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Watching this makes you really wonder what youre doing with your life when people can just write down absolutely anything and receive budget for a film.

Giving it a 2 cause ive seen worse.

Will confess right now in not being a fan at all of any of the other Robert the Doll films, no matter the big effort made to try to moderately like them. Still kept watching them because there is always something semi-intriguing about killer dolls and it was sort of for completest sake as well. And it is hard not to be drawn in to films that have ridiculous premises, but have a little potential to be halfway entertaining and creepy if any degree of effort was put into them.

Seeing 'Robert Reborn', again out of curiosity and because the premise did sound interesting (but it was clear from even reading the summary that there was going to be a lot of ridiculousness), it is the best of the Robert the Doll films. Or at least the least bad, with there being a little more effort being put into it than the previous films in the series. There is still a lot wrong with 'Robert Reborn' and in my view it is in no way a good, let alone great, film, even when trying to take it for what it was meant to be.

'Robert Reborn' is the marginally best-looking of the Robert the Doll films. Appreciated that the Toymaker's look was toned down and that he didn't look as goofy this time while the dolls look quite good by the series' standards.

Of the three, the best was Miss Cyclops who did generate some creepiness. There is some spookiness in the music.

Didn't find Robert himself to impress particularly much in 'Robert Reborn'. He is better used than in 'Revenge of Robert the Doll', where the Toymaker was more the main character and Robert was underused and not scary enough support, as he feels more of a lead. What he does is very more of the same however, but it also continues to feel stale. The sound is often too obvious, while the dialogue lacks wit, even trying not to take it seriously. The acting at worst is embarrassing (Lee Bane though does give his best performances of the series though), calling the accents suspect is being kind.

There are nowhere near enough scares (what there are are far from creative and come over as tired and stupid above all else), the suspense is non-existent and the humour could have featured much less or down-played (didn't find any of it particularly amusing). The story is very thin, though it is far less aimless than the previous films, and has no surprises or thrills, it feels very tired and the stupidity goes overboard fast to truly grating effect. While the dolls look quite good and the Toymaker's look is much improved, 'Robert Reborn' still looks cheap and like all the effort went into Robert and the other dolls.

In summation, the best of the films but weak. 3/10

There is nothing to recommend about this movie. The budget had to be 3 pence. The writing is dismal, there is no acting o speak f and the directing is 3rd grade.

The Robert Doll is the wirst doll you will EVER see. It looks like it was made by a 5th grader.

If ever there was a case for a Robert abortion, this is it.

Looking at the way they seem determined to stick Robert the Doll into increasingly silly scenarios this series is starting to feel like the equally dumb Leprechaun franchise. It would be funny if they made Robert in Da Hood.

Andrew Jones' prolific North Bank Entertainment dishes out another in the successful series featuring Robert the Doll. As with the previous couple of instalments his fictional creator, The Toymaker, has become a central character. It isn't a great decision: Lee Bane is a mainstay of Jones' productions and often turns in fine performances, but once again, he is buried under 'old man' make-up from which no-one could make much of an impression. The Toymaker's look has been toned down, admittedly, but the character remains visually unimpressive and often absurd. Knowingly though, there is a thin line of dark humour present that invites the audience not to take things too seriously.

This is very much part of a series: there is little effort to explain any previous plot developments in the hope of converting those unfamiliar with Robert's back-story. Events occur, but very little story seems to take place for a long while. Robert himself makes fleeting head-and-shoulders appearances (as do his friends, Cyclops and Kalashnikov), and any venue, whether it be theatre of public house, is noticeably free of people.

'Robert Reborn' is the fifth in the film series, and it appears to be the concluding chapter in what has become the prequel trilogy (this is set in 1951). I'm not massively sorry about this. Robert's origins could have made quite a pacey and entertaining story, but three films is stretching the idea beyond breaking point. And yet, this opened at #1 in HMV's DVD Premier Chart, so it appears others are more enamoured of the little fellow's beginnings than me.

I still think there's mileage in the story. Images of a toy-room festooned with sightless, grinning mannequins will never not be creepy, and Jones' productions have always bounced back despite occasionally uninspiring decisions.

'Robert Reborn' isn't a bad film (the scenes aboard a plane heading for Moscow), but it exposes many weaknesses of a low-budget production without bringing anything particularly inspiring to the table this time around. My score is 5 out of 10.

The worst movie ever i have ever seen sorry andrew but to be honest waste of time

Wtf! Wth! Wt...... Was this a HORROR movie? Leave horror..was this even a movie??? If i was allowed, I would rate it in the lowest minuses...wasted 1.5 hours on this absurd, pathetic movie...garbage, utter waste...total nonsense... surprised to see this movie getting 5/7 starts from many...not worth even -5 stars...better utilise your time in something else...this movie would just lead to frustration amd irritation...funny part is when the movie would end, you wouldn't know whether to laugh, cry or hit yourself with a baseball bat multiple times for watching this idiotic movie.

One and a hal hour hours of my life I can never reclaim back! Played for laughs on a virtually non existent budget by terrible actors who's acting abilities stretch the whole range from a to b. Looks like it was filmed in somebodies' box room. So cheap it hurts, sound is awful, acting is awful, accents are an insult to the country this rubbish is supposed to be set in and the comedy and horror are non existent, this file of refuse 'steams' Like a bucket of compost. If it was available in aromavision, the smell would make you puke! Dysentery would be preferable to watching this!

