Review of Westworld

Westworld (1973)
6/10
Interesting idea, but some major flaws
12 October 2000
Warning: Spoilers
This one had a really interesting theme and was a kind of predecessor to Chrichton's own "Jurassic Park", but except for the things that are rather well done (e.g. Yul Bynner's death at the end), there are flaws that make the whole film ridiculous (spoilers...):

1.) If the visitors of the park cannot shoot at each other (because of sensors in their guns), why are the robots able to do that? No one would give the robots real ammo, because they are not supposed to shoot at the guests. And why is a robot snake able to bite someone when it should never do so? Construction error? 2.) When they turn off the electricity, all of their computers and monitors still work, but the scientists are not able to open the electric doors and suffocate. How stupid can you be constructing such a trap for yourself?

And there are also a lot of minor flaws in the film. It's simply not believable.
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