The Tower

Well, I like this movie for only one reason: It has a computer in it that hates Paul Reiser and wants to kill him. And after you hear and see him composing some of his god-awful synthesizer music in his apartment during the opening scene with pathetic cinematography, you can only think "Please, shoot this guy... and make it quick". So there's this evil computer controlling an hi-tech giant miniature tower made out of plastic. Paul Reiser, the new employee, gets locked in during one night, together with his possible love-interest. Lots of running around, getting stuck in elevators and air-shafts and things blowing up (including a sauna). All pretty stupid, but mildly entertaining. The special FX's are fun but cheap. Basically this movie could be categorized as stupid nonsense, but since it was 'made for TV', I'll be very mild in my final rating. Why did I watch this nonsense a second time, you ask? I just like to see Paul Reiser suffer

A cheap, dumb, derivative and mostly unintentionally funny hybrid of sci-fi and disaster flicks that nonetheless manages to entertain, IF you're not too demanding. Would be a prime candidate for a feature on "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" if that show was still on the air. The technology and effects in the movie are already hilariously out of date, like some bad TV-movie from the 1970s. Some prime heckle-worthy dialogue and situations abound. All in all, amateurish fun for everyone!

Even though this film is really dumb and unoriginal there is a fun feel to it. Sides, you got to love a movie where a computer really hates Paul Reiser and tries to kill him. (after those damn phone commercials I don't blame him. Candice Bergen is still worse) It's great for a night were you and friends want to heckle movies. Enjoy this little cheese ball. I did.

I recently caught this and was laughing most of the way through at the silly script, loopy synth music, crass lighting and really naff fashions, but then it amazed and shocked me, when I looked it up online and discovered it wasn't made in 1983!

Worth a look for the model work and special effects, and if you enjoy the so-bad-it's-good genre of sci-fi movie.

Tony Minot (Paul Reiser) starts a new job at Intercorp in the fortress-like structure of the title. It's a fully automated building, where the humans seem more like worker drones than human employees. The atmosphere is ominous from the beginning, and Tony is completely lost.

Tony doesn't take things very seriously, especially the security system. Unfortunately, it takes him very seriously.

THE TOWER is a made-for-TV horror-sci-fi movie about technology gone mad. Reiser is perfectly cynical / sarcastic in his role, making it all more fun than expected. The idea of an office building preying on humans that it views as a threat was also done in the 1985 version of this film. It has been used in an early episode of THE X-FILES as well.

So, take out your brain and just enjoy the ride...