ROBOT JOX Best Parts (1989) Sci-Fi Movie

[@MrLute101]

As a kid I thought this movie was the most amazing ever

[@DocDeeISC]

I still do, I've been watching it on home-recorded VHS since like 91, 92

[@vibeslide]

That's because it is 😊

[@CliffuckingBooth]

@@DocDeeISC Man of culture, we meet again :)

[@snubbles9991]

It still is

[@zintoki8211]

Me too and I still think it is amazing movie.

[@11miura]

I thought this movie was a figment of my imagination. Like distant memory that never existed. I remembered the drop ship, the hand flying off and the mech crushing the people. But now here I am I've found it! These visuals are a work of art.

[@lizardman1303]

I feel like I’m gas lighting my self I just thought about this movie today but I thought it was with Jean Claude van damn . I just remember giant robots sand and a guy in a grey suit

[@jbellrick]

All I saw of this was the Audience Crush.

[@lizardman1303]

@@PortlandSucksss no I rember that creepy looking guy he fought . Sometimes these movies are a blur since I watch them when I was a kid . All these movies cam on fox I think on the weekend

[@gusty7153]

i thought this was a weird dream i had as a little kid at one point

[@11miura]

@@lizardman1303 Yes it was FOX! Saturday matinee or something. lol

[@kaotickiwiops2676]

I've been searching for this movie for over 20 years lol watched it when I was a child and thought it to be the best movie EVER! Memories!

[@nunomoura1985]

Same here!

[@lalabits834]

I'm here for the exact same reason 😀

[@Qaddosh]

Gary Graham passed away today and this film is the first thing I thought of. I loved this movie when I was a kid. It's not perfect, but it is a great representation of the tastes of indie sci-fi of the time.

[@EricDKaufman]

WTF I had no idea until just now

[@stancooper5436]

The closing scene is quite beautiful and IMO is a classic example of a single scene that elevates the whole movie.

[@zeemzero2880]

💯

[@TheChapelx]

One of the things I loved about this movie were the little things, like Alexander muttering to himself as he's targeting and guiding the missile

[@renegadeace1735]

Loved this movie as a kid. No one ever talks about it.

[@stevenciputra4989]

This is what I've been looking for so long, I remember watching it once when I was very young but, never know what is the title of this movie because I was amazed by the robots and because it was aired on 09.00pm my parent sent me to bed after 15 minute I watched it. Now I can go in peace

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

I watched this movie once at age 8-9 I think, with my cousin at his house, and have always wanted to know what movie it was, you forget movie titles from that long ago quite easily. It's funny, the reason I just found out what it was (5 minutes ago actually lol) was my cousin and I were describing a scene in a movie we had both watched at his house where a naked woman walked away from the camera showing her very pretty behind, then his mom walked in on it and freaked out on us, and it had giant robots in it. I haven't thought of this movie in twenty years, and I still kinda feel that nostalgia high lol. Man I wish I was a kid again... Now if I can just find somewhere to watch this movie, it's unavailable on everything...

[@jmorales220]

I also remember seeing it once when I was around 5 glad i found it !!

[@ahhrun7510]

I watched this as a VHS rental in '92 and then had a slight memory of it for years afterwards with no idea of what it was. Then, a few minutes ago(!), I saw the title when looking at a list of samples used by Nine Inch Nails and intuitively realised it must be that film I saw as a kid! I miss the whole weekend video rental experience from back then...

[@dysn3961]

I remember just the scene where a bunch of people died and being put off for so long from that as well as not knowing what movie that was, glad to figure that out now

[@leeadder2105]

Same

[@starcourt_official]

Possibly the best robot movie ever to be made next to Robot Wars. David Allen was a master when it came to prop design and stop motion. May he Rest In Peace 🙏🏼

[@subraxas]

SPOILER: Those were not any robots, but mechs. ;-) P.S. - I've liked the first Pacific Rim much more in spite of my having also grown up on RobotJox, among others. I've never much suffered from the nostalgia effect. I personally call it 'nostalgia defect'.

[@calebsuterone.teotheevilon2092]

@@subraxas cool story..did you ever think that maybe your the defect........(👍robo jox thumbs up)

[@givemeanaxe]

Robot wars was the sequel of this.

[@dougcarey2233]

Every Battle Tech nerd loved this movie.

[@brndnwilks]

Oddly enough, this movie has some interesting undertones if you watch it today. Also, that fist bump, probably the only cinematic fist bump that included two sets of VCR AV cords.

[@robertiddon]

hahahahahaha

[@FinancialFaiz]

07:37 those RCA cables man, crazy what you can do with them

[@hardToSignUpHere]

Yeah, although today I would use USB-C cables ;)

[@RybackTV]

One of my favorite movies growing up!

[@CliffuckingBooth]

Rest in peace Gary Graham.

[@bryanlahog7948]

Everyone wearing surgical masks in a movie about the future, from the 80s...well, they were bound to get it right, eventually.

[@jeepster4u2003]

I thought the same thing!!!!

[@brantfrans8595]

@Brian Sands that would be awesome incredible.

