War of the Robots (film)

War of the Robots (Italian: 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 imminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.

War of the Robots
Directed by	Alfonso Brescia
Screenplay by	Alfonso Brescia Aldo Crudo[1]
Starring	Yanti Somer Malisa Longo Aldo Canti Ines Pellegrini
Cinematography	Silvio Fraschetti[1]
Edited by	Carlo Reali[1]
Music by	Marcello Giombini[1]
Production companies	Koala Cinematografica Nais Film[1]
Distributed by	Koala[1]
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Italy[1]

Cast

The full film

• 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] Those equally poorly received, sets, props, costumes, and actor-recycled "sequels" are Cosmos: War of the Planets, Battle of the Stars, Star Odyssey, and the adult film-inflected The Beast in Space.^[2]