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Lack of good storyline.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Admirable film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Here's a movie that turns an old Roger Corman trick, recycling sets for one low-budget movie after hours to make an even lower-budget movie, often one with more of a 'personal' touch. The victim here is Corman's Star Wars/Seven Samurai hybrid, "Battle Beyond the Stars," which was seriously el cheapo to begin with. "Android" was co-written by its star (and producer's son?) Don Opper, who plays an android in the throes of sexual awakening on a space station manned by Klaus Kinski in a blue sweater; he looks like he just popped by on a morning walk to the store. Some murderous 'anticorporate terrorists' happen on board, scheme a while, complications ensue. Some might find this too slight or too static, but I am impressed with how well it moves considering the economy, and actually I find its modestly quirky tone just about perfectly realized. It is one of those movies that looks like it was scribbled on the back of a high-school notebook, like The Abyss which is blows away effortlessly, or Phantasm which it can keep company with. It almost plays out as a wish-fulfillment fantasy of its geeky star; who ever gets a chance to play around on this scale? Only a lucky few, and we should cherish it when it happens.

ANDROID (3 outta 5 stars) Not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination but it is reasonably entertaining and certainly a lot better than most of the sci-fi swill that was being thrown onto movie screens in the wake of George Lucas' success with the "Star Wars" franchise. Klaus Kinski plays some sort of "mad scientist" on a remote space station doing some illegal research with androids. His most successful experiment is Max, an almost-human android who works as Daniel's assistant... though he shows a disturbing (to Dr. Daniel anyway) tendency to rebel. Well, if crazy Klaus Kinski was your boss, you'd probably be rebelling, too. Daniel is trying to create a newer, better android... a female... but unfortunately he needs a real woman to help him perfect some of the finer details (something to do with the sexual organs, naturally). As luck would have it, a trio of space fugitives (one of them female) docks at their space station with the intention of killing its inhabitants and taking it over. The plot isn't anywhere near as predictable as most films of this type... the acting is very uneven. Kinski and Don Opper as Max come off the best. (In fact, Opper is so convincing as an android that Max is listed in the closing credits as being played by "Himself".)

After seeing this film on cable a few years ago, I purchased a VHS copy and then a DVD copy off the Internet.I think this is Don Opper's best film. As the robot, Max, he's sensitive, naive...and thoroughly likable.He was Charlie McFadden in the four 'Critters' films.He wasn't bad in 'City Limits', either.Klaus Kinski is a favorite of mine, too, so I always check out his films. He's excellent in off-beat films like 'Fitzcarraldo', 'Nosferatu' or 'Aguirre: The Wrath of God'.Watch 'Android' for a thoroughly pleasant evening's entertainment.

The first time I saw this movie on television, I was stunned that any Director would put his/her name on the credits for, and even admit having directed, such an incredibly poor film. The second time I saw this movie on television, I had to change the channel to avoid the odeur de ordures putréfiées.I agree with Jason Atwood : this is wonderful fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000. Hoping to see Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo all over this one!Le Grecque