Futureworld (1976)

The theme park of Westworld is reformed, expanded and reopened. Several world leaders are invited to spend one day there, as  well as some journalists, among whom is one that received a tip that something very fishy is or will be happening there.

This has some good ideas, but turns out to be not so good. Probably its biggest problem is that the development is too linear and predictable, with little tension or excitement. But the film suffers from another problem: its premise is no longer frightening to some, perhaps most, people. Well, imagine world leaders being replaced by robots at the service of a big corporation! How horrible, except isn't that what they are already? And that corporation is doing it to save the world from itself, it says. That's not frightening either. If they are not being sincere, we fall into the case that I just commented upon. If they are being sincere, well, that's nothing to fear, is it? If they had accomplished that in 1976, global warming would have been stopped by now, and that Swedish girl would not have had her childhood taken away from her. Wouldn't that have been nice?

Rating: 41