Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battles in official matches, each piloted by a man inside, known as robot jockeys or jox. The contest for possession of Alaska will be fought by two of the best. The conscientious Achilles fights for the Americans. Opposing him is a Russian, Alexander.
- post-apocalyptic future
- mecha
- giant robot
- piloted robot
- robot
- robot fighting
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Danny Kamekona — Dr. Matsumoto
- Hilary Mason — Professor Laplace
- Michael Alldredge — Tex Conway
- Jeffrey Combs — 1st Prole
- Ian Patrick Williams — Phillip
- Jason Marsden — Tommy
- Gary Houston — Sportcaster
- Carolyn Purdy-Gordon — Kate
- Thyme Lewis — Sargon
- Russel Case — Hercules
- Geoffrey Copleston — Confederation Commissioner (as Geoffrey Coplestone)
- Directed
- Stuart Gordon
- Written
- Stuart Gordon, Joe Haldeman
Production
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 · 158 ratings
- Studio
- Empire Pictures, Altar Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
