War of the Robots (film)

War of the Robots
Directed byAlfonso Brescia
Screenplay by
  • Alfonso Brescia
  • Aldo Crudo[1]
Starring
CinematographySilvio Fraschetti[1]
Edited byCarlo Reali[1]
Music byMarcello Giombini[1]
Production
companies
  • Koala Cinematografica
  • Nais Film[1]
Distributed byKoala[1]
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryItaly[1]

War of the Robots (Italian: La guerra dei robot) is a 1978 Italian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Brescia. It was released internationally under the title Reactor.[2] The plot follows an alien civilization that, facing imminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth, prompting a troop of soldiers to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.

Plot

In the future, Earth's Space Command goes on high alert when a fleet of golden-haired, humanoid androids from the dying planet Anthor launches a surprise raid on a secure research station, kidnapping geneticist Professor Carr and his assistant, Lois. Earth's military dispatches the starship Tristar, commanded by Captain John Boyd, to track the androids to their subterranean home world and rescue the scientists. The crew teams up with human rebels to fight through the citadel, rescuing the hostages and destroying the base to stop a looming energy crisis on Earth.

Cast

Reception

War of the Robots received generally negative reviews from retrospective critics. Writing for Salon, Andrew O'Hehir noted that the film was part of a larger wave of low-budget Star Wars imitations emerging from European cinema in the late 1970s.[3]

Film critic R.D. Francis characterized it as part of an interconnected cycle of "spacesploitation" features directed by Alfonso Brescia that recycled the same sets, models, props, and cast members. The other films in this thematic group include Cosmos: War of the Planets (1977), Battle of the Stars (1978), Star Odyssey (1979), and the adult-oriented The Beast in Space (1980).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "La guerra dei robot (1978)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Francis, R.D. (January 26, 2019). "In Space No One Can Hear the Pasta Over-Boiling: Alfonso Brescia and the '80s Italian Spacesploitation Invasion". Medium. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  3. ↑ O'Hehir, Andrew (May 22, 2002). "Spaghetti space wars of 1979". Salon.
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