Robowar

Original title: Robowar - Robot da guerra

1988
TV-14
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

1.5K

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A clone/mix of PREDATOR, RAMBO, and ROBOCOP gone nuts jungle flick with an international cast, exotic locale and good electronic music.

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A special forces unit known as BAM is tasked with a mission: tracking down the rogue Omega-1 cyborg unit in a dense jungle, without being told their exact objective. Soon they find themselve... Read allA special forces unit known as BAM is tasked with a mission: tracking down the rogue Omega-1 cyborg unit in a dense jungle, without being told their exact objective. Soon they find themselves the hunted rather than the hunters.A special forces unit known as BAM is tasked with a mission: tracking down the rogue Omega-1 cyborg unit in a dense jungle, without being told their exact objective. Soon they find themselves the hunted rather than the hunters.

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IMDb RATING

4.4/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The actor who played the cyborg fainted twice during the shooting of the film due to the extreme heat.

Goofs
The 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 versions
While 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.

Connections
Edited from Section d'assaut (1987)

Soundtracks
Break 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)

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Featured review

"Technology Hasn't Got Feelings!"...

After the explosive opening credits -Literally, stuff is blowing up all over the place!-, ROBOWAR begins.

It seems that a cyborg has gone rogue, and a team of ultra-abrasive, tub-of-testosterone commandoes are dispatched to hunt it down and neutralize it. Into the jungle they go, so that everyone can wear RAMBO gear and sweat a lot. A definite PREDATOR vibe is prevalent, and it's obvious that most of our musclebound heroes will become prey.

Some scenes are direct PREDATOR lifts, adding to this movie's parody of that movie's characters.

Intergalactic omni-star, Reb Brown plays Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator, Major Murphy Black. Brown, along with his fellow performers, make Arnold look like the greatest actor who ever lived! However, this movie's crowning achievement is their quarry, called Omega One, that looks fairly solid. Alas, it speaks, emitting a squeaky, buzzy "voice", best described as C3PO shoved up R2D2's cannister!

Irredeemably absurd, at least there's something going boom every few minutes to distract our lilting attention. Plus, something hilarious happens every few seconds!

The idiot robot is a wonderment all on its own!

DO NOT MISS: The explosion / flying trousers scene toward the end! It's a riot!...