War of the Robots (film)
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 eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.
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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] |
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Italy[1] |
Cast
- 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
Fantastic Musings found the movie bad. [3], Salon noted that it was part of a series of B-movie Star Wars rip offs from director Brescia. [4]
References
- "La guerra dei robot (1978)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
- Francis, R.D. (January 26, 2019). "In Space No One Can Hear the Pasta Over-Boiling: Alfonso Brescia and the '80s Italian Spacesploitation Invasion". Medium. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- "The War of the Robots (1978)". 2 February 2018.
- "Spaghetti space wars of 1979". 22 May 2002.
External links
- 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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