[@jamie5452]

Was about to post the same thing but you took the words already...can you imagine... its weird thou..

[@CliffuckingBooth]

@Brian Sands +1

[@EricManzane]

da f they were already using surgical masks!!!!

[@centralscrutinizer6108]

I used to love watching this when I was a kid, it was a good action flick for its day but when your 9 it doesnt take alot. Good times.

[@subraxas]

Yeah, back then I thought that Super Force was one of the greatest TV shows ever. :-D :-D

[@macklee6837]

Great film, great ending. And yes, like everyone else here, I watched it when I was a kid 😂

[@jonbob9872]

Yeah that final scene really elevates the whole movie IMO. Powerful stuff.

[@FinancialFaiz]

Me: "I want to watch Pacific Rim" Mom: "We have Pacific Rim at home" Pacific Rim at home:

[@roahnosh]

Japanese: Hold my sake

[@subraxas]

6:40 - 7:17 - DAMN!!! This sequence was truly EPIC ! ! ! The music in that bit was just spectacular!!

[@MROJPC]

There is a logic internal to the world building in this movie that made a lot of sense - why have your champions fight in massive robot titans? Why not just have them fight or compete in some more normal feat of strength or skill? The amount of resources needed to build and sustain these giants probably take an immense portion of each of the faction's economic, personnel, and technical output. Assets that would otherwise go to rearming militaries are instead diverted to maintaining the robot gladiator programs.

[@squonk86]

Damn I've been looking for the name of this movie for years and really enjoyed it back in the early 90's and haven't seen it since.. I thought it was really cool big robots fighting each other and the different weapons they had...

[@warmsodaa]

It got me at the “he’s killing her!” And the fact that the stunt devil (for a literal high kick 😂) turned into a man

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

1:45

[@baMOBam08]

Haven't seen this movie since I was 5 yrs old! Damn, the nostalgia!

[@BOOGiNS]

Dude this movie was the epitome of epic when I was 6-8yrs old. Movie nights at grandma's house. This, the little rascals and buttercream gang. Those were my Saturday nights as a kid.

[@mauriciobuitrago7853]

3:15 ... go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep Had been searching for this movie for a looooooong time, so great to be able to watch these great scenes

[@stealingbacktime590]

Iron Man vs Hulk. This film reminds us all of so much. The thumbnail looks like Joe Rogan. Like they made an 80s film for the 2020s and put it in a time capsule for the general public but with select viewing.

[@selinaogorman8380]

The ending was great great battle between them both and finally peace between them crash and burn!👍🏻👍🏻

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

I love how the fight decays from their bots to their bare hands.

[@VeroNica-wb6ik]

I looooved this movie. Was so scaring to watch those robots fighting.

[@hellsfirefreedomtube6984]

Was one of my all time favorites when I was a kid and still is today. Crash and burn 👍

[@saucejohnson9862]

They filmed this via green screen, it still looks more realistic than Pacific Rim. They did an insane job making the robots appear massive.

[@christiyonoaryo4384]

Not just looking massive, the robot moving is so smooth

[@kylewright7882]

The robot fights are stop motion animation I believe. Don’t recall them using green screen but I could be wrong.

[@saucejohnson9862]

@@kylewright7882 It was a combination of greenscreen and stop motion, the sets were as big as 4 tennis courts, Paul Koslo (Alexander) explained how it was done in a KZbin video, it's quite impressive.

[@sifrimh]

R.I.P. Garry Graham

[@thomastarwater2989]

The remarkable visual effects were accomplished by David Allen, Dennis Gordon, and Joe Viskocil. I wish the sequel to ROBOT JOX had been made, where Achilles and Alexander would have operated their respective robots in an attempt to save Earth from an invasion by extraterrestrials. That sequel would have been one for the ages.

[@VictoryAviation]

Special effects were definitely incredible. The amount of work that took had to be insane

[@tonywalker5746]

Crash and Burn was the suppose to be the 2nd movie but they changed it. You can tell in parts it was suppose to be

[@huntermyers3551]

Oh man! I always wanted to become a motion capture expert capable of piloting and controlling a giant combination of all robot jox robots, and believe me I always wanted to get ready to rumble

[@williamhaggard451]

Rest in Peace Gary Graham in Heaven with Alexander 💔💔😢😢

[@johndionedelosreyes5267]

oh my God. just saw my childhood movie. never knew the title until I came to see the clip!!

[@OBIONEBARRONI]

*I remember renting this movie from Block Buster and watching it at my moms house over the weekend when I was a kid. Good times.*

[@hellsfirefreedomtube6984]

Who here wants to start a Robot Jox fan club? I been a fun of this movie since the early 90’s. Crash and Burn 👍

[@unoman6776]

R.I.P. Gary Graham

[@MjBurns88]

I worked at a video store as a kid in the early 2000s... Best job ever LOL I completely forgot that I used to watch this all the time. As soon as I saw the name I start bugging out and all the memories of this awesome movie came back to me. So great to watch this. Forgot how many great Parts there were in this movie the horrible acting makes it even a more fond memory

[@MK384]

I can't believe no one has rebooted this yet. There has to be a 40 year old director by now who has seen this movie and would like to reboot this.

