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USA 1987 97m Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern. Starring: Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, Robyn Lively, Joseph Bologna, Robert Harper, Kristy Swanson, Lili Haydn, Brandon Douglas, Carey Scott, Brian Cole, Sasha Mitchell, Judy Starr, Greg Monaghan. Music by: Tom Scott.
Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the mechanical boy.
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Pretty terrible little Disney film starring Jay Underwood as a robotic "son" engineered by Alan Thicke who proceeds to find himself engaged in "wonderfully imaginative" situations of "comic unfortunate...ness." unfortunately for us the film is a dire little copycat clone of other real-looking-robots-created-by-mad-scientists movies and the only thing that could have spiced up this film a bit and added some zest would have been if, at the end, Underwood unleashed a whole load of kick-butt on the entire cast and turned into a Terminator sent from the future to eliminate John Connor.
By the way, what happened to Jay Underwood? From "Uncle Buck" to straight-to-video fare such as "Road to Redemption" and commercials for toothpaste? Choosing a recurring role in this disappointing series may have something to do with his career shortcomings.
Review by MovieAddict2016 from the Internet Movie Database.