War of the Robots (film) explained

War of the Robots
Director:	Alfonso Brescia
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Screenplay:	Alfonso Brescia Aldo Crudo^[1]
Starring:	Yanti Somer Malisa Longo Aldo Canti Ines Pellegrini
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Music:	Marcello Giombini
Cinematography:	Silvio Fraschetti
Editing:	Carlo Reali
Production Companies:	Koala Cinematografica Nais Film
Distributor:	Koala
Runtime:	99 minutes
Country:	Italy

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]

Notes and References

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