# Help identify this movie!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143 "2013-01-05T06:59:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143/1 "2013-01-05T06:59:03Z")

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I have vague memories of a movie I watched maybe 15-20 years ago. If anyone can take the few details I am providing below and name the movie, I shall promptly download a bootleg copy. 😛

- Post-apocalyptic theme (chased by robots?/cybernetic nasties?/post-nuclear world?)
- Character’s name is Sinclair
- flashback scenes in black and white.

Not much to do an IMDB search; do you remember something similar?

OK, I shall buy the movie legally, if that makes you more willing to help. 😃 Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143/2 "2013-01-05T10:54:40Z")

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It sounds like **Doomsday** but that came out in 2008.

> **[Doomsday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_(film))**
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> Doomsday may refer to:

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143/3 "2013-01-07T16:28:24Z")

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Is there any chance your movie is [A.P.E.X (1994)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109144/)?

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143/4 "2013-01-07T16:47:35Z")

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> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#):
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> Is there any chance your movie is [A.P.E.X (1994)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109144/)?

No way it isn’t **A.P.E.X.**

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143/5 "2013-01-07T16:56:13Z")

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_Babylon 5,_ episodes “Babylon Squared” (first season) and “War Without End 1 and 2” (second season)?

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**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-movie/646143/6 "2013-01-07T20:49:06Z")

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It does sound rather like Babylon 5, like \*\*NitroPress \*\*suggests.

NB: you can do character name searches in IMDB. Just use the drop-down list to the left of the magnifying glass button and to the right of the search field.