Overrated

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Don't listen to the negative reviews

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Just remembering the good parts like Alien and Star Wars and Star Trek, we shouldn't forget the more dubious operators were putting stuff like this together.So the plot line is a made scientist and his android assistant are on a remote space station when three convicts bring a stolen ship to their location. Because neither the scientist or the android have seen a woman in some time, they all make plays for the female convict despite her awful dental work. In fact, most of the actors in this film have awful dental work.So after some boring slow action and a lot of character actions that make not a lick of sense, we get to the "shock" ending. Which makes no sense, either.

I love eighties films, and I love science fiction. This film is a good example of both, but I have to say it was a bit 'darker' than it felt like it should have been.The music is classic analog synthesized fun, and the setting is very cool-looking, typical of any early eighties sci-fi movie but with a certain complexity and detail that makes it seem solid and believable.The acting is absolutely phenomenal. I generally complain a lot about bad, hard-to-believe acting in movies but in this case I have no complaints; there was nothing to distract me from the story. I half-believed that Max was played by a real android (he is credited as "Himself". lol)! The acting was overall believable and appropriately restrained.The story could have used some work... it was a bit slow-moving and somewhat uninteresting, and the resolution wasn't entirely satisfying due to certain characters who were insufficiently developed. Also I felt that there should have been some slight comic relief, and I think the drama of the situations was not emphasized enough. But, to the story's credit, it did have a couple of nice twists and I think I like the ending.Overall I think it was worth seeing: much better than most of the junk that comes on at 2 AM!

I read the other comments, so here's my view.This is in my opinion a bit of a cult movie.I liked the story, music, and the sets were OK for a Sci-Fi movie.There was a nice thread running through with 'Max' keen to be human.The twist at the end just rounded it off for me.One I've watched a few times now and will watch again.Give it a try.

I cannot for the life of me see the appeal of 'Android' or why it has developed a cult following of sorts over the years! I can forgive a low budget and trashy production values - no problem - and poor acting - well you can't have everything - but a "plot" that seems like someone thought up in a ten minute coffee break isn't enough! One thing low budget science fiction movies can be redeemed by is original and thought provoking ideas. 'Android' has NONE. At all. So that leaves it out of the underrated gems club (see everything from 'Dark Star' to 'Cube'). It also fails on the so-bad-it's-a-hoot level. 'Saturn 3' had a horny and violent robot in it and was cheesy fun. 'Android' just comes across as an amateurish first draft of a Data episode of 'Star Trek TNG'. Even the Godlike Klaus Kinski can't save this schlock!