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Eve of Destruction

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An anti-terrorist (Gregory Hines) hunts a walking bomb made by a scientist (Renée Soutendijk) in her own image, with all of her hang-ups.

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Scott Tobias The Dissolve Overheard at the pitch meeting: "So what if The Terminator was like, um... a sexy lady in a red leather get-up?" "Sold!" Rated: 1.5/5 Dec 2, 2013 Full Review John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 'So this device of yours is horny as well as psychopathic?' asks Gregory Hines, cast as a military badass so self-assured he's nicknamed himself 'God.' Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 6, 2014 Full Review J.C. Maçek III PopMatters Gregory Hines as a cyborg hunter? The casting couldn't be more perfect if Ben Vereen were cast as the lead in Terminator 5. Rated: 3/10 Dec 11, 2013 Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat For whatever flaws it contains - and there are many - the film now seems like an intriguingly eccentric little genre effort that marches to the beat of its own weird drummer. Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 5, 2013 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 2/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Sep 8, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mark F Not the worst Terminator rip off, so if you like B movie action with a sci-fi concept you should enjoy this. Its biggest let down is the distracting score, often doesn't fit with the scene and has a sort of jaunty, bouncy clarinet thing (Seinfeld-esque) going on when it's meant to be tense or dramatic. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/28/25 Full Review Ola G EVE VIII (Renée Soutendijk) is a military android created to look and sound exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons (Renée Soutendijk). When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery, it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator. The memories used, though, are dark and tragic ones. The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission. Colonel Jim McQuade (Gregory Hines) is tasked with eliminating the unstoppable machine. With the help of Dr. Simmons, he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional robotic doppelgänger... The film received negative reviews from critics. Vincent Canby gave a negative review in The New York Times, calling the film "an undistinguished, barely functional action-melodrama." (Via Wikipedia) I saw "Eve of Destruction" back when it came out and I had forgotten about this film. It's partly a clear rip off of "Terminator" and you can see other films shining through in the storyline. This is not Gregory Hines proudest moment, but to be honest I thought it was better than I expected. With that I do mean better in a b-action movie sense of a way. All in all ok for what it is. Nothing more, nothing less. Trivia: The movie opened with $2.5 million. It finished its run with a total of $5,451,119 against a $13 million budget, making it a box-office bomb. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/13/24 Full Review Liam D This a shameless ripoff of 1984’s The Terminator but this Thriller has some 90s cheesy vibes and campy to make it a guilty pleasure fun Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/20/24 Full Review Georgan G This was a darn good movie. The writing & acting were good enough to keep me interested every moment! Have no idea why it got bad ratings. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/23 Full Review Audience Member So bad that it is good. A classic! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member It's The Terminator without the intelligent plot. It's Species without the sex appeal. A mildly entertaining b-movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An anti-terrorist (Gregory Hines) hunts a walking bomb made by a scientist (Renée Soutendijk) in her own image, with all of her hang-ups.
Director
Duncan Gibbins
Producer
David Madden
Screenwriter
Duncan Gibbins, Yale Udoff
Production Co
Nelson Entertainment, Interscope Communications
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.4M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround
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