IslandGuru Who payed the critics

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

zooeyhall I came across this movie purely by accident (part of a DVD collection of 80's fantasy/sci-fi movies). Watched it last night on my home theater. Watch it, if you have the chance, because it's one of the most interesting low-budget films of the 1980's.This movie has everything: a "mandroid" Terminator-type robot, a gutsy female robotics expert, a Humphrey Bogart/African Queen boat captain, a Ninja warrior, Neanderthal cavemen, an R2D2 clone, southern rednecks (wait till you see "Bayou Betty"!)---and a villain cyberneticist whose real ambition is to travel back in time and become a Roman Emperor! Surprisingly everything holds together very well, and from beginning to end it definitely keeps you entertained. It's a great family film, with action for the kids, and just enough intelligence and wit to make it interesting for the adults.One of the best if not the best "80's B movies". Watch it!

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

ithearod Wow, what a perfect Saturday afternoon B-movie! It has that very rare quality of B-movies, in that is is both aware and unaware of its campy status. Seriously, as the amazingly varied collection of characters adds up (river-rat, scientist, robot, ninja, cavemen, Roman soldiers, and on) you will never be bored. The special effects are just cheap enough to make you smile, but not so cheap that you won't feel satisfied. And there's a nice finish that really rounds out the whole experience. There is a lot to like, for kids or B-movie lovers, but somehow it never degenerates into the lesser-desirable qualities of the "so bad it's good" genre. It is an honest and successful attempt at comic-book entertainment. And really, you have to see that Mobile Unit in action! How cool is that?!?!

evanky i got this film thinking it would be apocalyptic but it wasn't so i'm a little disappointed... but there were a couple sweet parts. the best part is that quote that's on here. the way it's delivered really is priceless. i was shocked by how much the caveman elder looked like Mortiis from Emperor and at one point the kung fu character jumps through a a big fan and for some reason i thought that was pretty sweet. to me those were the 3 moments. i think if this movie wasn't PG it would be a lot better but the little cute robot sucks and more people should have been murdered. but i was looking for an apocalyptic film and didn't get one. but oh yeah when the android gets back his tires and the stupid thugs chase him on three-wheelers that's also pretty sweet.i thought that the films stereotypes of southerners were really un-PC and not cool though.