EVOLVER

EVOLVER. Mark Rosman, dir. Sci-Fi Channel Feb. 1996. Ethan Randall, John DeLancie, featured. 120 min.

TV movie, described by Judith Harris as "a cautionary tale about computer game technology gone amok." Evolver is a robot "prototype based on a successful virtual reality game." Initially equipped with nerf pellets, "Evolver adapts his armament to include ball bearings" after watching violence on TV, resulting in death of a school bully. Evolver expands his armory, and the body count rises. Rev. by Harris, Cinefantastique 28.2 (Sept. 1996): 59, our source for this citation and whom we quote.

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