In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
Practical Effects
Stop-motion mechs that wobble with earnest charm
Costume
Lisa Rinna's hair deserves its own credit
Director
Albert Band
Don Michael Paul
Drake
Barbara Crampton
Leda
James Staley
Stumpy
Lisa Rinna
Annie
Danny Kamekona
Wa-Lee
Yuji Okumoto
Chou-Sing
J. Downing
Lt. Plunkett
Peter Haskell
Rooney
Sam Scarber
Lt. Pritchard
Steve Eastin
Boles
Peter Vasquez
Centro Leader
Juan Garcia
Centro Main Man
Burke Byrnes
Technician
Pamela Denise Weaver
Passenger 1
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is technically a sequel to Robot Jox (1989), though nobody involved seems to remember why. Stuart Gordon directed the original; Albert Band (father of Full Moon's Charles Band) took this one straight to video.
The 'toxic gas scare of 1993' in the opening crawl was the filmmakers' attempt to explain 2041's wasteland—except 1993 had already happened and featured zero toxic gas scares. Bold revisionist history from a movie that came out in 1993.
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