影片簡介：

中年男子弗蘭克·沃克（喬治·克魯尼 飾）和身邊的女孩凱茜·牛頓（布麗特·羅伯森 飾）大吐苦水，他慨嘆現代社會充斥了戰爭、饑餓、災難以及種種不公，他回憶起自己童年時代的一段經歷。當年小小的弗蘭克（托馬斯?羅賓遜 飾）帶著自己的得意發明來到某主題公園，結果卻碰了一鼻子灰。而美麗的少女雅典娜（拉菲?卡西迪 飾）偷偷伸出援手，讓他見識了令人咋舌的未來世界。與之相對，凱茜則是對未來充滿幻想的陽光女孩，她渴望有朝一日遨游太空。心懷夢想的她甚至私闖NASA，為此惹了不小的麻煩，不過卻由此得到一枚神秘的徽章從而結識了弗蘭克。這一老一少的命運相逢，讓充滿幻想的未來世界不再遙遠……

精彩詞句學起來：

1. Let’s get you up to speed. 來了解一下最新情況吧。

2. You made bail. Motorcycle is in impound. 你被保釋了。摩托車繼續扣留。

3. You can pick up your personal effects over there. 你可以去那邊領你的個人物品。

4. I’m a cruder. 我是個招募官。

5. Do not mess with my stuff. 別亂翻我的東西。

6. I am like this because you derailed my life. 我這樣子是因為你毀了我的生活。

7. They thought it was an eyesore. 他們覺得它很難看。

8. Stay on topic. 回到正題上。

9. There’s a good chance they’re gonna try to kill us right out of the gate. 他們很可能準備在一開始就把我們干掉。

10. Well, Frank, it’s been wonderful catching up. 好吧，弗蘭克，能和你敘舊真的很開心。

11. If you’re gonna zap an idea into people’s heads, you should really make sure that it’s the truth. 如果你想在人們腦中植入一個想法，那你最好確定是真實的。

12. So you dwell on this terrible future, and you resign yourselves to it. 你們老是想著未來好可怕，你們迫使自己接受了它。

精彩片段欣賞：

Frank: Who are you, kid?

Casey: Is that bad?

Frank: Oh. Hell. Oh. Hell! They followed you here?

Casey: What? Who?

Frank: Robots.

Casey: I've never seen them before.

Robot: John Francis Walker. You have been permitted to live based upon your agreed non-intervention. You are now harboring a fugitive element. Release her to our custody or be extinguished. You have one minute to comply.

Casey: Thanks.

Frank: Don't thank me yet. Wait. Come on! Let's go!

Robot: John Francis Walker, by authority of Governor Nix, this unit has been authorized to extinguish your life.

Frank: Okay. Okay. All right, that's enough. That's enough! Come on. Close the door.

Casey: Who the hell is Governor Nix?

Frank: Let's go. Come on. Get in.

Casey: How is this a good idea?

（中國日報網英語點津 陳丹妮）