The Tower (1993)

Purely Joyful Movie!

Beautiful, moving film.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Tony is a really nice guy, but after being pressured to get a "real job", he tries to ignore his love of music to be a businessman in the world's smartest building, a high-tech skyscraper called Intercorp. Within the skyscraper a supercomputer named CAS controls the entire building. When Tony messes with his ID card and it confuses CAS, CAS begins trying to exterminate Tony by hunting him down, accidentally killing a security guard and a CEO in the process. Now Tony is stuck in the tower, along with his childhood friend, now his co-worker.I don't understand why this has such bad reviews! Sure it's a little outdated and low-budget, but it's a great TV movie thriller, comedic and suspenseful, without needing to rely on bad CGI effects and fart jokes to be entertaining. CAS is an uncanny resemblance to GlaDOS from Portal, a homicidal computing system with many sarcastic jokes and pranks to play on Tony. The soundtrack, which is that corporate 80's/90's keyboard synthesized stuff, sounds pretty cool. The Tower is outdated slightly even for its time but can still be funny today. The acting was decent enough and although there were a few sexual jokes from CAS, the film remains not rude enough to be too annoying to watch. It certainly isn't boring, it has a moment or two that drags on but is still thrilling from beginning to end and doesn't quit. I personally really enjoyed it, and thought it was far better than that Hunger Games crud that's so popular right now. Don't judge The Tower just on reviews, check it out for yourself to see what you think, you might be surprised.

The Tower 1993 movie is definitely a very flawed but yet enjoyable SCI-FI fantasy horror film.New worker Tony Minot (played by Paul Reiser) messes his key card by using the old jimmy the lock open trick after locking himself out of his apartment (back then they seemed to issue the key cards before your first day of work).It's not quite clear what Tony's new exact job is, but he isn't the model worker. He seems to eat unhealthy (cold pizza for breakfast), goof off (play paper ball slide on vent ducts), failed to watch the orientation videos (they were boring), and tampers with the equipment which gets the security system really upset.Littlehill the boss (Roger Rees) is definitely a no non-sense guy stickler. But then again he gives Tony a huge assignment just before quitting time that day; despite the fact that Tony has a date. I mean come on, it's his first day; and then of all things Littlehill goes into his own personal sauna (a sauna at work??).But that's just the least of Tony's worries as the security system goes on night mode and turns very brutal starting to execute the employees; thinking they're Tony.Tony eventually makes it out but then his co-worker (Linda played by Susan Norman) steps in and he has to rescue her and go back through the horror fun house for round two.This film is like that X-Files episode "Ghost in the Machine" plugging into DIE HARD.While the film is set on 8/1/1992 (which is actually a Saturday), the music and sounds make it seem more like 1987 or 1988.This is just yet another underrated TV movie. The whole film seems unintentionally funny.I would definitely see the film if it sounds interesting.

OK, so the plot stinks, the acting is so dead that it has begun to decompose and the effects are just plain poor. But when you look past these (minor) downfalls, this movie is kinda cool. I mean a building that goes evil and begins to waste its unsuspecting occupants all because of some incompetent clown that couldn't do his job properly? What more could you ask for.The movie is filled with some semi-cool kill scenes, such as the guy that gets minced in the elevator doors, and it features some pretty good one-liners and slapstick deaths.Sure the film isn't your pick if you want a film with a coherent plot and passionate characterisation, but as opposed to your standard telemovie its pretty great. Given I was 9 when i first saw it, I think this film is a pretty good alternative to days of our lives or oprah or whatever else may be on the tube when this one airs. Stop bagging this film.

I saw this movie on or local cable station a little while ago and found myself enjoying it. It is a predictable movie, but I continued to watch anyway. Paul Rieser is both the star and the comic relief as Tony. his character is enjoyable, a little annoying sometimes, but not enough that you are put off by him. He has several good one liners. and several scenes where he sings "Bad Moon Rising" The basic plot is that Tony starts running up computer violations in his new job. after a few, the computer, CAS, who's the mind of the building, views him as a security risk and decides to terminate him, and while doing so, kills off several innocent people in the process. watch it if you ever have the chance, I enjoyed it to the end. SPOILER AHEAD...My only gripe is that Roger Rees gets killed off way to early. I am a fan of his, and I felt that a lot more could have been done with his character. I would have really enjoyed the movie if He and Paul Rieser teamed up to stop the building. Other than that, it was an enjoyable movie.7/10 ***P.S. future Dinner and a Movie host Annabelle Gurwitch is also featured in a small role