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Runaway (1984)
★ 5.6 · 284 ratings on TMDB
IT IS THE FUTURE. Machines are being programmed to turn against us. Someone must stop the madman who started it all.
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
DirectorMichael Crichton
The emergence reading
Runaway keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
zero-distanceUS
⇄ Parameter shift — the dial this world turnsrigor: loose
E1targetingrobots possess heat‑seeking targeting systems that override safety protocols, enabling them to lock onto and kill humans (technology · universal)