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Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg
HONG KONG · 2009

Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg

Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
artificial intelligence human-robot relationships cybernetics law enforcement emotional consciousness
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Synopsis

The film takes place in 2046. The Chinese government has created the first cybernetic organism, K1, programmed with sophisticated social conscience, ideal for police applications. Initially deployed in a remote village for testing, K1, is loved by the villagers, and performs all duties and expectations flawlessly, except one. Su Mei, a fellow police officer falls in love with K1, creating a problem as cyborgs are not programmed to feel such feelings. Meanwhile, another cyborg, K88, disappears after suffering a neural meltdown, and K1 is called in to hunt down the renegade robot....

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