Robowar

Ok so here we go my first blog entry for an actual review and i gotta say im starting with a good one, Robowar. Before i start here is a poster and i have to admit the poster shows off what is a promising title.

Now right from the start you may be looking at this poster and thinking "a story about a robot and a war, what could this possibly be ripping off" but i think you may be surprised to know that this is in fact not a "Terminator" knock off but in fact a "Predator" knock off. Seems strange i know but let me explain. The movie stars the infamous Reb Brown, star of such films as "Cage" and a film that was riffed in an episode of mystery science theatre known as "Space Mutiny". Anyone who is familiar with Reb Brown will know that he is well known for his ability to scream the enemy into submission (which he does many times in this film) and is well know to star in these typical "Commando" style films and this film is no different.

Reb stars as an army commando called "Major Murphy Black" who is sent into the jungle in order to take down an experimental robot super soldier designed to search and destroy any enemy in its sights and is now malfunctioning and taking out everything in its path. He and his team of soldiers who are sent in, unaware of the dangers that lurk ahead of them and are then thrown into a survival situation where it is either them or the robot. So when i said it was a "Predator" knock off i wasn't lying before. I wont give away the story but if any of you have seen Predator it isn't too difficult to know what happens in this film but for anyone who hasn't seen it then i would say watch Predator not this film.

As far as my experience of this film goes it is a lot of fun and is that kind of bad film that does a U-turn and becomes something good again so its definitely worth the watch. Reb Brown is always funny (mostly when he doesn't mean to be) and brings something extra special to the film with his special kind of acting (nice way of saying bad acting) So all in all i would give this film a 6 out of 10. Robowar was directed by Vincent Dawn (AKA Bruno Mattei) 1989.

I hope those of you who read this enjoyed what i had to say. I tried to keep details of this film vague as i know its disappointing to have too many details given away so i am treating my blog as a synopsis rather than a detailed analysis. I will be doing the same with the other films i decide to talk about so i hope this method of writing suits those reading it.

Anyway until next time........