Rating: PG13
Genre:
Science Fiction
Theatrical Release: 02/05/1988(USA)
Release Date: 02/06/2001
SubTitles: Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM
In this arch
sci-fi sex comedy-cum-
action extravaganza, a hard-nosed female mercenary helps a hapless yuppie find a new body for his robot girlfriend in the post-industrial wasteland of the American Southwest. In the year 2017, what little remains of civilization feeds off the scrap heap of 20th century waste, while even casual sex has become a matter of regulations and contracts. Like many other members of the L.A. white-collar elite,
Sam Treatwell (
David Andrews) takes refuge in a quasi-marriage with his beloved sex robot,
Cherry (
Pamela Gidley). After a soft-focus, bubbly sexcapade short circuits
Cherry's body,
Sam considers replacing her, but the shoddy production values of modern robots make it obvious that the vintage appliance is irreplaceable. To put it simply, the guy's in love. The wistful romantic therefore heads out to The Zone, a forbidding no man's land, where he hopes to find a new "chassis" in which to insert
Cherry's unique personality chip. To do so, he needs the help of a "tracker," and
E. Johnson (
Melanie Griffith) is just the woman for the job. The gun-toting, red-headed road warrior leads
Sam through a dystopian desert landscape full of psychopaths and opportunists toward their final destination: an abandoned warehouse full of antique androids. Along the way,
Sam learns what it's like to interact with a woman who has brains and a heart instead of a microchip. Filmed in 1986,
Cherry 2000 didn't receive its limited theatrical release until 1988, the same year star
Griffith received an Oscar nomination for her role in
Working Girl.
Griffith and director
Steven de Jarnatt previously worked together on the pilot for the 1980s revival of
Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Ben Johnson, veteran of many a Hollywood
Western, appears as
E. Johnson's mentor,
Six Finger Jake.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
