Death Machine Details

Cheerfully lifting from the likes of The Terminator, Alien and Die Hard, homegrown director Stephen Norrington fashions a distinctly un-British but hugely entertaining techno thriller. Set in the near future, the story pits hi-tech weapons firm executive Ely Pouget and a gang of terrorists against barmy scientist Brad Dourif and his bone-crunching killing machine in a deserted office building. There's little in the way of character development, but former effects man Norrington never lets the pace slacken for a minute and designs some ingenious action sequences.