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Massimo Vanni
- Pvt. Larry Guarino
- (as Alex McBride)
Claudio Fragasso
- The Hunter
- (as Clyde Anderson)
Curtis Carter
- Boat Captain
- (uncredited)
Michael Welborn
- Co-Pilot
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe actor who played the cyborg fainted twice during the shooting of the film due to the extreme heat.
- GoofsThe closing credits switche Massimo Vanni with Jim Gaines.
- Quotes
[Murphy pins an enemy soldier to a wall with his knife]
Maj. Murphy Black: Don't move.
- Alternate versionsWhile uncut in terms of violence, the German version is missing over four minutes of storytelling. The FSK-16 rated German version is even shorter by additional eight minutes to not only the story but also have almost all violent scenes shortened. Only in 2020 did Germany get this movie completely uncensored, though released unrated as the distributor didn't do a rating retesting with the FSK.
- ConnectionsEdited from Strike Commando (1987)
- SoundtracksBreak It Up
(1985)
(From "Metallo Italia")
Composed by Mark Rossetti
Lyrics by Maurizio Cerantola
Performed by Shout
Lead Vocals by Maurizio Cerantola
Mark Rossetti (Lead Guitar)
Mario Zaccagnini (Bass Guitar)
Massimo Marchione (Drums & Percussions)
Featured review
From Italian trash director Bruno Mattei (Hell of the Living Dead) and writer Claudio Fragasso (who gave us the legendary Troll 2), Robowar is a blatant cash-in on the success of Predator, with a touch of Robocop for good measure. Reb Brown stars as Major Murphy Black, leader of a group of mercenaries with very silly (nick)names (Diddy Bop, Killzone, Blood, Papa Doc, Quang) who are sent on a mission about which they have very few details, but which sees them coming face-to-visor with a high-tech renegade humanoid killer robot called Omega One.
As the soldiers explore the jungle, encountering the charred corpses of victims of the malfunctioning machine, as well as groups of hostile guerrilla fighters, Mattei and Fragasso miss no opportunity to blatantly ape the aforementioned Schwarzenegger classic, with entire scenes and chunks of dialogue mimicked throughout (silliest moments: Brown throws his knife at an enemy and quips 'Don't move!', inadequately aping Arnie's 'Stick around' gag; Quang's utterly pointless sacrifice).
As with many a Mattei film, there are plenty of unintentional laughs to be had at the sheer goofiness on display: Reb Brown, in his blue, sleeveless, cropped T-shirt, who looks ready for a pride parade; the supposedly cutting-edge Omega One, equipped with low resolution pixelated visual sensors and a garbled Speak and Spell voice-box that Stephen Hawking would laugh at; the group of marines wasting countless rounds of ammo shooting at the jungle while screaming; and Quang referring to himself in third person.
Great film-making it most definitely isn't, but one can't help but be entertained just a little.
As the soldiers explore the jungle, encountering the charred corpses of victims of the malfunctioning machine, as well as groups of hostile guerrilla fighters, Mattei and Fragasso miss no opportunity to blatantly ape the aforementioned Schwarzenegger classic, with entire scenes and chunks of dialogue mimicked throughout (silliest moments: Brown throws his knife at an enemy and quips 'Don't move!', inadequately aping Arnie's 'Stick around' gag; Quang's utterly pointless sacrifice).
As with many a Mattei film, there are plenty of unintentional laughs to be had at the sheer goofiness on display: Reb Brown, in his blue, sleeveless, cropped T-shirt, who looks ready for a pride parade; the supposedly cutting-edge Omega One, equipped with low resolution pixelated visual sensors and a garbled Speak and Spell voice-box that Stephen Hawking would laugh at; the group of marines wasting countless rounds of ammo shooting at the jungle while screaming; and Quang referring to himself in third person.
Great film-making it most definitely isn't, but one can't help but be entertained just a little.
- BA_Harrison
- Sep 3, 2017
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