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War of the Robots / It's Alive [Import]

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The respective creators of Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica made sure that all low-budget Space shoot-them movies would look pale in comparison to them. It worked !!! "...robots" is a cheap version of both above-mentionned movies. The galactic battle scenes even look like something out of an old vidoe game. On the other hand, there are enough good moments is this one to make it a must-get for the SCI-FI collectors. Lots of action. lots of believable characters and an ensemble that reminds me of an old SCI-FI serie starring Martin Landau (cannot remember the name !!!!)

"It's Alive" deliver the classic "lost travellers held hostage by a madman" plot. The first 20 minutes looked promising and then it crashed. I had rhe impression that the movie was shot in a few distinct sections with different equipment and different settings. Afterward the section were glued back together. Throw in the mix, a totally ridiculous monster and some long descriptive narration and you get slightly expensive ED WOODish movie. A shame !!!!

Die-hard collector of SCI-FI and/or horror will want these for "historical" value only.