War of the Robots (film)
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| name = War of the Robots
| image = War of the Robots-poster.jpg
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| director = Alfonso Brescia
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| screenplay = {{plainlist|*Alfonso Brescia
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| starring = {{plainlist|*Yanti Somer
- Malisa Longo
- Aldo Canti
- Ines Pellegrini}}
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| music = Marcello Giombini
| cinematography = Silvio Fraschetti
| editing = Carlo Reali
| production_companies = {{plainlist|*Koala Cinematografica
| released = {{Film date|1978}}
| runtime = 99 minutes
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War of the Robots ({{langx|it|La guerra dei robot}}) is a 1978 Italian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Brescia. It was released internationally as Reactor.{{cite web |url=https://rdfranciswriter.medium.com/in-space-no-one-can-hear-the-pasta-over-boiling-alfonso-brescia-and-the-80s-italian-26b54d29bdfa |publisher=Medium |title=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 |last=Francis |first=R.D |date=January 26, 2019 |access-date=March 11, 2025}} 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
- 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 to be bad.{{cite web |url=https://fantasticmoviemusings.com/2018/02/01/the-war-of-the-robots-1978/ |title=The War of the Robots (1978) |date=2 February 2018}} Salon noted that it was part of a series of B-movie Star Wars rip-offs from director Brescia.{{cite web |website=Salon.com |url=https://www.salon.com/2002/05/21/spaghetti/ |title=Spaghetti space wars of 1979 |date=22 May 2002}} 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.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0077640|title=War of the Robots}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=WarOfTheRobots|name=War of the Robots}}
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Category:1978 science fiction films
Category:1970s adventure films
Category:1970s Italian-language films
Category:1970s science fiction action films
Category:Films directed by Alfonso Brescia
Category:Films scored by Marcello Giombini
Category:Italian action adventure films
Category:Italian science fiction action films
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