Attack Of The Robots Views
Attack of the Robots is a Sci-Fi/Spy/Comedy hybrid that was directed by Jess Franco in 1966. Attack of the Robots also marked Franco’s second paring up with actor Eddie Constantine who also starred in the Franco film Residence for Spies also made in 1966. Actor Eddie Constantine is most remembered for his portrayal of as private detective Lemmy Caution, a character he would return to a total of fourteen times over a thirty eight year period. The screenplay for Attack of the Robots was written by Jean-Claude Carrière who also wrote the screenplay for Jess Franco’s The Diabolical Dr. Z.
Attack of the Robots visually and story wise bears many similarities to The Diabolical Dr. Z. Both films feature mad scientists’ who have ambitions of conquering the world through their mind controlled killers’. Being that both films were also made around the same time it does look like they use some of the same props and sets. Jess Franco’s direction and use of black & white photography is reminiscent to style employed for many of Universal’s horror films from the 1930’s. Fans’ of Franco’s later films will be surprised just how far removed some of his earlier films are stylistically.
The plot is very simple even if some of its ideas like killers’ who skin color changes from very dark to pale when they die and how they all have the same rare blood type may seem far fetching. Luckily the plot is approached by Franco in a tongue and cheek way that makes you forget some of its imperfections. Attack of the Robots like most of Franco’s earlier films has an enthusiasms and a lighthearted approach to them making them so accessible unlike his later films.
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