War of the Robots (film)

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War of the Robots
War of the Robots-poster.jpg
Directed by Alfonso Brescia
Screenplay by
  • Alfonso Brescia
  • Aldo Crudo [1]
Starring
CinematographySilvio Fraschetti [1]
Edited by Carlo Reali [1]
Music by Marcello Giombini [1]
Production
companies
  • Koala Cinematografica
  • Nais Film [1]
Distributed byKoala [1]
Running time
99 minutes
CountryItaly [1]

War of the Robots (Italian title: La guerra dei robot) is a 1978 Italian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Brescia. It was released internationally as Reactor. [2] The plot follows an alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.

Contents

Cast

Reception

Fantastic Musings found the movie to be bad. [3] Salon noted that it was part of a series of B-movie Star Wars rip-offs from director Brescia. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "La guerra dei robot (1978)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Francis, R.D. (January 26, 2019). "In Space No One Can Hear the Pasta Over-Boiling: Alfonso Brescia and the '80s Italian Spacesploitation Invasion". Medium . Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ "The War of the Robots (1978)". 2 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Spaghetti space wars of 1979". 22 May 2002.


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