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Original release / air date: 29 March 1995
Runtime: 90 minutes
Country / region: United States
Original language: English
Production company / studio: Lakeview Productions; Republic Pictures
Distributor / platform: Republic Pictures
Artificial character(s): J269
Performer(s): Olivier Gruner
ASFR type: Built
Character type: Android, Robot

Overview

Robgen Industries deploys J-Series 'Automatics', human-looking android security guards programmed to protect people from violent attack. J269 accidentally kills a company executive while stopping an assault on employee Nora Rochester, forcing the android and Nora to flee Robgen's attempt to erase the incident.

ASFR Content

J269 is a deliberately human-looking security android whose behaviour is governed by protective programming. The plot repeatedly contrasts his artificial design with increasingly independent moral decisions while Robgen treats him as replaceable equipment and sends armed teams to destroy him.

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ASFR Scenes

Scene 1
Key ASFR scene

J269's protection programming forces him to intervene

J269 discovers a Robgen executive attacking Nora Rochester. His protective programming compels him to intervene, and he inadvertently kills the executive.

Character(s): J269
Scene 2
Major

Robgen sends a team to eliminate J269

Rather than acknowledge the incident, Robgen sends a paramilitary team to destroy both J269 and Nora, turning the android against the corporation that manufactured him.

Character(s): J269

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