ROTOR
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Director Cullen Blaine Country United States | 2.2/10 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1989 Writer Cullen Blaine (original story idea), Budd Lewis (screenplay) |
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R.O.T.O.R. (also known as Blue Steel and R.O.T.O.R.: Police Force) is a 1987 American science fiction action film starring Richard Gesswein, Jayne Smith and Margaret Trigg. The film has been described as a low-budget copy of The Terminator and RoboCop with some elements taken from Judge Dredd.
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Plot

A leading scientist in the field of police robotics, Dr. J. Barrett C. Coldyron (Gesswein with voice over by Loren Bivens), whose corrupt boss, Division Commander Earl Buglar (Michael Hunter), orders an experimental police robot prototype - dubbed R.O.T.O.R. (Robotic Officer of the Tactical Operations Research/Reserve Unit). He wants it completed in 60 days so that Senator Donald D. Douglas can take public credit for the project and use it to catapult himself into the White House.

Coldyron warns Buglar that the prototype is several years away from completion but is forced to resign and is replaced by his incompetent assistants, Dr. Houghtaling (Stan Moore) and his robot Willard. In Coldyron's absence, R.O.T.O.R. is inadvertently activated and put on duty. The robot executes a motorist (James Cole) for speeding and terrorizes his young fiancée, Sonya (Margaret Trigg), who the robot views as an accomplice in her boyfriend's infraction. Upon learning his creation has escaped, Cpt. Coldyron enlists the help of his beautiful colleague, Dr. Corrine Steele (Jayne Smith), who designed the unit's combat chassis. Together, Steele and Coldyron track down the rampaging robot and attempt to stop it from killing again.
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Video release

To date, R.O.T.O.R. is available on VHS and Betamax cassette. It can also be streamed online through a film rental website. Mill Creek Entertainment included it in their Sci-Fi Invasion 50 movie DVD boxed set.

On October 3, 2014, Rifftrax released R.O.T.O.R. as a video-on-demand title with humorous commentary.

In February 2016, the film was released on blu-ray by Shout Factory in a double feature with Millennium.
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References
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