Complete credited cast: | |||
Brian Cousins | ... | Wade | |
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Jane Caldwell | ... | Zanna |
Michael Della Femina | ... | Benjamin | |
Robert Symonds | ... | Karl Zimmer | |
Curt Lowens | ... | Drago | |
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Patrik Ersgård | ... | Joe |
Ion Haiduc | ... | The Mute | |
Mircea Albulescu | ... | Doctor | |
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Costel Constantin | ... | Chief of Police |
Adrian Pintea | ... | Killer | |
Radu Minculescu | ... | Policeman |
In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wade from the CIA for inspection. However Zimmer's partner Drago has different plans, wants to sell Mandroid to the military. The night he tries to steal Mandroid, he becomes exposed to the highly toxic Supercon. But he can flee and won't give up on Mandroid, even though he's terribly disfigured. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
With the aforementioned three main ingredients, how can one not have fun with this flick? 'Mandroid' pretty much is your typical Full Moon brand of low budget movie magic (from back in their early days, when they still had comfortable little budgets to play with). This also means it's the type of silly sci-fi/action/horror nonsense you get where you can't take things too seriously. By far not up there with Full Moon's classics like 'Puppet Master' and 'Subspecies' and far less horrific than their more straightforward horror releases like 'Shadowzone', 'Mandroid' still offers 80 minutes of undemanding entertainment thanks to being a simple yet crazy mixture of various genre elements juiced up with some fun special effects. Again, I'm referring to the three main ingredients mentioned in the summary line, also featuring a laughable plot a little out there, nodding to various old school B&W classic sci-fi flicks (mad scientists, amazing discoveries falling into the wrong hands, etc.) and shot entirely in Roumania. If the B-movie ways of 'Mandroid' should annoy you, then you're simply watching the wrong movie.