D.A.R.Y.L.

D.A.R.Y.L. follows a mysterious young boy with extraordinary intelligence and abilities who is taken in by a foster family, who grow to love him as their own. It is eventually revealed that DARYL is a secret military experiment, a robot implanted with a human child's brain, forcing scientists and soldiers to debate whether he deserves to live. The film blends science fiction with heartfelt family drama, raising timeless questions about humanity, identity, and what it truly means to be alive.

• DARYL stands for Data Analysing Robot Youth Lifeform.
• Barret Oliver also starred in 'The NeverEnding Story' same year.
• Real F-16 jet footage was used in the climax.
• Filmed partly on location in North Carolina.
• The film explored AI ethics decades before it was mainstream.

• I'm not a person, I'm an experiment.
• He's just a little boy. That's all he is.
• DARYL can do anything a computer can do, only faster.
• They created him to be the perfect soldier.
• There are some things more important than following orders.