Main Cast: Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds, Conan Lee, Roy Dotrice
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A touch of comic relief adds to this otherwise predictable sci-fi actioner about a mad scientist (Roy Dotrice) holed up in a remote jungle fortress in Mexico with his time-machine and robotic know-how. He plans on zapping himself back to the Roman Empire to reign as emperor in Caesar's stead thereby ruining a certain 20th-century pizza franchise. Standing in the way is a pilot who was saved from imminent extinction when the evil doctor patched him together with mechanical body parts. Once the crazed scientist decides to do away with his "Man-droid," the 'droid-human escapes and rounds up a gang of accomplices to head back up-river and do the scientist in. Patrick Reynolds plays Mandroid. (Reynolds is the heir to the R.J. Reynolds tobacco fortune who divested his stock and leads a national anti-smoking organization.) ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Review
If the idea of half-tank cyborgs, ninjas, and evil rednecks on three-wheelers sounds good to you, then The Eliminators might be just what the doctor ordered. One of Charles Band's early gems before starting his Full Moon company, the film still has his branded cheap-look written all over it, but who can complain with so much genius sci-fi and action schlock thrown into the same flick? Co-starring future Star Trek: The Next Generation star Denise Crosby, The Eliminators is otherwise known solely for its amazing painted poster and video box art along with its outlandish premise that only could be funded in the 1980s. Followed by a not-so-direct sequel from Band using the same Mandriod moniker, this gem also features a flying robot (ala Disney's The Black Hole) that swims and sits atop the cyborg's shoulder for most of the duration of the film. Recommended for bottom of the rack video enthusiasts and doubly for fans of the outrageous! ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Pete Schrum - Ray; Peggy Mannix - Bayou Betty; Fausto Bara - Luis; Tad Horino - Takada; Luis Lorenzo - Maurice
Credit
Gumersindo Andres Lopez - Art Director, Jill M. Ohanneson - Costume Designer, Peter Manoogian - Director, Andrew Horvitch - Editor, Richard H. Band - Composer (Music Score), John Carl Buechler - Makeup Special Effects, Philip Foreman - Production Designer, Mac Ahlberg - Cinematographer, Charles Band - Producer, Juan Ramon Molina - Special Effects, Jose Luis Chinchilla - Stunts, Danny Bilson - Screenwriter, Paul de Meo - Screenwriter
