R.O.T.O.R. (1989)

User Rating:

1.5/10   

Director:

Cullen Blaine

Writers:

Cullen Blaine (story)
Budd Lewis (writer)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Judge, Jury, and Executioner.

Plot:

Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research. A prototype robot intended for crime combat escapes from...

Plot Keywords:

Robot | Acronym In Title | Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Independent Film

Cast

Margaret Trigg	...	Sonya
Richard Gesswein	...	Coldyron
Jayne Smith	...	Dr. Steele
James Cole	...	Greg Hutchins
Johnson Clark Moore	...	Houghtaling
Nanette Kuczek	...	Penny Gayle
Brad Overturf	...	Moulie
Shawn Brown	...	Mokie Killion
Michael Hunter	...	Buglar
Victor Kwasnick	...	Grotes (as Victor Kawasnick)
Ron Baker	...	Glorioso
Diana Hurd	...	Kipster
Bill Blair	...	Statum (as William Blair)
Bob Lennard	...	Fisherman
Jantece Stamper	...	Waitress

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 (uncut) | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

WestWind Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the finale, Coldyron throws ropes around R.O.T.O.R., but clearly some of the ropes are going out over the water and are somehow being held taught by nothing.

Quotes:

Dr. Steele: You don't happen to know any good Indian trackers, do you?
Captain Barrett Coldyron: I used to spend every summer on the Indian reservation. Will I do?
Dr. Steele: Hey, I'm like a cemetary. I'll take anybody.

Soundtrack:

Hideaway

Excruciatingly bad but it can't help it!

There are bad movies that are funny. Bad movies that are boring. Bad movies that are offensive. And then there are bad movies that are just plain incompetent. You can't get angry at these movies, because it's obvious they were made by people who simply didn't have the talent or the budget to make something even halfway decent. "R.O.T.O.R" is one such movie. You know where you stand right from the beginning, where you can spot the most ludicrously mismatched day-and-night shots since "Plan 9 From Outer Space". Thankfully, the "filmmakers" don't take themselves too seriously, as is immediately evident by the continuous flow of campy and corny dialogue (about half of which is hard to understand anyway, due to its mumbled delivery). The leading actor gives an amazingly narcotized performance...and as for R.O.T.O.R., well, if Robocop had been so inept he wouldn't have lived to be in the sequels. I'd give it 0.5 stars out of 4.