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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaIn the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champio... Leggi tuttoIn the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions.In the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions.
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Geoffrey Copleston
- Confederation Commissioner
- (as Geoffrey Coplestone)
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- QuizThe screams of the spectators being crushed by the giant robot were later sampled in the song "The Becoming" by Nine Inch Nails.
- BlooperWhen Athena confronts Achilles in his apartment to render him unconscious with an injector, it's all too easy to spot Athena pulling what is clearly a glue gun out of her outfit. This is then "matched" to a much better looking prop injector in an insert - followed by a cut back to the shot with the original glue gun.
- Versioni alternativeSPOILER: MGM's R1 DVD carries the film's original PG rating, but includes instances of violence and gore previously unseen in the U.S. and Canada. After Achilles' robot falls on the spectators, there are more shots of both Gary Graham's bloody face and of the dead bodies in the stands. A news broadcast immediately following now opens with a badly burned man screaming in pain for a couple of seconds. Also, when the traitorous person shoots scientist Matsumoto in the head, blood sprays on the wall behind the latter. In the old version (released theatrically by Epic and on tape and laserdisc by RCA/Columbia), that person pulls the trigger and it instead cuts to a recycled shot of an exploding robot on a video monitor; the bloodstained wall is never shown. The bits in question are included on the Japanese DVD, so apparently American and Canadian audiences are only now getting the cut of the movie that the rest of the world has seen for years. The MPAA database indicates that ROBOT JOX was originally rated PG-13, but trimmed to obtain PG. Evidently Epic felt that children were the movie's only audience, which makes one wonder why they didn't also edit out Anne-Marie Johnson's brief nude scene.
- ConnessioniEdited into Distruzione totale (1990)
Recensione in evidenza
In a post-WWIII future, all wars have been outlawed. The major superpowers have now devised an amusing way of settling differences: putting daring pilots inside massive bipedal robots, which then fight each other in rural settings. In this case, two superpowers clash over control of Alaska. Our hero is Achilles (Gary Graham of 'Alien Nation'), and his rival is the maniacal Alexander the Russian (Paul Koslo, "The Omega Man"). Scientists have also created what are known as "test tube babies", people genetically engineered from birth to be robo-warriors. One of these is Athena (Anne-Marie Johnson, 'In the Heat of the Night'), a challenger to Achilles's throne.
While admittedly a minor item on the resume of celebrated director Stuart Gordon ("Re- Animator"), "Robot Jox" is lightly engaging sci-fi entertainment. On occasion, there are flashes of skin, and bits of gore, but it's mostly harmless PG rated stuff. It's nowhere near the brilliance of some of the directors' H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, but it's not exactly trying to be. Enhanced by typically impressive David Allen stop motion effects, it provides a nice diversion for any person eager to see giant robots doing battle. Production design, lighting, costumes, and music are all well done on a low budget. Gordon begins the movie with a bang, and ends it with a similarly rousing big confrontation between Achilles and Alexander.
Gordon appreciably finds acting roles for some of his old hands, like Robert Sampson, Jeffrey Combs, Ian Patrick Williams, and his wife Carolyn, although some of them really don't have a lot to do. Michael Alldredge ("The Incredible Melting Man") is good fun as a dude named Tex Conway. "Karate Kid II" villain Danny Kamekona, Hilary Mason ("Don't Look Now"), prolific voice over artist Jason Marsden, and Thyme Lewis ('Days of Our Lives') co-star.
This decently paced escapism kills time for an agreeable and painless 85 minutes.
Followed by "Robot Wars".
Six out of 10.
While admittedly a minor item on the resume of celebrated director Stuart Gordon ("Re- Animator"), "Robot Jox" is lightly engaging sci-fi entertainment. On occasion, there are flashes of skin, and bits of gore, but it's mostly harmless PG rated stuff. It's nowhere near the brilliance of some of the directors' H.P. Lovecraft adaptations, but it's not exactly trying to be. Enhanced by typically impressive David Allen stop motion effects, it provides a nice diversion for any person eager to see giant robots doing battle. Production design, lighting, costumes, and music are all well done on a low budget. Gordon begins the movie with a bang, and ends it with a similarly rousing big confrontation between Achilles and Alexander.
Gordon appreciably finds acting roles for some of his old hands, like Robert Sampson, Jeffrey Combs, Ian Patrick Williams, and his wife Carolyn, although some of them really don't have a lot to do. Michael Alldredge ("The Incredible Melting Man") is good fun as a dude named Tex Conway. "Karate Kid II" villain Danny Kamekona, Hilary Mason ("Don't Look Now"), prolific voice over artist Jason Marsden, and Thyme Lewis ('Days of Our Lives') co-star.
This decently paced escapism kills time for an agreeable and painless 85 minutes.
Followed by "Robot Wars".
Six out of 10.
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 10.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 1.272.977 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 464.441 USD
- 25 nov 1990
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 1.272.977 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 25 minuti
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