Circuitry Man (1990) — AI Story Visualization

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Plot Analysis Summary

A sci-fi chase thriller set in a polluted underground world where stolen brain chips trigger a relentless pursuit.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Subterranean Extraction

Network of Allies

The Relentless Pursuit

Borderline Confrontation

In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals a case of such chips and flees underground Los Angeles with Danner, a pleasure android so that they can smuggle the chips to New York. In pursuit is Plughead, a dangerous criminal so named because of the many sockets and ports which decorate his scalp so that he can test and use the chips that he is after.

Directed by

Steven Lovy

Key Cast

Rating: 5/10 (29 votes)