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''Kronos'' is a 1957 black-and-white science fiction film directed by Kurt Neumann, released by Regal Films, starring Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence. The film is also known as ''Kronos, Destroyer of the Universe''. In the years since its release ''Kronos'' has been widely praised both for its above-average storyline and its farsighted portrayal of the consequences of over consumption of both natural and man-made resources; it has achieved minor cult status as a result. ==Plot== A huge, blinking flying saucer that's approaching the Earth emits a glowing object. This object races ahead of it to intercept a man who's driving down a lonely road. It takes over the man's body and directs him to Central Labs, a U.S. research facility that's been tracking the saucer (supposing it to be an asteroid). The saucer approaches New York; and that it can change course proves its true nature scientifically. The possessed man forces his way into the lab, takes over the body of the chief scientist, and drops dead. The possessed scientist directs that three nuclear missiles be fired at the saucer. Everyone is shocked when they fail to destroy it. It crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Mexico. Impatient with the delay involved in getting a formal expedition to the crash scene, two scientist buddies and the film-processing girlfriend of one of them go there. While swimming and romancing, the couple sees the saucer appear on the surface. Terrified, they flee to their inn, gorge themselves on burritos and go to sleep. Next morning, the scientists and girl look out the window of the inn to see Kronos, a gigantic slow-moving machine that has appeared on the beach. Its four-legged body transforms into a cube when threatened. It features two mobile antennae that resemble the terminals of a capacitor. They use a small helicopter to land on its top, and glimpse its inner workings before being forced to flee. Under the direction of the possessed scientist at the lab, who happens to have a manila folder full of lists of power stations and atom-bomb arsenals, Kronos methodically attacks power plants in Mexico, draining them of all their energy. In doing so, Kronos grows in size each time, becoming larger as it consumes more and more energy. Four Mexican Air Force fighter planes attack Kronos with machine guns; but this only provokes it to destroy them. In a lucid moment, the possessed scientist tells his returned friends that Kronos is an accumulator sent by an alien race that has exhausted its own natural resources; they have sent it to drain ''all'' the Earth's available power and return it to their dying world. The United States Air Force tries to destroy Kronos by using a B-47 bomber to drop an atomic bomb on it, but Kronos only absorbs the bomb's nuclear power, and the machine grows to titanic size. It now threatens to drain all the world's cities and starve the Earth of all power. As the monster approaches Los Angeles, scientists devise a clever plan that reverses Kronos' polarity, causing it to feed upon itself, destroying the machine in a huge explosion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kronos (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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