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Robot Jox
Part man. Part metal. The ultimate killing
machine. Written by Iowa
Writers' Workshop's Joe Haldeman.
"There is a lot of good to be
said about a film that relies mainly on practical effects and stop-motion
animation, models and more models, and table-top sets with just a smattering of
bad blue screen." - Mark Tolch, RockShockPop.com
"Robot Jox is a lot of fun and
features some good stop motion photography in the robot battles." -
Christopher M. Jimenez, SinfulCelluloid.com
"Its sneaky intelligence and
sense of barely controlled chaos keeps the film feeling unpredictable." - Matt Wedge, Horror 101 with Dr. AC
In a future
world where war has been outlawed, international disputes are settled in a
single winner-takes-all fight between two of the ultimate killing
machines. Massive, menacing and made-to-destroy, theses human-piloted
combat 'bots square off to determine global supremacy. But when tragedy
strikes during a crucial battle and treacherous espionage raises the stakes,
will veteran robowarrior Achilles walk away from the game for good... or take
his revenge against his rival pilot, the homicidal Alexander?
Starring
Gary Graham (Alien Nation), Paul Koslo (Voyage of the Damned) and Anne-Marie
Johnson (In the Heat of the Night), this riveting (riveted?) sci-fi actioner
will crush your burning desire for giant robot-on-robot action!
Written by
Joe Haldeman (The Forever War), Iowa Writers' Workshop alum and founder of ICON
(Iowa's
longest running science fiction convention)
Best Film
Nominee: 1990 International Fantasy Film Awards