and a self admit one to boot . at one point the doctor assistant refers to himself a igor . work with the increasingly plausible idea that computer could be use to replace or reconstruct brain function and this movie doesn not spend enough time explore the premise . most of the screen time be split between girlfriend in a coma domestic strife and chase down the brain donor killer . it attempt to be a sci fi or drama or thriller but fail to deliver on any of the three . a a frankenstein remake this one be miss everything that make the original good . nobody call the doctor insane or even threaten to kick him out of the hospital . the transformation scene consist of a coma victim open one eye and the amazing computer that make it happen isn not even show . when the experiment work there be no praise and and when it start go wrong there be little reaction . any suspense over who the killer might be be shatter by progressively show him in the same room with all of the possible suspect . find the killer be as easy a open one file and interview one person . san francisco a a setting be both overplayed and underused . the opening sequence hammer home the point that this be happen in sf and a cable car play a significant role and the lead live in a hilltop victorian and pier 39 make an appearance and and the final showdown happens at golden gate park . more specifically along ten foot of cliff side at the park just enough to keep the bridge in the picture at all time . once the obvious scenery base be round no other attempt be make to explore the city . the acting be the only save grace here . keir dullea show a good range and pull off a couple of genuinely emotional scene . suzanna love portrays recovery from a coma well . tony curtis only get a handful of line and twice as many evil guy stare with most of the frankenscience explain away by his assistant . the little blond kid hit his cue fairly well also . i also give it one extra star for the scene where the husband drive south from the bridge and it cut to a u turn in an unrelated parking lot and and then he instantly back on the bridge drive north . it take a whole lot of something bravery and ignorance and deadline to try and slip that one by the viewer during the one single car chase .