One of the worst movies i've ever seen. there are a lot more useful things that u can do than watch this movie

First off ignore the idiot above comparing leprechaun to Robert. Leprechaun went to Vegas space and then the hood while as Robert follows a more consistent path fighting Germans Nazis and what not. Both franchises deal with the same Mystic or fictitious type storyline and perhaps that's what the idiot above meant. Well I appreciate it from the Robert franchise is that it is somewhat consistent with dealing with the same type of enemy just Ten Years Later versus Robert and the toymaker you will find the same style used for Robert rods and puppeteering with no CGI involved but that's been the Robert franchise since Robert one and not to ruin it for anybody but it did say on here that it's the toy makers last appearance if that's the case he was simply written off after this show if you enjoyed the last few Roberts you enjoy this one it's handled pretty much the same way which I appreciate that continuity I like many other franchises the only slight comparison would be to the Chucky franchise not counting the Remake recently done in 2019 as Don Mancini overseen all those up until the remake but even with those Robert stays consistent with flow Style and storyline if you enjoyed the last few Roberts then there's no reason why you won't enjoy this one yes it has it's low budget quality that shows at times but if you're a fan of low-budget Puppet Master like quality then there's no reason you won't like Robert Reborn

Another entry in the Robert series and much like the later films in the Chucky series the emphasis is now on trying to make the audience laugh rather than scream. While it could have done with more serious horror I give the filmmakers props for being self aware about how silly their story is. This time Robert is joined by two new dolls who are very Puppet Master in their design and they end up on a plane with what I presume are KGB agents although its never really said. The addition of a doll who has machine guns for arms is the best aspect of the film but overall they should have spent more time on the plane where the most interesting action takes place.

All of the Robert movies are a waste of time and overall terrible movies.

Its not scary at all and I wasted my time but it has a new idea and thats why i rated it by 5

Robert Reborn: KGB officer Stoichkov kidnaps a toymaker, who owns a mystical book, to find a way to heal Stalin. However, things take a turn when the toymaker's dolls set out to rescue him. This is part of a killer doll franchise and is so bad it's good. Terrible special effects, unconvincing dolls. Anachronisms abound, though set in 1951 a modern jet is used but when the toymaker defects to Britain the jet is intercepted by World War Two RAF planes, London has a present day skyline. Acting is terrible. Surely this is deliberate? Written and Directed by Andrew Jones. On Netflix. I'm giving it 4/10 for laughs.

I've not seen any other of the Robert the Doll films, but honestly I feel I've not missed anything. The plot is extremely simple.

It was a terrible film, but one of those so bad it was entertaining at least. The accents were so awful, like next level awful. And there were so many plot holes and inaccuracies. Like I hope they aimed to make it this bad.

When I first sat down to watch this, I was expecting an "Annsbelle" kind of thing. No, it was very puppet like dolls and puppet type movement, but they murder people. With the description I expected more murder.

I have to admit, I thought this was going into another dolls territory/universe. But apparently there are no connections - even if new additions in the ... doll department are being made.

The movie is tongue in cheek and there are many bad people and quite a few deaths. Not too explicit, though the effects overall are still quite decent (if you are into the horror stuff and do not mind a bit of blood and violence in movies). This is nothing special, but it is "better" than what I remember of the first Robert movie, which was not good at all.

You know how you've seen good writing and bad acting or bad writing but good acting and it somehow makes a B-movie decent to watch?

This doesn't have that.

At all.

I find it puzzling that they seem to go our of their way to find people who can't act AT ALL.

Either that or they over-act on purpose because they know it's a crappy movie and it fits the budget of $ 300? (including lunch)

Either way I couldn't get past 20 minutes of poorly written dialgoue made even worse by bad acting.

I've seen cool characters in horrible movies and it made the movie okay. Who writes this stuff? And are the "actors" just volunteers who know the writer?

Good movie to watch for the horror scenes and another a great Robert franchise from director but movie is great so go and watch it.

This movie is similar to Puppet Master 3: Revenge of Toulon (1991) that I can't imagine the writer and director hadn't seen it before making this inferior film. Not that Puppet Master 3 was a masterpiece but this is so, so much worse. We're talking hand-puppets here. The accents are laughable, the costumes and makeup clownish. What more do you want from me, IMDB? Must I write a thesis to simply warn people away from a tragically stinky pile of crap on the cinematic lawn? There's not that much to say beyond that. If you're contemplating this, watch a Puppet Master flick instead.

Dammit, need t.

"Dude, did you not see the Puppet Master films? Cos this is just one the Puppet Master films you've made here." Apparently that's not enough characters for a full review. So...yeah, it's not good but this guy is making movies in Wales that sell well allover the world so, fair play to him. Even he did so by completely ripping off the Puppet Master films.

Another pitiful instalment in this hopeless series, this time transferring the bad guys from Nazis to Russians. It's hard to say what's worse, the calibre of the SFX or the annoying guy playing the toymaker dressed up as Jim Carrey in A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS. Once again we're in PUPPET MASTER rip-off territory here, as if those films weren't bad enough...