Samuel LoveAlbert Band’s Robot Wars – not to be confused with the iconic British telly classic – is something of a spiritual follow-up to 1989 cult favourite Robot Jox (which Band produced). Campy, low-budget schlock through and through, Robot Wars is a brainless delight packed with nonsense dialogue, stop-motion robot action, and Barbara Crampton. It’s cinematic drivel, frankly, but if you’re looking to switch your brain off for a refreshingly brief 70 minutes and take a stroll back to the era of 1990s video, you’ll have a wonderfully nostalgic time with this preposterous mecha-romp. Just charming.
Synopsis
In a gas-ravaged future Hell, the United States is divided into two opposing blocs, the North Hemi and the Eastern Alliance and targeting them both are roving bands of pirates known as the Centros.
While “mega robots” were once employed for war, peace between the blocs has dictated that the mechanized monsters are no more, save for the lone remaining functioning specimen the MRAS-2, now utilized as a tourist attraction, and piloted by the rough and tumble Drake (Don Michael Paul). But when a war-mongering dignitary steals the MRAS-2 and threatens to wage a new apocalyptic battle, Drake revives another dormant “mega robot”, the MEGA-1, and drags it out into the desert to take down the deadly, scorpion-like MRAS-2 with the fate of what’s left of the world hanging in the balance!
Special Features
- The Wizard of Wars: Remembering David Allen
- Vintage 1997 Full Moon Promo
- Videozone
ROBOT WARS is available now on Blu-ray from 101 Films on 24 February 2025
