Eve of Destruction is a 1991

1991 in film

The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...

 science fiction film

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

 about a cyborg

Cyborg

A cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...

 named Eve, designed in secret by the United States military

Military of the United States

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 for undercover operations. The film stars Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Gregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...

 as Colonel Jim McQuade and Dutch actress Renée Soutendijk

Renée Soutendijk

Renette Pauline Soutendijk, known as Renée Soutendijk, is a Dutch actress. She was a favorite star of director Paul Verhoeven's films and is perhaps best known for her work in his 1980 release Spetters. Her good looks and striking blond hair secured her status as a Dutch sex symbol in the 1980s...

(in her first U.S. film) with the dual roles as the cyborg's creator Dr. Eve Simmons, and the cyborg Eve herself.

Plot

Eve VIII is a military robot created to look and sound exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons (Soutendijk). When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery, it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator. The memories used, though, are the dark and angry ones.

The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission. Colonel Jim McQuade (Hines) is tasked with stopping the robot. With the help of Dr. Simmons, he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional killing machine.

Reception

Vincent Canby gave a negative review in The New York Times, calling the film "an undistinguished, barely functional action-melodrama." As of June 2010, the film has a 0% "rotten" score on RottenTomatoes.com.