The movie is about the kid, who's really a robot and how he tries to fit in to everyday life. A scientist steals him away from the lab and drops him off in the woods right before he's killed.
Daryl, eventually gets adopted by a family, where he stays a few....days? Weeks? (the movie's not clear how much time has passed) And learns what it means to be a kid.
While the first half of the movie pulls your interest it's the last part that reminded me why this never became an 80's classic.
The scientist get Daryl, take him back to the lab to run test. Daryl doesn't seem to mind this though earlier he claimed to have no idea where he was from. It then goes in to a silly arc, where Daryl pilots a jet to get away (that's right, a jet) crashes near his old neighborhood and makes it back to the family....the end.
What happened to the scientists who were perusing him?! The family knows they can't keep him, what do they think's going to happen when he's found at their house once again? Sadly, the movie doesn't bother with making sense and hopes you'll forget it in lieu of a happy ending.
I'm glad I saw this again to remind others not to bother watching it. Or at least to turn it off at the halfway point.
3 comments:
Is that Bastion from A Never-Ending Story???
Ha! It looks like it could be. Never thought to check!
It sure as heck is! Just looked it up!
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