Blu-ray Review – Robo Warriors

In the future of 2036, global control will be decided by giant robot combat. That’s the general idea of 1998’s “Robo Warriors,” though screenwriter Michael Berlin doesn’t exactly develop the central concept, preferring to ignore the details of this new world order to simply use the selling point of big brawling bots, spending most of the feature on more personal matters involving troubled characters. It’s actually surprisingly to find how little robo- warrior-ing is involved in “Robo Warriors,” giving viewers only a few conflicts to enjoy. The rest of the endeavor is tasked with building up to these fights, finding Berlin attempting to create a dire world of tomorrow while director Ian Barry only has a Duran Duran music video budget to bring an entire alien conflict to life. The result is a somewhat impressive display of filmmaking hustle, watching Barry work like crazy to sell the sense of scale Berlin imagines. However, this isn’t a particularly exciting offering of sci-fi conflict, and those coming to the title for red-hot robot action might walk away incredibly disappointed in the lack of mayhem. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com