History Film / Looker

* PlotHole: One major criticism of the movie is that there was no explanation given as to why the models were being killed. The TV version tries to fill this hole with a scene where Reston, after capturing Roberts & Cindy [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explains]] that the models were basically blueprints for the company's digital ones, and had them killed so competitors couldn't use them for the same purpose. However, ThatJustRaisesFurtherQuestions: Attractive young women are surely a dime a dozen in Los Angeles. Why couldn't the competitors just hire someone else? The models are also unlikely to know much about the valuable commercial secrets of how to scan the models into the computer, and then animate the scans. One possible motive for the murders is that the models who were scanned were promised $200,000 for each year that their likenesses were used. That would add up over time.

* PlotHole: One major criticism of the movie is that there was no explanation given as to why the models were being killed. The TV version tries to fill this hole with a scene where Reston, after capturing Roberts & Cindy [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explains]] that the models were basically blueprints for the company's digital ones, and had them killed so competitors couldn't use them for the same purpose. However, ThatJustRaisesFurtherQuestions: Attractive young women are surely a dime a dozen in Los Angeles. Why couldn't the competitors just hire someone else? The models are also unlikely to know much about the valuable commercial secrets of how to scan the models into the computer, and then animate the scans.

''Looker'' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Creator/AlbertFinney, Susan Dey, and Creator/JamesCoburn.

* PlotHole: One major criticism of the movie is that there was no explanation given as to why the models were being killed. This is [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the TV version which features a scene where Reston, after capturing Roberts & Cindy [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explains]] that the models were basically blueprints for the company's digital ones, and had them killed so competitors couldn't use them for the same purpose.

Dr. Larry Roberts (Finney) is a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his patients, Cindy Fairmont (Dey), is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.

* [[spoiler: BigBad]] / CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jon Reston, played by Creator/JamesCoburn.

* {{Fanservice}}: Well, duh.

* DirectToVideo: In Britain and other countries after its US underperformance.

* CarCushion: One of the commercial actresses falls to her death on top of a parked car from her apartment balcony.

* DirectToVideo: In Britain and other countries under its US underperformance.

* PlotHole: One major criticism of the movie is that there was no explanation given as to why the models were being killed. This is [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the TV version where Reston, after capturing Roberts & Cindy [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explains]] that the models were essentially being killed so they couldn't be used by any other companies.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jon Reston, played by Creator/JamesCoburn.

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''Looker'' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Creator/AlbertFinney, Susan Dey, and Creator/JamesCoburn. In the film, Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his patients, Cindy Fairmont (played by Susan Dey), is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.

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''Looker'' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/SusanDey, and Creator/JamesCoburn. In the film, Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his patients, Cindy Fairmont (played by Susan Dey), is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.

''Looker'' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/SusanDey, and Creator/JamesCoburn. In the film, Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his Roberts' patients, Cindy Fairmont (played by Susan Dey), is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.

* BlindedByTheLight: A strobe light weapon doesn't blind its victims, but rather hypnotizes them which causes them to lose all sense of time.

* FakeAmerican: Albert Finney as Dr. Larry Roberts.

'''Looker''' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/SusanDey, and Creator/JamesCoburn. In the film, Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his Roberts' patients, Cindy Fairmont (played by Susan Dey), is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.

* SerialKiller: The one in this film primarily goes after commercial actresses who just had plastic surgery by Larry Roberts and also had their body measurements scanned by Digital Matrix.

* VirtualCelebrity: What Digital Matrix seems to be creating with the commercial actors and actresses they have scanned, with the implied intention that once the original models have been made into virtual actors, they can be easily disposed of. It should be noted that none of the original actors that were used as templates for the models are in themselves celebrities.

'''Looker''' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Albert Finney, Susan Dey, and James Coburn. In the film, Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his Roberts' patients, Cindy Fairmont (played by Susan Dey), is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jon Reston, played by James Coburn.

'''Looker''' is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Creator/MichaelCrichton, starring Albert Finney, Susan Dey, and James Coburn. In the film, Finney plays Dr. Larry Roberts, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon whose patients are becoming victims of a serial killer targeting commercial actresses. One of his Roberts' patients, played by Susan Dey, is the killer's next victim. Roberts discovers that his patients have all been associated with a company called Digital Matrix, who is developing technology for computer-generated actors, and one of their technologies may have been used by the serial killer.