Movie Type: Family-Oriented Adventure, Sci-Fi Comedy
Themes: Robots and Androids, Daring Rescues
Main Cast: Alan Thicke, Jay Underwood, Betsy Palmer, Christopher Neame, Sheelah Megill
Release Year: 1992
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
In this Disney adventure, the third in a series, Chip, the android boy, must save his father from the cruel business magnate who has abducted him. To do so, he reconfigures his father's robotic look-a-like and then prepares to face the spooky Spartacus, his robotic nemesis. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Rosa Nevin; Frances Flanagan - Photo Woman; Robert Metcalfe - Dr. Filmore; Adam Philipson; Ken Pogue; Michael Rogers - Photographer; Robert Thurston - Technician; Jerry Wasserman - Tourist Man; Denalda Williams - Airport Guard; Stephen E. Miller - Sgt. Murphy; Veena Sood - Autogaph Woman
Credit
Larry S. Wells - Costume Designer, Eric Luke - Director, David Berlatsky - Editor, John Debney - Composer (Music Score), Mark Freeborn - Production Designer, David Wilson - Production Designer, Ron Orieux - Cinematographer, James Margellos - Producer, Eric Luke - Screenwriter
Still Not Quite Human is a 1992made-for-TV film written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood and Alan Thicke. It is the third and final film in a series based on the Not Quite Human novels by Seth McEvoy. The story, which have a darker tone then the previous films, features the human-looking android, Chip, embarking on a mission to rescue his father, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless tycoon in order to acquire his knowledge of android technology.
Plot
After giving a failed presentation at a robotics convention, Dr. Jonas Carson (Alan Thicke) is kidnapped and replaced by a look-alike android. His android son, Chip (Jay Underwood), notices the swap and manages to reprogram the impostor into an ally. Since he is like an additional Jonas, Chip names him Bonus (Alan Thicke in a dual role). Chip enlists the aid of a watch seller/thief, Kyle (Adam Philipson), whom he has just befriended, to help him rescue his father. Bonus is able to lead them to the mansion where Dr. Carson is being held, but tight security prevents them from sneaking in successfully. When they get Officer Kate Morgan (Rosa Nevin) to assist them, she devises a plan to assume the personas of wealthy investors in order to gain willful entry to Dr. Frederick Berrigon's (Christopher Neame) estate, seeking guidance from her rich Aunt Mildred (Betsy Palmer) to prepare them.
Their ploy gets them inside, but they are soon found snooping, so Kyle and Bonus keep the guards occupied while Chip finds his father. Just before he breaks into the room where his father is being held, Chip learns that Berrigon was trying to extract Dr. Carson's knowledge to aid in building a war machine android. A moment later, Chip is confronted by a working prototype and is forced to fight it, with Berrigon watching from a distance. Chip has to avoid its laserfire, initially, but he manages to smash the laser with a projectile. The battle becomes a contest of speed and raw strength, with Chip being knocked to the ground and nearly struck in the chest with the end of a metal rod. Chip scrambles up, sets a compressed hydrogen canister on a cart and smashes the valve off, causing it to speed toward the other android and smash it against a group of canisters, which explode. Berrigon, having witnessed Chip's victory, realizes that he must be Dr. Carson's android, and when Kate returns with other policemen, Berrigon tells them of this discovery; unconvinced, they haul him away. The film ends humorously when Kyle thanks Chip for belieiving in him by giving him a hug, to find a power panel on Chip's back but shrugs it off as his imagination, and Aunt Mildred takes no notice of Dr. Carson, but becomes infatuated with Bonus, despite the fact they are exact doubles.
