Set on Earth in the near future, the survivors of a nuclear war have created cyborgs to assist in the rebuilding of civilisation.
The robots are categorised by a series of numbers that reflect their proximity to human perfection. An R100 robot would be a perfect human – but it is illegal to improve a robot above an R70.
However, as the bald green-skinned androids (derogatorily called “clickers”) become more sophisticated and humanlike, “The Order of Flesh and Blood” – an anti-robot group founded by Captain Kenneth Cragis (Don Megowan) – rises in power, fearful that the androids will overthrow mankind and intent on saving the remnants of humanity.
Meanwhile, a few sympathetic humans have sided with the androids, including Cragis’ sister Esme (Frances McCann), who is actually living “in rapport” with one of them – an R49 automaton named Pax (David Cross) – and rebel scientist Dr Raven (Don Doolittle), who conspires with the android members of a secret group to perfect the androids and begins producing R96 robots.
Cragis eventually discovers that he is, in fact, a robot himself! And so is his new girlfriend, Maxine (Erica Elliott). But Dr Raven announces that with “a few simple operations,” the android couple can have babies . . .
Shot on a shoestring budget, the sets are minimalistic, the story is complicated and and the acting is often pretty bad, but the film works hard to present some strange and imaginative concepts, including a nice surprise ending.
Capt. Kenneth Cragis
Don Megowan Maxine Megan
Erica Elliott Esme Cragis Milos
Frances McCann Dr Raven
Don Doolittle Pax
David Cross Mark
Richard Vath Hart
Reid Hammond Court
Malcolm Smith Acto
George Milan Lagan
Dudley Manlove
The robots are categorised by a series of numbers that reflect their proximity to human perfection. An R100 robot would be a perfect human – but it is illegal to improve a robot above an R70.
Capt. Kenneth Cragis
Pax
