David becomes frightened and confused and he questions why he is being forced to leave his mother. However, she cannot bring herself to take David directly to Cybertronics and abandons him in a forest, along with Teddy. Monica tries to take David to Cybertronics under the cover story of going on a picnic. Henry decides that David is no longer safe, and convinces Monica to return David to be destroyed. The 'test' causes David to grab onto Martin, crying 'keep me safe.' The two fall into the Swinton's swimming pool, where it seems that David was attempting to drown Martin. At Martin's birthday party, one of his friends decides to test David, to see if he can sense pain. Another time, he tells David to cut off some of Monica's hair while she sleeps as a gesture of love, but the incident makes Henry think that David was trying to attack his wife. First, he cajoles David into eating spinach, which causes David to malfunction and need cleaning. Martin then tries to get David into trouble in a number of ways. Martin looks upon David not as a human, but more as a 'supertoy' or a 'doll.' One day, Martin asks their mother to read them 'Pinocchio.' David becomes enamored of the tale in which the wooden puppet becomes a real boy thanks to the story's Blue Fairy. Things appear to be going well for the Swintons, until one day, a cure brings Martin back to health. To provide David with another form of companionship, she gives him a robotic teddy bear called Teddy, which once belonged to Martin. When she does, David calls her "mommy" and begins to act like a real child. ![]() After some time, Monica decides to perform the imprinting process she reads a list of words that will activate David's emotional simulation. However, if there was ever to come a time that she chose not to want him, due to the imprinting being permanent, David would need to be sent back to Cybertronics to be destroyed. Henry also informs her that if they choose to keep David that she must 'imprint' herself upon him. Hoping to help her cope, her husband Henry (Sam Robards), a Cybertronics employee, takes part in a test wherein they would be able to be a family to the company's newest mecha: David (Haley Joel Osment), the culmination of Hobby's research to make a robot that can 'love.' At first, Monica is angry, believing her husband is trying to 'replace' Martin. His mother Monica (Frances O'Connor) has not held up well emotionally under the conditions that have taken her son from her. The narrative then moves 18 months into the future where the Swintons, whose son Martin (Jake Thomas) is currently in cryostasis until a cure can be found for a debilitating disease he is stricken with. ![]() When his colleagues mention their 'love units' Hobby corrects them: he is not talking physical love, but emotional love, such as that of a child for its mother. ![]() The film starts in the offices of a company called Cybertronics, where its owner, Professor Allen Hobby (William Hurt), wishes to push mecha (aka robotic) technology, to make a creation that can love. To combat over-population, people wishing to have children must apply for a license. The story takes place in the future where the greenhouse gases have caused the polar icecaps to melt, flooding coastal cities. His adventures take him to the Roman Circus-style "Flesh Fair," where Mechas are destroyed for the amusement of humans Rouge City, where Gigolo Joe narrowly avoids capture by police and finally a submerged New York City, where David's creator, Professor Hobby (William Hurt) reveals the secrets of the boy's creation. Along the way, David is mentored by a pleasure-providing Mecha named Gigolo Joe (Jude Law) and a talking "super toy" bear named Teddy. David is meant to replace the couple's hopelessly comatose son, but when their natural child recovers, David is abandoned and sets out to become "a real boy" worthy of his mother's affection. The first Mecha designed to experience love, David is the "son" of Henry (Sam Robards), an employee of the company that built the boy, and the grief-stricken Monica (Frances O'Connor). Haley Joel Osment stars as David, a "Mecha" or robot of the future, when the polar ice caps have melted and submerged many coastal cities, causing worldwide starvation and human dependence upon robotic assistance.
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