.99 on another site where I can't name but I will say you do a lot of bidding there. e-something or another is what it it is called if you know what I mean, I think it is by the bay.

As one of the first films in the genre of Cyberpunk I think it deserves a place on any sci-fi lovers shelf. It's full of unique fun ideas on a low budge. Dennis Cristopher is outstanding as well as Dana wheeler Nicholson. And the film makers did a good job of keeping the film moving and involving.