| Eve of Destruction | |
| Director: | Duncan Gibbins |
| Producer: | David Madden |
| Starring: | |
| Music: | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography: | Alan Hume |
| Editing: | Caroline Biggerstaff |
| Studio: | Nelson Entertainment Interscope Communications |
| Distributor: | Orion Pictures |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $13 million |
| Gross: | $5,451,119 |
Eve of Destruction is a 1991 American science fiction action thriller film. The film is about a nuclear armed prototype android named EVE gone amok while being field tested by the military in a big city. The film stars Gregory Hines as Col. Jim McQuade and Dutch actress Renée Soutendijk (in her first U.S. film) with the dual roles as the robot's creator Dr. Eve Simmons, and the robot Eve herself.
EVE VIII is a military android created to look and sound exactly like her creator, Dr. Eve Simmons. When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery, it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator. The memories used, though, are dark and tragic ones.
The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission. Colonel Jim McQuade is tasked with eliminating the unstoppable machine. With the help of Dr. Simmons, he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional robotic doppelgänger.
The film received negative reviews from critics, having a 20% "rotten" score on RottenTomatoes.com. Vincent Canby gave a negative review in The New York Times, calling the film "an undistinguished, barely functional action-melodrama."[2]
The movie opened with $2.5 million.[3] It finished its run with a total of $5,451,119 against a $13 million budget, making it a box-office bomb.
Eve of Destruction released on VHS on August 8, 1991, from New Line Home Video. Also, MGM Home Entertainment released Eve of Destruction on DVD on July 15, 2003.