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The War of the Robots

Original title: La guerra dei robot
  • 19781978
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
2.7/10
802
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The War of the Robots (1978)
  • Adventure
  • Sci-Fi
An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victi... Read allAn alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.
IMDb RATING
2.7/10
802
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Alfonso Brescia
  • Writers
    • Alfonso Brescia(story)
    • Aldo Crudo(story)
  • Stars
    • Antonio Sabato
    • Yanti Somer
    • Malisa Longo
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alfonso Brescia
  • Writers
    • Alfonso Brescia(story)
    • Aldo Crudo(story)
  • Stars
    • Antonio Sabato
    • Yanti Somer
    • Malisa Longo
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    • 44User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
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    Aldo Canti, Malisa Longo, and Yanti Somer in The War of the Robots (1978)
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    Antonio Sabato
    Antonio Sabato
    • Capt. John Boyd
    Yanti Somer
    Yanti Somer
    • Julie
    Malisa Longo
    Malisa Longo
    • Lois
    • (as Melissa Long)
    Patrizia Gori
    Patrizia Gori
    • Trissa Crew
    • (as Patricia Gore)
    Giacomo Rossi Stuart
    Giacomo Rossi Stuart
    • Roger
    • (as James R. Stuart)
    Roberto Bianchetti
      Aldo Canti
      Aldo Canti
      • Kuba - the Alien
      • (as Nick Jordan)
      Enrico Gozzo
        Licinia Lentini
        Licinia Lentini
        • Cmdr. King's Assistant
        • (as Lilian Lacy)
        Frank Siedlitz
        • Herb Julian
        Massimo Righi
        Massimo Righi
        • Dr. Wilkes
        • (as Max Wright)
        Dino Scandiuzzi
        • Jack
        • (as Dean Cantor)
        Nicole Stoliaroff
        • Trissa Crew Member
        • (as Nicole Stocks)
        Ian Pulley
        • Anthorian Leader
        Venantino Venantini
        Venantino Venantini
        • Paul
        • (as Vernon Vernons)
        Jacques Herlin
        Jacques Herlin
        • Prof. Carr
        • (as Jacques Herlein)
        Ines Pellegrini
        Ines Pellegrini
        • Sonia
        • (as Micky Pilgrim)
        West Buchanan
        • Herb
        • Director
          • Alfonso Brescia
        • Writers
          • Alfonso Brescia(story)
          • Aldo Crudo(story)
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        User reviews44

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        2.4 seems excessive
        Wow! this is an awful movie. Made in the days when science fiction films were the worst film genre in the business, War of the Robots is an utter waste of time and the producer's nugget. In this story we have Antonio Sabato leading a crew of space people in an effort to rescue a professor and his knockout assistant - who Sabato lusts for - from the evil clutches of cinema's most laughable robots. If men in their thirties and forties sporting Buster Brown haircuts and silver jumpsuits is your idea of a menacing brigade of androids, then this flick is for you. Filmed in Italy, it was shipped to Hollywood and all th European actors had their names Americanized: such as Melissa Long and Lillian Lacy to cash in on the sci-fi hysteria.

        VIOLENCE: $ (The worst sci-fi shootouts are presented in this film, but keep in mind, they aren't shootouts in the usual sense. The laser guns simply flash light - they do not shoot laser beams or anything other projectile for that matter. The robots, who kill only one crew member, all die with a single flashing from Sabato's light gun. We also have "light sabers" that are basically plastic swords that illuminate. Watching Antonio slap the Buster Brown bots with this toy sword - and then laughing at the method at which the robots die - makes for unintentional hilarity).

        NUDITY: None. The makers knew they had to sex up the picture a bit so they chose to give random closeups to Lillian Lacy and her sizable bust. Her character, who has more screen time than the Commander, is never given a name but simply referred to as the Commander's assistant in the credits).

        STORY: $ (Absolutely inane! The professor and his assistant change allegiances as often as Pamela Anderson does husbands. In a future society, with everything run on or by machines, I find it quite ridiculous that the professor is the only man in the universe who can fix a reactor that presents impending doom to civilization).

        ACTING: $ (Antonio Sabato looks like he'd rather be doing anything other than taking part in this film but he grins when the script calls for it and issues the insipid lines of dialogue when asked).
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        • Release date
          • April 21, 1978 (Italy)
        • Country of origin
          • Italy
        • Language
          • Italian
        • Also known as
          • War of the Robots
        • Production companies
          • Koala Cinematografica
          • Nais Film
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 39 minutes
        • Sound mix
          • Mono

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