G. Philip Jackson Movies
- 1994
In this futuristic science fiction drama, two firms are both on the working overtime to see who can be first to perfect a new and groundbreaking invention -- a technology that can perfectly recreate human tissue, allowing people to be replicated at will. One of the companies is a small, cutting-edge concern, while the other is a major multinational conglomerate, and in a world where such companies control the legal and judicial system (hey, are you sure this is science fiction?), beating them to the punch can have deadly consequences. The larger firm sends a team of thugs to destroy the smaller company's offices, just as inventor Ludo (Michael St. Gerard) is using himself as a guinea pig for his final tests on the replication system; things go haywire during the assault, and soon Ludo finds himself chasing his own manmade evil twin. Replikator also stars Ned Beatty, Brigitte Bako, and Ilona Staller, the latter better known as Cicciolina, the Italian adult film star who was elected to that nation's Parliament. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael St. Gerard, Ned Beatty, (more)
- 1984
This flawed but well-intentioned sci-fi film brings up the dilemma of a woman caught between maintaining the "universal order" or maintaining a computer system that runs the world in the 21st century -- the telepathic Melody (Anne Dansereau). In this future time, the world is run by a complex "computer central" called the "Beast," and Melody is an expert technician who psychically communicates with the Beast. A new computer program about to be instituted is designed to increase the amount of energy available to the earth, but Melody receives a telepathic message from beings on a far away galaxy who inform her that implementation of the new system will destroy the "music of the spheres" and the natural order of the universe. As people around her argue pro and con -- her lover (Jacques Couture), her friend who helped connect Melody to the Beast (Peter Brikmanis), and a hard-nosed bureaucrat -- Melody's decision becomes all the more difficult. This film was awarded the prize for "Most Promising First Feature" in the 1984 Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anne Dansereau, Peter Brikmanis, (more)
