Takeover

Takeover

9.0IMDb Score
Released:1988-02-10
Duration:80 min
Country:Australia
Director:Robert Marchand
Actors:Barry Otto, Anne Tenney, Paul Chubb, Arron Wayne Cull, Alexander Kemp
Production:Film Victoria, Phillip Emanuel Productions

Overview:

George Oppenheimer has two problems: an eccentric wife and an uncontrollable child. At work his team invented a computer with personality. George thinks the computer is faster, smarter and elegant. When his life falls apart, the computer offers suicide as the only alternative.

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