Unintentionally hiliarious
Added 12/29/2009
Robot Jox is a horrible movie. The plot stinks, the actors and actresses are just horrible, and the animation, even for the time, was just horrible. So what makes this movie so great? The one liners. This movie has some the the best one liners I've heard in a while.
To start with the plot, which is corny, the world is destroyed and then war was outlawed, which I don't see how is possible, but let's just assume everyone agrees with it. So how are debates settled? By giant robots that fight each other. It's a spectator's sport equivalent to football or any other sport. The thing I don't get is who determines the winners of the matches? The scary part is that the refs appear to have more power than either side as they can determine who is the winner as they see fit, so it appears that they are a self-regulating body that neither side can control which always lead to corruption, but the movie never dives into this.
The movie features some of the worst cast of characters I've ever seen in a movie. The movie's main characters are Achilles and his love interest Athena. Then we get to his side kicks Tex and the professor. Tex is as the name states a cowboy with a Texan accent. The professor is a stereotypical Japanese robotic expert who makes all sorts of fancy weapons. Then there is the main enemy, Alexander who appears to be Russian, but I don't think it was ever fully mentioned.
To start off with the first ridiculous thing is the relationship between Tex, the professor and Achilles. I have never laughed so hard at this stuff. The entire time of the movie, they had a "spy" on the base who would tell the other side secret weapons and so fort. No one knows who it is, but Tex suspect it is the Japanese guy, but then later on the Japanese guy finds out it's really Tex but ends up getting killed. What Tex didn't know is that the Japanese professor recorded the whole thing and then Achilles and co found out. To escape death the movie's famous, one-liner responses play out. The first thing Tex says is, "I'll see you in hell," followed by busting out and running and then for no apparent reason screams, "geronimo" out the window to his death. It was so hilarious I nearly died.
As for the main characters and enemy, Achilles and Alexander fight it off with many one-liners. For example, in the "tough talks" segment where they talk tough to each other like a boxing match on TV, Alexander came on TV and said, "I already killed you," and points to his head going, "in here." Then starts to laugh and I began to laugh. Achilles has many come backs but the most famous one is near the end when he said, "I'm going to get in this thing and kick your ***!!" Which was hilarious and silly.
The final battle between Achilles and Alexander made about as much sense as seeing a paraplegic do ice skating. The first part is that Alexander and Achilles for no apparent reason blasts off into space. Then when they came back down to earth, Achilles transformed his mech into some sort of turtle where he then for no apparent reason tried to stomp into Alexander's robot. At the end, everything was in pieces and they shook hands, then credit rolls.
To say the least, the movie was just horrible, but the one liners are so hilarious that you have to watch it. The movie is unintentionally hilarious to the point where you'll be laughing out loud.
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Horrible Truth
Added 9/23/2009
I was over seas when this movie was released. A friend and I waited a year to see it. I still want my money and lost time back. This never met the hype, poor acting, awfully special effects, weak story. I recommend this movie to only the biggest of the Sci Fi UBER GEEK Movie collectors.
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Robot Jox
Added 1/19/2009
The movie came quickly, but the disc fell off the little 'holder' inside the case, which has scratched other dvd's that I've purchased... Although this one came out fine...
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Robot Jox
Added 12/16/2008
This is one of the classics that many of the "generation X" kids lived through. It was awesome then and still pretty cool now. It's one my favorite movies of all time list
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Best Robot Movie Ever!
Added 12/13/2008
I have actually worn out VHS copies of this movie so I'm extremely glad that it's finally on DVD! If you like campy sci-fi and giant robots, you can't go wrong with this one!
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Unintentionally hiliarious
Added 12/29/2009
Robot Jox is a horrible movie. The plot stinks, the actors and actresses are just horrible, and the animation, even for the time, was just horrible. So what makes this movie so great? The one liners. This movie has some the the best one liners I've heard in a while.
To start with the plot, which is corny, the world is destroyed and then war was outlawed, which I don't see how is possible, but let's just assume everyone agrees with it. So how are debates settled? By giant robots that fight each other. It's a spectator's sport equivalent to football or any other sport. The thing I don't get is who determines the winners of the matches? The scary part is that the refs appear to have more power than either side as they can determine who is the winner as they see fit, so it appears that they are a self-regulating body that neither side can control which always lead to corruption, but the movie never dives into this.
The movie features some of the worst cast of characters I've ever seen in a movie. The movie's main characters are Achilles and his love interest Athena. Then we get to his side kicks Tex and the professor. Tex is as the name states a cowboy with a Texan accent. The professor is a stereotypical Japanese robotic expert who makes all sorts of fancy weapons. Then there is the main enemy, Alexander who appears to be Russian, but I don't think it was ever fully mentioned.
To start off with the first ridiculous thing is the relationship between Tex, the professor and Achilles. I have never laughed so hard at this stuff. The entire time of the movie, they had a "spy" on the base who would tell the other side secret weapons and so fort. No one knows who it is, but Tex suspect it is the Japanese guy, but then later on the Japanese guy finds out it's really Tex but ends up getting killed. What Tex didn't know is that the Japanese professor recorded the whole thing and then Achilles and co found out. To escape death the movie's famous, one-liner responses play out. The first thing Tex says is, "I'll see you in hell," followed by busting out and running and then for no apparent reason screams, "geronimo" out the window to his death. It was so hilarious I nearly died.
As for the main characters and enemy, Achilles and Alexander fight it off with many one-liners. For example, in the "tough talks" segment where they talk tough to each other like a boxing match on TV, Alexander came on TV and said, "I already killed you," and points to his head going, "in here." Then starts to laugh and I began to laugh. Achilles has many come backs but the most famous one is near the end when he said, "I'm going to get in this thing and kick your ***!!" Which was hilarious and silly.
The final battle between Achilles and Alexander made about as much sense as seeing a paraplegic do ice skating. The first part is that Alexander and Achilles for no apparent reason blasts off into space. Then when they came back down to earth, Achilles transformed his mech into some sort of turtle where he then for no apparent reason tried to stomp into Alexander's robot. At the end, everything was in pieces and they shook hands, then credit rolls.
To say the least, the movie was just horrible, but the one liners are so hilarious that you have to watch it. The movie is unintentionally hilarious to the point where you'll be laughing out loud.
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Horrible Truth
Added 9/23/2009
I was over seas when this movie was released. A friend and I waited a year to see it. I still want my money and lost time back. This never met the hype, poor acting, awfully special effects, weak story. I recommend this movie to only the biggest of the Sci Fi UBER GEEK Movie collectors.
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Robot Jox
Added 1/19/2009
The movie came quickly, but the disc fell off the little 'holder' inside the case, which has scratched other dvd's that I've purchased... Although this one came out fine...
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