Circuitry Man is a 1990 American post apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Steven Lovy and starring Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson and Vernon Wells. It was followed by a sequel, Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II, in 1994.

Synopsis

In a post-apocalyptic future, pollution has killed off the natural world and the population is forced to live underground. A woman attempts to smuggle a suitcase of contraband drug/chips from Los Angeles to the underground remnants of New York City, while eluding both police and gangsters. Along the way, she is aided by a romantic bio-mechanical pony-tailed android and pursued by Plughead, a villain with the ability to tap into people's minds.

Cast

• Jim Metzler as Danner
• Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Lori
• Lu Leonard as Juice
• Vernon Wells as Plughead
• Barbara Alyn Woods as Yoyo
• Dennis Christopher as Leech
• Steven Bottomley as Bartender
• Barney Burman as Cheater
• Andy Goldberg as Squid
• Garry Goodrow as Jugs
• Darren Lott as Jackie

Production

Circuitry Man was adapted from a student film Steven Lovy made while attending UCLA. Shooting began in July 1989 and took place in Los Angeles and Antelope Valley, California.^[1]

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called it "nothing if not derivative" but "consistently distinctive and funny".^[2] In The Psychotronic Video Guide, Michael Weldon described it as "a clever, sometimes funny, well-made science fiction adventure" that is more fun than Hardware or Total Recall, two science fiction films that were also released in 1990.^[3] Tech Noir author Paul Meehan, discussing film noir in science fiction, wrote that the film attempts to overcome its low budget with gratuitous violence but called Wells "memorably nasty".^[4]

References

External links

• Circuitry Man at IMDb