Directed by:
Stuart GordonScreenplay:
Joe HaldemanCinematography:
Mac AhlbergComposer:
Frédéric TalgornCast:
Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo, Robert Sampson, Jeffrey Combs, Jason Marsden, Mark D'Auria, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Hal Yamanouchi, Hilary Mason (more)Plots(1)
Robot Jox reveals a world where nations settle their territorial disputes by a single combat between two giant machines. Piloted by national heroes Achilles (Gary Graham) and Alexander (Paul Koslo), the robots meet in Death Valley to fight for the greatest prize of all: Alaska. But when Achilles' machine crushes 300 spectators, the match ends in a draw. Refusing to face Alexander in a rematch, Achilles is replaced by Athena (Anne-Marie Johnson), a genetically-engineered combat fighter. So when the GenJox is nearly killed and the game is forfeited, Achilles avenges their honor by challenging Alexander to a winner-take-all death match, in this heavy-metal, sci-fi adventure. (official distributor synopsis)
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A total B-movie in all aspects, which tried to cash in on the peaking fame of Transformers and BattleTech toward the end of the eighties. The directing, the technical side and the acting performances (if you can call them that) is all absolutely mediocre. But the battle of Robot Jox doesn’t even pretend to be anything more. It is entertaining and, occasionally, to be honest a bit ridiculous, short and punchy. In its essence, I personally find these clumsy, giant junkers a lot more pleasant than Michael Bay’s rather bland CGI goons seventeen years its junior. Although this is more likely thanks to nostalgia value, working at full throttle in this case, than to quality.
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