War of the Robots (film)

War of the Robots
Directed by	Alfonso Brescia
Screenplay by	Alfonso Brescia Aldo Crudo [1]
Starring	Yanti Somer Malisa Longo Aldo Canti Ines Pellegrini
Cinematography	Silvio Fraschetti [1]
Edited by	Carlo Reali [1]
Music by	Marcello Giombini [1]
Production companies	Koala Cinematografica Nais Film [1]
Distributed by	Koala [1]
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Italy [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.

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. ^[3] Salon noted that it was part of a series of B-movie Star Wars rip-offs from director Brescia. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

References

1. "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.
5. Francis, R.D. "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". Medium.

External links

• War of the Robots at IMDb
• War of the Robots is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive