Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

FlashCallahan As part of their experiments in time travel, Drs. Reeves and Takada construct a cyborg with the body of a downed pilot. After the success of the initial experiments, Reeves decides to have the Mandroid scrapped. Not wishing to be taken apart, the Cyborg, lovingly called Mandroid, flees with the help of Dr. Takeda, who is killed for his disobedience. Distraught by the death of his one friend, the Mandroid goes north to America in search of someone who can help him in getting revenge and stopping Dr. Reeves in whatever evil plan he intends to use his time machine for......Well this something I've never seen before. Obviously influenced by The Terminator, our friendly neighbourhood Mandroid just seems like a knock off of Cameron's creation, and is doing nothing more than trying to cash in on that, especially with the time travel element.But then our lovely Mandroid has a car, and the film couldn't be further away from Arnie's star making turn.It's B-movie cheese for sure, with Mandriod dressing up like Phillip Marlowe for one scene, following some blue orb with a very disturbed looking heroine, and then getting on a boat with the real love interest, because I really thought she was into some mechanical stuff.It really doesn't make any sense, and the makers know this, so instead of trying to make the narrative more coherent, they chuck in a ninja, some cavemen, and two henchman so hilarious, thy should have appeared in every film for the rest of eternity.And then we have the bi boss fight at the end, and a finale ripping off the last shot of Disney's The Black Hole.It's a stupid film for sure, but if your like me, an absolute geek when it comes to anything 80's, then this is a must.

Walter Cherry (themusiccitymadman) Ever so often there comes a film that, no matter how hard I try, I can find no fault with. This is one of those films. How can you not love everything about this masterpiece. Andrew Prine is so perfectly cast, against type by the way, as a hard as nails, yet heart of gold, mercenary. The entire cast is really great. The performances are wooden but I feel like that's the point. It is just such an awesome cheesy romp using the kitchen sink method, if you know what I mean, with just everything thrown in for flavor, Just like Fontana says in the movie, "an android, a robot, and kung fu? What is this a comic book." My answer is oh yes it is. There is no doubt I love this movie. And I greatly recommend it to sci fi, action, and Andrew Prine fans of all ages. that's the best part of this film. There is nothing really extreme about this film, as the whole family can really enjoy it together. Great for kids and adults. Cheesy, brainless, and so much fun. My favorite low budget sci fi movie of all time baby!

Greg Over the past 15 years, there have been a couple of obscure DVD titles that I have been desperately trying to locate. These are generally films that I screened when I was a teenager on VHS, and for any number of reasons, they have yet to see new life on DVD.Last year, I was lucky enough to locate a few titles – Kiss and the Phantom of the Park, the Roger Corman version of The Fantastic Four and Blood Beach. This year, I recently scored with finding a few other titles from my list including the 1986 non-classic Eliminators.Released by Empire Pictures, Eliminators was the story about a downed pilot that is transformed into a cyborg "Mandroid" by two scientists (Dr. Reeves and Dr. Takada) - one of which (Reeves) has a penchant for evil. When Dr. Reeves orders the Mandroid destroyed, the cyborg (played by actor Patrick Reynolds) escapes from his creator's laboratory and heads north in search of someone who can assist in getting revenge and stopping Dr. Reeves from realizing his evil plan that includes the use of a time machine. Help comes in the form of Nora Hunter (Denise Crosby from Pet Semetary) who is a doctor/scientist of her own. Together they will team up for a terribly ridiculous adventure that will eventually lead them to a confrontation with evil Doctor and a chance to thwart his dastardly plans.Eliminators was released on February 2, 1986 to a dismal $1.9 million opening week-end. And on re-screening, it is not hard to see why the film was so overtly ignored. The Mandroid in the film resembled a poor man's Robocop (which was released the following year). And his various mechanical costume gadgets that included lasers, grapple hooks and even motorized boots, were laughable instead of innovative or awe striking.The evil Dr. Reeves (Roy Dotrice) hams up the screen, but he really makes Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon look like an Academy Award performance when contrasted. And a host of other supporting characters including Bayou Betty and Maurice are straight out of The Dukes of Hazzard.The special effects in Eliminators were equally atrocious. From the small teleporting robot that was their sidekick to the laser shootouts, the movie really failed to deliver on any of the promises projected from the movie's poster and cover art.Luckily Denise Crosby and Andrew Prine as the playful Harry Fontana give the film enough life to keep us smiling through all the disappointment.Eliminator s was therefore terrible. But we expected such a response and wanted it as part of our collection anyways. It can sit proudly beside Megaforce and Ice Pirates and badly conceived and executed movies from our past that were entertaining as youngster and almost unbearable as an adult.www.killerreviews.com

HaemovoreRex OK..... mix in a bit of Frankenstein, some time travel and the potential damage of meddling with the past, a ninja (!) a materialistic, seemingly selfish but actually kind hearted charter boat captain (shades of Han Solo anyone?) and a feisty, pre-Star Trek: TNG Annette Crosby and you have Eliminators – a highly likable yet almost forgotten gem of 1980's Sci-Fi! The plot is quite obviously far too ambitious in scope for the budgetary constraints and yet somehow it all works so well, not least of all because of the highly likable characters featured in this (Andrew Prine's laid back character is especially fun to watch) There's also an excellent realisation of the 'mobile unit', a mode of transport whereby the Mandroid (bear with me on this) removes his legs (!) and rides around with the unit (a sort of miniature tank) on his lower half (presumably most of the budget was spent on this!) What can I say? If you're at all a fan of 80's Science Fiction TV and/or movies then like me, you'll probably lap this up, it all makes perfect sense on screen and is highly enjoyable throughout. Great nostalgic fun!