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In the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions. Their weapons are huge robotic machines, capable of battle on land, sea and in the air.

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[–] OrganicIndependence@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

You have made my day. I remembered this movie but didn’t remember the name!

Time to revisit some nostalgia

[–] justabigemptyhole@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to get in that thing and KICK YOUR ASS

[–] Kandorr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Time to meet the real Tex Conway

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Searching for this movie and finding it after randomly seeing it on cable years before was one of the first things I did on the internet as a kid. Lots of nostalgia for this one.

[–] mephiska@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Achilles: "We can both live!"

Alexander: "We are dead. We are Robot Jox"

[–] Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen this one! The way the movie just ends after the final match is wild. Not even text to tie up some of the loose ends.

[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

totally agree. they're fighting, beating the crap out of each other, lose the bots, then suddenly... fistbump! roll credits. what

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Not enough robot, too much jox.

But seriously, it's a great example of doing a lot with what little budget you've got.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wondered about this movie almost every time I went to the video store as a kid! Figured it would be too terrible to enjoy and I was a kid so didn't get the simple pleasure of getting baked and watching a terrible movie...

Worth a revisit as a stoned adult?

[–] mephiska@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

absolutely!

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Who doesn’t love Gomer Pyle as your robot tech?

I could have sworn he was in it as a mechanic/tech but it’s been decades so maybe I’m misremembering another B flick.

[–] Belgdore@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Bipta@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mmmmm. That was good stuff.

I still miss Tribes.

[–] Bipta@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

VGS VGS VGS

[–] Braindead@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I think this is the movie that made me a Mechwarrior fan

[–] Dr_Decoy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did that Hugh Jackman movie rip this thing off?

[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Robot Jox is NOT a B-movie. I will call you a dumbass for saying it's a B-movie.