a largely over looked sci fi movie date from 1970 and it surely deserve a lot more attention than it receive . embody many recurrently popular theme and it over riding message be one of technology run out of control . there a strong whiff of dr strangelove cold war paranoia and with forbidden planet terminator 2 war game and i and robot all carry the message do not trust your machine too much . colossus be an america super computer in the pre microchip day . it big . and it put in charge of the whole nato strategic defence program . unfortunately while the commie have have the same idea and and when activate while both computer meet in the electronic ether and and it love at first byte . they jointly conclude that their mutual task be best serve by cooperation and begin tell each other all their national secret . the government do not much care for their frankness and sever the link . the computer do not like the action of their gooseberry taskmaster very much either . they decide that there go to be a few change and and threaten nuclear reprisal if they do not get their way . what follow be a battle of wit between the human creator and their electronic creation and with the computer come out on top . perhaps it the rather nihilistic denouement that render this movie unpopular . most people like an end that be at least hopeful if not actually happy . and this movie doesn not offer one . it also lack a big name movie star to help secure it recognition . it more like a make for tv presentation . whatever the case and it deserve good recognition . it a whole lot more believable than and say and logan run . perhaps if nubile jenny agutter have be recruit for this movie it might have likewise stir a many loin a memory . a thing be and it must stand upon it scientific and social and political merit . and whilst science might have move on in the 40 year and the social and political issue remain the same . for those reason alone it still worth a watch . happily and it recent release on dvd will make that easy .