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A.P.E.X. Movie Review

Starring: Richard Keats, Mitchell Cox, Lisa Ann Russell. Marcus Aurelius
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Review Summary
A.P.E.X. was co-written and directed by Phillip J. Roth in 1993.

In 2073, it's possible to travel back in time and robots are regularly sent into the past. Scientist Nicholas Sinclair tries to understand why some of them come back infected by a virus. One day, the experiment goes wrong as the robot, sent in 1973, unexpectedly comes across three tourists in the middle of the Mojave desert. Fearing that the robot strictly implements the procedure and kills the people in order to avoid a time paradox, Sinclair interferes and stops the robot.

When Sinclair comes back in 2073, he finds a world totally different than the one he had left. Robots have kept coming from his 2073 laboratory into the past for a century now and they have nearly destroyed the human race. Most of the remaining population suffers from the plague Sinclair had noticed in his robots's constitution. If he wants to destroy this alternative time-line, Sinclair must absolutely find his laboratory and stop the procedure the robots are applying. With Shepherd and a group of soldiers, Sinclair traverses then a dangerous territory ruled by hundreds of robots determined to eliminate humans.

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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Time Travel: - primarily to the past
Robots & Computers & VR Yes
Plotlet: - fighting harmful robot(s)
Time Travel Story? Yes
To what time period? - 1960's-1980's

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium wavy
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (man) very short/crewcut
Body type - muscular (man)
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Robot
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present) - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Desert? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Misc settings - lab
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - upbeat
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
Kinds of F/X - exploding bombs
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