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R.O.T.O.R.

  • 1987
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
2.7/10
3.9K
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R.O.T.O.R. (1987)
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A prototype crime-fighting robot breaks free from its lab, initiating a relentless rampage as it malfunctions and targets innocents for destruction.A prototype crime-fighting robot breaks free from its lab, initiating a relentless rampage as it malfunctions and targets innocents for destruction.A prototype crime-fighting robot breaks free from its lab, initiating a relentless rampage as it malfunctions and targets innocents for destruction.

  • Director
    • Cullen Blaine
  • Writers
    • Cullen Blaine
    • Budd Lewis
  • Stars
    • Margaret Trigg
    • Richard Gesswein
    • Jayne Smith
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.7/10
    3.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Cullen Blaine
    • Writers
      • Cullen Blaine
      • Budd Lewis
    • Stars
      • Margaret Trigg
      • Richard Gesswein
      • Jayne Smith
    • 91User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Margaret Trigg
    Margaret Trigg
    • Sony Garren
    Richard Gesswein
    • Barrett Coldyron
    Jayne Smith
    • Dr. Coren Steele
    James Cole
    • Greg Hutchins
    Stan Moore
    Stan Moore
    • Houghtaling
    Nanette Kuczek
    • Penny Gayle
    Brad Overturf
    • Moulie…
    Shawn Brown
    • Mokie Killion
    Michael Hunter
    • Earl Buglar
    Victor Kwasnick
    • Grotes
    • (as Victor Kawasnick)
    Ron Baker
    • Glorioso
    Diana Hurd
    • Kipster
    Bill Blair
    Bill Blair
    • Statum
    Bob Lennard
    • Fisherman
    Janiece Stamper
    • Waitress
    Robert Vicitation
    • Fighter…
    Leo Martinez
    • Gunman…
    Paul Vela
    • Driver…
    • Director
      • Cullen Blaine
    • Writers
      • Cullen Blaine
      • Budd Lewis
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    • Trivia
      David Adam Newman plays Shoe Boogie, the jive-talking Native American janitor.
    • Goofs
      When Coldyron's alarm clock goes off, it says 5:00. When he gets out of bed, the clock says 4:50.
    • Quotes

      Coldyron: Let me tell you something, mister. You fire me and I'll make more noise than two skeletons making love in a tin coffin, brother.

    • Crazy credits
      Willard the Robot receives an end credit, although it is unclear who provided his voice.
    • Connections
      Featured in Best of the Worst: The Vindicator, Cyber Tracker, Robot Jox, and R.O.T.O.R. (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Changing The Channel
      Written and Performed by Larry's Dad

    User reviews91

    Featured review
    1/10

    The Holy Grail of bad movies

    Say what you want about something like "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" or "Wolverine", but at least they were made by people who knew the basics of movie making. Ya know, little things like making sure that it doesn't suddenly go from day to night to day again from one shot to the next, or the benefits of having two consecutive lines of dialogue that are related logically to each other, or finding actors who don't literally read from cue cards or stare at the floor to make sure they hit their marks.

    After hearing about this movie's pure awfulness for so many years, I finally got to catch it on On Demand. I was hesitant to watch it because I didn't think it could possibly live up (or down) to my expectations. Needless to say, it did.

    If you do choose to subject yourself to the pure bliss (or pure torture, depending on your tolerance for really bad movies) of ROTOR, make sure you stick around for the very end of the credits. No, there's no post-credits scene or anything, but you can amuse yourself with the fact that they even managed to mess up the copyright frame at the very end of the credits. It just says "(C)" with no year next to it, followed by "MPAA #" with no number next to it. My guess is that the MPAA sent it to the producers and nobody knew that they were supposed to fill it in before they inserted it. For we bad movie aficionados, it's just one more gift from the gods.
    • ThingyBlahBlah3
    • May 22, 2011
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    • Release date
      • May 1988 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blue Steel
    • Filming locations
      • Southern Methodist University - 3128 Dyer Street, Dallas, Texas, USA(Brett Coldyron sequence, as University of Oxford)
    • Production companies
      • Manson International
      • WestWind Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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