ROTOR
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | ROTOR |
| Original title | ROTOR |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Cullen Blaine |
| script | Cullen Blaine Budd Lewis |
| production | Cullen Blaine Richard Gesswein Budd Lewis |
| music | David Adam Newman |
| camera | Glenn Roland |
| cut | Doug Bryan |
| occupation | |
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ROTOR , alternative title ROTOR - The Killer Robot , is an American action film directed by Cullen Blaine in 1987.
action
A couple wants to spend their weekend in peace by a lake, when suddenly two people run in front of their car: Sonya R. Garren and Dr. Barrett Coldyron, both of whom are injured. Coldyron, a member of the Dallas Police Department, is taken to the police station for questioning for killing a police officer. He reports that it all started two days ago:
Coldyron is head of the Tactical Operation Lab, which is researching the police robot of the future. The robot, which was created in the secret program “Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research” and is therefore called “ROTOR”, is said to be made of adaptable metal and therefore intelligent. Coldyron presents the first results to an audience of experts. He receives a call from his supervisor, Head of Department Earl G. Buglar. He instructs him to finish ROTOR in 60 days so that Senator Donald D. Douglas can capitalize on the robot's success in his struggle for entry into the White House. Buglar wants to force Coldyron to produce results, after all he put a large amount of money into his own pocket when allocating money for the ROTOR research project and does not need any research into the use of the money. Coldyron knows the project will have to run for at least four more years. He refuses and submits his resignation. His assistant Houghtaling takes over the work on ROTOR
By mistake, ROTOR, whose brain can only obey and destroy so far, is activated. He dresses as a policeman and drives off on a motorcycle. At night he stops Greg Hutchins and Sonya R. Garren, who are both about to get married and have just had an argument, whereupon Greg has increased the driving speed significantly. ROTOR registers a speeding violation and shoots Greg. Sonya manages to escape with the car and is followed by ROTOR. The police find Greg's body a short time later. Greg tore off a ROTOR police badge in the fall; Coldyron is alerted. In the laboratory he discovers that ROTOR has been activated. On the way, Sonya manages to alert the police from a gas station. The advises her to continue.
Coldyron sticks to Sonya's trail and can save her from ROTOR a little later. Coldyron orders her to keep driving so that ROTOR can stick to her trail and not commit any more murders. Both make up a meeting point on a lake. Coldyron brings Dr. Corrine R. Steele to Dallas, who created ROTOR's shell. They both know that they have little chance against the killer, even if Coldyron has a deactivation key with them. You go to the meeting point where Sonya is being attacked by ROTOR. Steele is killed by ROTOR. Sonya and Coldyron manage to tie up ROTOR and then destroy them with an explosion.
Coldyron finishes explaining what happened in the past two days. He's allowed to go. Earl G. Buglar shot him while he was still on the police premises. His nephew Brett receives news at the University of Oxford that his uncle has suddenly died. Shortly afterwards, the Tactical Operation Lab creates ROTOR II, a robot that looks like Corrine R. Steele.
production
ROTOR was filmed in Dallas (including Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center, Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport ) and Lake Dallas . The final scenes about Brett at Oxford University were actually made at Southern Methodist University . The film constructions come from Budd Lewis. Richard Gesswein was originally dubbed by Loren Bivens and Jayne Smith by Georganna Barry .
ROTOR was shown in Italy in October 1987. It was released on video in the US on July 28, 1988 and was released on video in Germany on October 26, 1988.
criticism
For the film service , ROTOR was a "[commercial] action film about the confrontation of man and technology." The film was "flat, boring action cinema made of second-rate set pieces" and a "cheap copy of Robocop and Terminator ", said Cinema .
Web links
- ROTOR in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ ROTOR In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ ROTOR on cinema.de