Robowar was a lot of fun. It features a group of soldiers going up against a humanoid robot in the jungle hunting them all down. It's very much a tasty combination of what Predator was like as well as other 80s movies like Robocop. There's a guy who looks a lot like Chuck Norris along with a bunch of other stereotypes in the group.
Some of the others were laughing at how the guy with the glasses was useless and a buffoon but I thought he was the coolest because he had the coolest hat, like you know one of those bucket hats with a wide brim for the sun? I love those hats. I admit it's not the best kind of hat to wear in a combat situation.
Anyway there's a lot of fun with guns and some of the scenes look really silly and entertaining, like there's this one part where one of the guys looks like he's been hiding his huge gun with a big jungle leaf and it's pretty funny.
The robot menace hunting them down makes these cool weird talking computer voice noises and turns its victims into cooked skeletal corpses. Some have jokingly remarked they looked like they were ready to eat. I kept comparing this robot to other 80s robots like Metal Gear from Snatcher or the Talking Computer toy many of us grew up with.
The musical score was really cool but it also stayed fun and even got a bit silly with an 80s rock concert music track. It felt like a fun roller coaster thrill ride rather than something with the tension and horror of Predator.
This movie was a lot of fun and everyone seemed to have a great time with it. It was fun comparing this movie to Tropic Thunder and Hot Shots Part Deux. It was directed by Bruno Mattei, a name I'm still getting to know but I have seen his movie about the rats, which was part of another watch party we had. I'll have to check out more of his stuff.
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