The best way to see a good movie is to go into it knowing as little about it as you can so I try not to include details about the movies in my reviews. If the movie sucks then I'm not shy about including details and/or spoilers.I have to give this a seven which is a high rating for a B-movie but here is why:1) With a limited budget the director made a more than watchable movie set in the future with giant robots. 2) The acting isn't that great at times but good enough to keep you watching with a smile on your face. 3) The fact that there isn't that much action in this movie and the director uses it to make the action that is in this movie more meaningful. Just something I noticed. 4) Because of the line "We can both live!"So, this movie is set in a future where nations replaced war with one on one fighting using giant robots.*************** *************SPOILERS************ ***********************I just love the ending. The hero of the movie ignores the fact that the villain literally stepped on and kidding 9 of his friends and teammates and becomes BFF with him, I almost died laughing. Gotta love it.*************** ****************** ****************** *********************I'm sure you're not going to check this movie out unless you've already seen it but if you do then you're in for a good time.. unless you're movie-snob. I can't wait for this to come out on Blu-ray.

Had to register on IMDb just so i could review this:Robo Jox is a film i came by by accident, brought in by a friend who got it as a laugh; Before i go on with the review, i should say that, if you are "normal", you will have a hard time liking this film as much as i have; this is a film for audiences who fall outside of the modern norm. Robo Jox is a Sci-Fi flic, its story turning on fights between large Mechs similar to those in the Battletech/early Macross universe; Having war been outlawed, political decisions are fought between "champions" aboard the giant robots, with the pilots held as national heroes: as the two main characters begin the film facing off to fight for supremacy over Alaska, the conflict extends beyond the fight, and the storyline is laid down. Robo Jox is not a blockbuster film: technically, it would be classed as a *B* film, with low budget and actors you have never seen before, and that is not a bad thing; No "CGI was good but wooden acting reviews here" - the acting is superb (if a little unconventional) and the direction is flawless. Of course we know both of those are free, and there is plenty that is very expensive when you make a feature-length movie, and Robo Jox has a LOT of special effects. From 1979. But nonetheless, everything that had to be built, is fantastic. Let me make this clear: i loved the movie. I absolutely loved it, and some things i loved more than other: i loved the beginning, i loved the end, and i loved that stuff in the between. I loved the sets. I loved the costumes, the scale backdrops, the whole hurtfully-good, suspense-inducing minimalism and the way everything is bound together to create a truly believable future; It felt more real than even Children of Men did.This film takes suspension of disbelief to a whole new level, and in a good way(not talking Plan 9 here); and as for creative innovation, Robo Jox singlehandedly beats down anything StarTrek TOS has ever done. If you think Transformers 2 was horrible, if you dream ( or have dreamed) of giant robots slugging it out outside the earth's atmosphere, this is the film for you; and having done away with the pathetic washed-out Hollywood actors who can't ever pretend they can do anything except step out of a hair stylist's or a Lamborghing, a solid shot of collective, joyous over-the-top character acting (a-la theatre, perhaps? or more like Bruce Willis in Die Hard?) is exactly what the doctor orders to dispel 30 years of bloody awful science fiction films.In conclusion, Robo Jox goes on my "awesome" shelf : together with Triangle (2009), The Man form Earth (2007). and a few more that i cant really remember now( although Seymour Phil Hoffman's role in Charlie Wilson's War did take the "best of" spot for a while, that film is a lil bit too serious in some parts). Truly recommended , 10/10. best of 2009

What an awful movie! The Idea of robots fighting each other is cool, but the storyline is ridiculous, real human action laughable, acting non-existent and special effects (on which, this type of movie must depend) are archaic. I thought it must have been made around '80-'84 and was amazed to see it was from 1990. That's 5 years after Aliens! OK, lots of people said it was good considering the low budget, but I just think 'what's the point?'. it looks totally unbelievable. I wouldn't mind seeing a remake with modern special effects and a completely re-written story because I still like the idea of huge robots beating crap out of each other.

OK this movie had a terrible premise. Be serious according to the movie they had just been through an apocalyptic war yet they have money to buy huge robots and pit them against each other. Each country decides instead of investing into rebuilding their country they would rather fight with robots no one could afford. Here's a better idea, lets rely on our most inept resource,jocks, to fight our battles. Everyone says what about the director, what about him. He makes a good movie, he makes a bad movie. There is no reason to give this movie some credit just because of the director, maybe he was asleep? I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, because it was so cheesy and ridiculous I had to laugh. I actually had a good time watching it, well except for the cowboy mentor who turns out to be an assassin(trust me no one would see this guy as an assassin, so it is a surprise, however lame) What kind of training exercise is a jungle jim anyway. I was sad to see Mst3k had not done this one. I am giving a two star rating however because nothing could be as bad as "manos the hands of fate."The budget does not matter either, I have seen plenty of reasonable movies that had nothing for budgets like cube. The storyline was not even plausible and I have seen better acting in school plays. Surly they could have afforded an eleven year old from any middle school play.Anyway pick it up, it is a fun movie to watch.