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Robots On Film - Plot Summaries: 'I'

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The Ice Pirates (1984)

On a distant planet where water is scarce, the population is ruled by the evil Templars. Two space pirates who land on the planet are captured by a princess, who then enlists their aid in helping to save her father, who has disappeared after having found out information dangerous to the Templars. In their quest, the pirates - together with Percy the robot - encounter robots and androids which they do battle with.

Der Ideale Untermieter/The Ideal Lodger (1956)

A child makes friends with a domestic robot, which is being threatened by politicians, scientists and the military.

I.K.U. (2000)

Reiko is a robot whose mission is to acquire knowledge and experiences of sex. After taking on seven different body forms so that 'she' can experience different forms of sex, she returns to her creators in order to download the information she has accumulated, and so escape their control.

I Love Maria (1988)

Whiskey (a gangster) and Curly (a police scientist) try to track down the Hero gang, whose robot - Pioneer One - is terrorizing Hong Kong. When they become friends, Whiskey and Curly are suspected by their employers so they go on the run, hotly pursued by the gang's robot Pioneer Two, a double for the gang's 'moll' Maria. The robot gets damaged during the chase, but Curly rebuilds it to help him and his friends prove their innocence.

Impostor (2002)

An engineer invents the ultimate weapon for a war against aliens, only to be mistaken for an alien himself.

The Inventor's Secret (1911)

A toymaker creates a lifelike female automaton, which is mistaken for a missing girl by a woman who works as the toymaker's cook. The woman and her boyfriend, a policeman, break into the toymaker's workshop with the intention of taking the automaton (and claiming a reward) when they realise the truth and are thrown out by the toymaker.

The Invisible Boy/S.O.S. Spaceship (1957)

A boy is transformed into a genius by his scientist father's super computer, and rebuilds and makes friends with Robby the robot. Robby is then taken over by the computer, which wants to take over the world. Eventually, Robby destroys the computer. (Robby is the same robot as in Forbidden Planet: click on the PROOF link above for more information.)

Io e Caterina (1981)

Caterina is a female domestic robot, specially programmed for 'compliancy'. She falls in love with her master, becomes jealous of his girlfriend and takes her revenge on him.

Iron Bread (1970)

Robots, working in apparently pointless manufacturing jobs, rebel and create a new society based on pleasure. (The film includes a Monty Python-esque scene in which a scientist mistakes a human for a robot, and proceeds to dismember him to prove it, all the while ignoring the screams of pain of his victim.)

L'Isola del Tesoro/Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)

As the alternative title suggests, this is just Treasure Island set in space, complete with lasers and androids.

	The Ice Pirates (1984)
		On a distant planet where water is scarce, the population is ruled by the evil Templars. Two space pirates who land on the planet are captured by a princess, who then enlists their aid in helping to save her father, who has disappeared after having found out information dangerous to the Templars. In their quest, the pirates - together with Percy the robot - encounter robots and androids which they do battle with.
	Der Ideale Untermieter/The Ideal Lodger (1956)
		A child makes friends with a domestic robot, which is being threatened by politicians, scientists and the military.
	I.K.U. (2000)
		Reiko is a robot whose mission is to acquire knowledge and experiences of sex. After taking on seven different body forms so that 'she' can experience different forms of sex, she returns to her creators in order to download the information she has accumulated, and so escape their control.
	I Love Maria (1988)
		Whiskey (a gangster) and Curly (a police scientist) try to track down the Hero gang, whose robot - Pioneer One - is terrorizing Hong Kong. When they become friends, Whiskey and Curly are suspected by their employers so they go on the run, hotly pursued by the gang's robot Pioneer Two, a double for the gang's 'moll' Maria. The robot gets damaged during the chase, but Curly rebuilds it to help him and his friends prove their innocence.
	Impostor (2002)
		An engineer invents the ultimate weapon for a war against aliens, only to be mistaken for an alien himself.
	The Inventor's Secret (1911)
		A toymaker creates a lifelike female automaton, which is mistaken for a missing girl by a woman who works as the toymaker's cook. The woman and her boyfriend, a policeman, break into the toymaker's workshop with the intention of taking the automaton (and claiming a reward) when they realise the truth and are thrown out by the toymaker.
	The Invisible Boy/S.O.S. Spaceship (1957)
		A boy is transformed into a genius by his scientist father's super computer, and rebuilds and makes friends with Robby the robot. Robby is then taken over by the computer, which wants to take over the world. Eventually, Robby destroys the computer. (Robby is the same robot as in Forbidden Planet: click on the PROOF link above for more information.)
	Io e Caterina (1981)
		Caterina is a female domestic robot, specially programmed for 'compliancy'. She falls in love with her master, becomes jealous of his girlfriend and takes her revenge on him.
	Iron Bread (1970)
		Robots, working in apparently pointless manufacturing jobs, rebel and create a new society based on pleasure. (The film includes a Monty Python-esque scene in which a scientist mistakes a human for a robot, and proceeds to dismember him to prove it, all the while ignoring the screams of pain of his victim.)
	L'Isola del Tesoro/Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
		As the alternative title suggests, this is just Treasure Island set in space, complete with lasers and androids.