War of the Robots (film)
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| Directed by | Alfonso Brescia |
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| Cinematography | Silvio Fraschetti[1] |
| Edited by | Carlo Reali[1] |
| Music by | Marcello Giombini[1] |
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| Distributed by | Koala[1] |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Italy[1] |
War of the Robots (Italian title: La guerra dei robot) is a 1978 Italian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Brescia. It was released internationally as Reactor.[2] The plot follows an alien civilization, which, facing imminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.
Cast
[edit]- Antonio Sabato as Captain John Boyd
- Yanti Somer as Julie
- Malisa Longo as Lois
- Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Roger
- Aldo Canti as Kuba the Alien
- Licinia Lentini as Commander King's assistant
- Venantino Venantini as Paul
- Jacques Herlin as Professor Carr
- Ines Pellegrini as Sonia
Reception
[edit]Fantastic Musings found the movie to be bad.[3] Salon noted that it was part of a series of B-movie Star Wars rip-offs from director Brescia.[4] Those equally poorly received, sets, props, costumes, and actor-recycled "sequels" are Cosmos: War of the Planets, Battle of the Stars, Star Odyssey, and the adult film-inflected The Beast in Space.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "La guerra dei robot (1978)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Francis, R.D (January 26, 2019). "In Space No One Can Hear the Pasta Over-Boiling: Alfonso Brescia and the '80s Italian Spacesploitation Invasion A retrospective of Italy's Star Wars-inspired film industry and the inspirations of George Lucas". Medium. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "The War of the Robots (1978)". 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Spaghetti space wars of 1979". Salon.com. 22 May 2002.
External links
[edit]- War of the Robots at IMDb
- War of the Robots is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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