Robot Wars

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Trailer—Robot Wars

Robot Wars

This film has a weak plot, weak characterization, and really weak special effects that I question why I lost valuable life by watching it. It has random characters who add nothing to the story and seem like excuses for the director to get his girlfriend in the film. The robots are sad and the main "hero" 'bot is turned on by a huge knife switch. If this movie weren't so bad it would be laughable, but there's nothing funny about it. The main antagonist is one of the only redeeming characters, and he is killed. It's sad when you root for the bad guy, because he's the best one to cheer for. When all is said and done, this movie was better left on the cutting room floor, or never funded at all.

As a low budget movie this got a lot right, but there are big elements holding it back. The Good: Barbara Cramptom is great as always. They actually built some real sets and it made it feel more authentic (instead of just in a warehouse). The stop motion effects were fine and the best way to pull off the robots on their budget. Also at 72 minutes it doesn't overstay it's welcome. The Bad: some of the actors are passable, but most are poor (to be expected). There are some really tired tropes (jerk hero harasses strong woman who later falls in love with him), that were tired when it came out. But the biggest problem is the hero. Our main character is intensely unlikable the whole time. It's a fine B movie that isn't painful to watch. Might even be fun with some friends to laugh at it with.

I admit the only reason I saw this garbage was for Barbara Crampton. I give the movie 2 stars simply because it made me laugh. Not sure what is worse, the effects, the plot, the acting or the dialogue. Impressively awful.

For 5 minutes of giant robot battles, you have to sit through an hour of pointless and awful waste of screen time. They use cheap sets to put off having to actually show the neat robots and the plot is laughably thin and full of holes. BUT at least you get 5 minutes of robot battles!

I bought this movie at a flea market mainly because it had a neat box. It's really not all that good. Let me put it this way, the title is misleading. The giant robots are pretty cool. But you don't get to see them that often. This could have been a good movie but it isn't quite good enough to bother buying (or renting) unless your a hardcore sci-fi fan. Oh, and the acting is pretty bad, too.

In the future the world is divided into large nations. The Eastern Alliance want to wage war against the North Hemi by stealing one robot. Only a big haired hero can save us. Not a realistic view of the future. Bad acting all around. Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity even with two Playboy models.