Sam Panico When you're 14 years old, you can't yet comprehend that a movie can be a bad. Seeing the Mandroid rolling around, knowing that a ninja was in this movie, I lost my mind and couldn't wait to see it. But when you're 14, you often are at the mercy of your family's viewing choices (look, it was a different world in 1986. We only had one TV to watch movies on). I would have to wait 31 years to see this film and I can honestly tell you — it is a complete piece of crap.It's an entertaining piece of crap, though.Read more at https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2017/07/31/the-eliminators-1986/

Woodyanders A mandroid (played in an appropriately stolid manner by Patrick Reynolds) vows to get revenge on evil mad scientist Abbott Reeves (well essayed with lip-smacking villainous gusto by Roy Dotrice). He's assisted by tough beautiful techie Nora Hunter (a winningly spunky portrayal by the fetching Denise Crosby) and mysterious ninja Kuji (earnest and amiable Conan Lee). Director Peter Manoogian, working from a gloriously offbeat and ridiculous script by Paul De Meo and Danny Bilson, relates the entertainingly asinine story at a snappy pace, maintains an engaging lighthearted tone throughout, and stages the action with aplomb. Moreover, it's acted with zest by a game cast: Veteran actor Andrew Prine brings a delightfully self-deprecating humor and easygoing appeal to his colorful character of scruffy low-life native guide Harry Fontana, Peter Schrum has a ball as mean fat hombre Ray, and Peggy Mannix provides plenty of sass and spunk as Harry's antagonistic rival Bayou Betty. The mandroid's funky tank, a cutesy robot scout called Spot, a lively barroom brawl, a subplot concerning time travel, and a tribe of pesky caveman further enhance the infectiously wacky merriment. As a tasty extra plus, Crosby rocks a wet t-shirt in one scene. Mac Ahlberg's slick cinematography gives the picture an impressive polished look. Kudos are also in order for John Buechler's nifty make-up f/x and the spirited score by Bob Summers. A choice cheesy chunk of vintage 80's kitsch.

Scott LeBrun You just can't lose with the wacky PG-rated nonsense in this irresistible, campy genre picture. It knows full well that it's a B movie, but the cast and crew were clearly having a fine old time, and that feeling is infectious. The story has a "let's throw different kinds of ideas into the mix and and see how they hang together" appeal. The result is a harmless diversion with a lot of humour and a fair bit of action. The actors play it for all that it's worth, to be sure.Our four character heroic team is made up of Harry Fontana (Andrew Prine), a charming rogue of a river guide, Nora Hunter (Denise Crosby), a young scientist, Kuji (Conan Lee), a ninja, and a "mandroid" (Patrick Reynolds). The mandroid used to be a pilot before a power mad villain, Abbott Reeves (Roy Dotrice) got a hold of him and turned him into a half-man / half-machine experiment. Now the mandroid has escaped and wants revenge, first seeking out Nora who then hires Harry to transport them through Mexico to Abbotts' lair.As written by the reliable team of Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and directed by Peter Manoogian, "Eliminators" should prove to be quite a hoot for kids of all ages. As said, it's pretty harmless. The youngest members of the audience should take to "Spot", a cute surveillance robot created by Nora. It's hysterical when the neanderthals are introduced into the plot. As it turns out, good old Abbott was messing around with time travel. Just wait until you hear what his ultimate goal is; you may howl with laughter as this viewer did. Sex and violence are kept to a minimum; note that future 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' co-star Crosby has a scene where she removes a wet top, but does so with her back to the camera.The cast is a pleasure to watch. Prine is an interesting choice for the lead; originally Tim Thomerson was meant to play Harry, and one can easily imagine Thomerson in this comedic role. Crosby is appealing, and Reynolds and Lee are okay in their parts. Dotrice is an entertaining bad guy, and further antagonism / comedy relief is supplied by Bayou Betty (Peggy Mannix), a butch competitor of Harry's.One can see early on that this is never meant to be taken too seriously, and this extends all the way to the final shot, an absolutely hysterical "freeze frame" moment.Highly recommended to lovers of '80s cheese.Seven out of 10.

Haqqel Paalz Sure, it's a b-movie... But! This is the absolute best of B-movies, I could think of a whole lot of 'A-movies' I find either less interesting or simply less entertaining than this masterpiece. This movie has: - An Indiana Jones - A hot army robot-technician - A terminator - An R2D2 - A ninja - Cavemen - Romans - An evil professor who wants to take over the worldAnd this all combined in a jungle adventure with Dukes of Hazard kind of action.How could this suck? I mean, yeah, the storypremise is insane, completely and utterly insane, and yeah, the movie borrowed a LOT of ideas. But this is such an over the top mish-mash of characters and situations, as a whole it's pretty unique and EXTREMELY entertaining.If you like 80s adventure movies and are not scared of lower production value, go see this. It's absolutely fantastic.