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Westworld review by RP
Disaster at a futuristic theme park
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In 1993 the film 'Jurassic Park' told a tale of disaster at a futuristic theme park; it was based on a novel by Michael Crichton, who also wrote the screenplay. Michael Crichton must like the storyline, because 20 years earlier in 1973 he wrote and directed the film 'Westworld' about - guess what - disaster at a futuristic theme park. I remember seeing it at the cinema waaaaaaaay back then, and viewing it today some 40 years later it's still pretty entertaining. It tells the tale of two men who go on holiday in the Western-themed Westworld theme park, part of the virtual reality Delos holiday complex. Here they can have gunfights with impunity, because the local residents are all androids. But a computer error causes the androids to go rogue and the gunplay becomes a deadly reality. The star of the film is Yul Brynner who plays an implacable robot gunslinger. The film is spartan in its special effects, and perhaps because of this it has aged fairly well – it is clearly dated, but the story remains quite fresh even though it has been done to death in later films. I enjoyed it in 1973 and again in 2012 and rate it at 4/5 stars. Give it a try.
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