Westworld

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Westworld

PG

Released Nov 21, 1973

1h 28m

Sci-Fi

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Westworld is a futuristic theme park where paying guests can pretend to be gunslingers in an artificial Wild West populated by androids. After paying a sizable entrance fee, Blane (James Brolin) and Martin (Richard Benjamin) are determined to unwind by hitting the saloons and shooting off their guns. But when the system goes haywire and Blane is killed in a duel with a robotic gunslinger (Yul Brynner), Martin's escapist fantasy suddenly takes on a grim reality.

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Critics Consensus

Yul Brynner gives a memorable performance as a robotic cowboy in this amusing sci-fi/western hybrid.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Micheal Crichton's Westworld is a moderately entertaining sci-fi film; its major disadvantage is that Crichton's ideas is -- potentially -- too ingenious for what he was able to do.

Sep 15, 2023

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Gavin Bainbridge

Empire Magazine

A sharp, far-reaching sci-fi that will be remembered for Brynner's monotone maniac and a classic premise; Westworld is a thrilling What If?

Rated: 4/5

Mar 13, 2021

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Variety

Combines solid entertainment, chilling topicality, and superbly intelligent serio-comic story values.

Jun 5, 2007

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Over fifty years later, Westworld remains a groundbreaking sci-fi Western.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 27, 2024

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Russell Davies

Observer (UK)

In the closing minutes, Brynner's presence comes to inspire the classic movie monster mixture of dread and pathos, while his destructive urge sounds the film's warning against unrestrained technology.

Sep 27, 2023

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Kristin Battestella

InSession Film

Though at times the potential is undercooked, the western meets SF peril provides enough food for thought.

Jul 25, 2023

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Shawn R

Yul Brynner is stellar in this fun flick! Recommend!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Thomas H

a since fiction classic! But not every ones cup of tea, but not amazing, Yul Brynner's best performance and the most impressive robot performance and he was absolutely increasable.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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It gets three stars for Yul Brynner;s absolutely mesmerizing performance as the cyborg gunslinger and at age 53! He's actually playing a sort of parody of himself in such films as The Magnificent Seven, while absolutely nailing the cold-blooded robot's persona. The film is beautifully shot and the sets - actually sets OF sets in this context! - are first rate. It suffers a bit from lack of exposition, a clear conclusion, and a few rather implausible scenarios. What the director managed to do with the available technology, half a century ago, qualifies as brilliant.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Narciso R

Yul Brenner is awesome in this movie, no emotion, yet frightening. NRJ.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/25/24

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Max W

Westworld is a profoundly influential science fiction film, introducing core elements like theme parks, machine awakening, and the terror of escape that are prevalent in modern cinema. While it doesn't delve as deeply into the human-robot relationship as the modern TV series does, for a 1973 entertainment piece, it effectively instilled a lasting fear of robots in the minds of many viewers.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/27/24

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Jim222001 W

The film takes a creepy dark turn pretty much out of nowhere. Still, it’s an entertaining movie that surprised the hell out of me. When I saw it for the first time in the 90’s. It’s Jurassic Park with cowboy robots but West World came first. It definitely has the “oooh ahh, then there’s running and screaming.”

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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Westworld is a futuristic theme park where paying guests can pretend to be gunslingers in an artificial Wild West populated by androids. After paying a sizable entrance fee, Blane (James Brolin) and Martin (Richard Benjamin) are determined to unwind by hitting the saloons and shooting off their guns. But when the system goes haywire and Blane is killed in a duel with a robotic gunslinger (Yul Brynner), Martin's escapist fantasy suddenly takes on a grim reality.

Director: Michael Crichton
Producer: Paul N. Lazarus III
Screenwriter: Michael Crichton
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 1973, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 25, 2010
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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