Robot Wars (film)

Robot Wars is a 1993 American science fiction film directed by Albert Band and written by Charles Band and Jackson Barr. It tells the story of a hotshot mech pilot in a postapocalyptic 2041 who must stop mech hijackers from provoking global war.

By 2041, North America has been ravaged by the great toxic gas scare of 1993 large swaths of land have been turned into inhospitable desert, where bands of raiders called Centros attack transports. The former United States have been assimilated into a Western bloc called the North Hemi. The opposing Eastern bloc is known as the Eastern Alliance, and the North Hemi is planning to salvage its economy by manufacturing defense robots called minimegs for the Eastern Alliance. These robots would be smaller offshoots of giant megarobots, once ubiquitous in warfare but now reduced to a single specimen, the MRAS2 which looks like a mechanized scorpion.MRAS2 conducts tours for civilians, and carries laser assault weapons to defend itself. It is operated by Drake Don Michael Paul and his copilot Stumpy James Staley. During a transport run, Drakes mech is ambushed by Centros. Drake opts for a defensive strategy, but his boss Rooney orders him to attack so he can show off the robot to general WaLee Danny Kamekona, a visiting dignitary from the Eastern Alliance sent to negotiate the purchase of the minimegs. The violent rocking motions of the mech during the battle cause an archaeologist passenger, Leda Barbara Crampton, to drop and break her valuable specimens. When Drake brings the robot to port, Leda angrily confronts him about the specimens, but he dismisses her with flirtatious remarks. ........

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