Automatons (2006)

Automatons (2006)
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Machines fight for control of a world destroyed by man in this ultra-low-budget sci-fi saga from filmmaker James Felix McKenney. A global war has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable, and the few humans who have lived through the conflict have been driven underground in order to survive. The Girl (Christine Spencer) lives in a subterranean bunker that she shares with several rattletrap robots of her own design. The Girl occupies herself by watching old videotapes of a scientist who was her friend and mentor before the apocalypse, but lately she has other things on her mind. Another survivor (Brenda Cooney) has established a robot army, and is using the machines to lay claim to the remains of the Earth. As the Girl constructs her own mechanical security force, she discovers the Enemy Leader has a dangerous surprise in his arsenal -- the ability to turn the Girl's robot friends against her. The ranting scientist in Automatons is played by Angus Scrimm, best known to horror film buffs as "the Tall Man" from the Phantasm franchise. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Laree LoveDon Wood, (more)
Director(s):
James Felix McKenney
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Automatons

Machines fight for control of a world destroyed by man in this ultra-low-budget sci-fi saga from filmmaker James Felix McKenney. A global war has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable, and the few humans who have lived through the conflict have been driven underground in order to survive. The Girl (Christine Spencer) lives in a subterranean bunker that she shares with several rattletrap robots of her own design. The Girl occupies herself by watching old videotapes of a scientist who was her friend and mentor before the apocalypse, but lately she has other things on her mind. Another survivor (Brenda Cooney) has established a robot army, and is using the machines to lay claim to the remains of the Earth. As the Girl constructs her own mechanical security force, she discovers the Enemy Leader has a dangerous surprise in his arsenal -- the ability to turn the Girl's robot friends against her. The ranting scientist in Automatons is played by Angus Scrimm, best known to horror film buffs as "the Tall Man" from the Phantasm franchise. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
83 mins

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Director(s):
James Felix McKenney
Writer(s):
James Felix McKenney
Producer(s):
Lisa WiselyJames Felix McKenney
Categories:
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Pamela F.

    We actually fell asleep. Waste of air time watching this one.

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    Bill C.

    I watched this movie start with a feeling of dread but the more I watched the more intrested I became. It's funky,stupid and hilarius at the same time. A future cult classic

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    B.J. M.

    This movie, given a good budget could have been something worth watching. The story idea, and the acting are both good. However, after 10 minutes I'd had enough and fast forwarded to the end. The image quality is the pits. Grainy and blurred at times it looks like a movie shot on 8mm back in the 1930's (with that era's quality of special effects) with the tape stored in someone's leaky basement. Everything about this is super cheep. I must say though, that if this same group of people got back together and were given a better budget of say 10 million dollars to remake this movie I would want to see their film.

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