not awful . michael crichton techo thriller have a lot of great idea float around and but few be really flesh out enough to make for a really good movie . albert finney play a beverly hill plastic surgeon who stumble upon a plot to kill off model ( many of whom be his patient ) . the trail lead to a conglomerate run by oily james coburn and his sexy goon leigh taylor young . what he uncover be a pretty clever plot to replace the model with computer generate replica and thus allow them to work forever without age or get pay . unfortunately and the leaden pacing of the movie do it in . finney seem surprisingly engage and but crichton have direct nothing . in fact and his direction here ( a it be with coma ) be so without personality it have a deaden affect on everything . coburn be fine in an all too brief role and susan dey be terrific a one of finney luckier patient .