[@RobsRacingMotoVLOG]

1:27. Screams were sampled by NIN in The Becoming.

[@CliffuckingBooth]

You can live ! Yes if I kill you. We can both live ! *thumbs up fist bump* Best ending ever !!

[@jamespryor9699]

I remember my mom woke me up at 1am cause this movie was on and she knew I would like it , me and her watched the entire thing but was the ONLY time I ever seen this movie … sitting playing a mechwarrior game made me think about it lol

[@tosborne8062]

Wow, what a cool mom! (is she single by the way?) ...... oh damn! sorry! ...

[@jamespryor9699]

@@tosborne8062 well … not exactly single … but she’s gone

[@tosborne8062]

@@jamespryor9699 oh no you mean passed? *gulp* If that's the case my condolences.... either way just a flirty joke....

[@nebulous6660]

Didn’t know Mick Jagger was a mech pilot 😮

[@dave23024]

Of all the movies in which two countries fought with mechs instead of wars, this is definitely in the top 5.

[@mrjemenai]

I always thought I dreamed this movie up.

[@weilacherdr]

THANK YOU my childhood on screen. I watched this movie 1000 times.

[@granthudson5447]

I remember my uncle use to manage our local store and every movie that came in (new release) he would bring it home. I use to sleep over becuz i could watch some of the first released, robojox was one of them on VHS it was lit.

[@willbobig]

OMG.. Finally I had to have watched this 20 times as a kid at least. Always rented this from Jumbo Video lol...

[@kardictriceps163]

This brought some big memories watching this film whit my grandfather when i was kid .RIP paps

[@geoffshaw346]

Next to the ape man throwing the bone club into the sky in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, the end of this has to be the greatest moment to any sci fi movie.

[@michaelredmond8083]

Loved this and Crash and Burn as a kid. Could see where the inspiration for Pacific Rim mechs came from

[@JimHawkwind03411]

Before Mobile Fighter G Gundam, there was Robot Jox.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

The ending became more relatable. Two guys designed to fight war. One wants to keep going. One doesn't.

[@sosman225]

3:05- 3:17 exact scene from Avengers age of ultron . When iron man uses the hulk buster on the Hulk

[@JuzPrince1993]

Low budget Hulkbuster

[@sosman225]

@@JuzPrince1993 its interesting how the hulk buster also loses a arm. Lol

[@AK-rv6dq]

that Avengers scene brought me here, because I knew I'd seen it somewhere.

[@shadowprime4582]

Awesome dudes & dudettes I almost forgot about this movie it was one of my favorite movies i ever saw and use to have this on VHS📼 and then eventually converted to DVD's📀 but it took me awhile to find it again on DVD📀 knowing this movie is a keeper and nowadays it is still awesome to watch in so many ways don't you think so dudes & dudettes.!?¡¿ ♤♡♧◇€£₩¥☆

[@alexcoyg3281]

The scene where he tries to save the crowd but ends up crushing them, brilliant

[@ohh_werd]

friggin loved this movie as a kid

[@blampfno]

This is a lot longer than I thought a 'best of Robot Jox' vid would be.

[@NYRobb82]

I would do anything for a remake of this of this movie. Pacific rim is cool but I enjoy this lore more

[@mattbeek]

"you ain't using my DNA to make no tubbies"

[@akismurton496]

Why don’t we just skip the middle man and make a direct deposit! *Pop*

[@GlitchSystem-xf7jb]

One of my favorites from when i was a kid. Still is to this day. Crash and Burn 👍

[@user-sb7fp7gq4d]

I rented this movie thousands of times at block buster VHS 📼 as a kid loved it

[@Kyntheria]

I did the exact same thing, lol. Renting this VHS from Blockbuster, as a kid, haha.

[@constantinelheman]

When I was a kid really thought the robot design is awesome in this film. Now seeing again, I think the robot design is awesome in this film.

[@blastchambers2150]

This was such a great movie.

[@micheljavert5923]

"We are dead. We are Robot Jox," and "We can live," are two lines I occasionally quote to this day😆 I'll grant they didn't make many movies like these (in the States), but Robot Jox was the best of them.

[@JoeByrds]

Robot Wars and Robot Jox, and the Robotech anime. Good times...

[@aylmer666]

I remember seeing one ad for this on TV when I was a kid, but it was called ROBO-JOX. (no T). Somewhere along the line they changed the title... and this thing was in theaters for only a week or so.

[@blampfno]

"Let's get there early and get good seats!"

[@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823]

The virgin Pacific Rim vs the Chad Robot Jox

[@issanameh9727]

The 90's kick ass enough said. 😊

[@andrewcao1526]

Bang boom

[@LewisHamiltonMSPR]

WTF. I was born in '85, how have I only just found out about this movie in late 2022?

[@tinamenon1593]

My favourite sci fi movie as a child, save the original Star Wars, Alien and Star Trek Movies and STNG!

[@kurtdowney1489]

I loved this everything about it.

[@EdmundLoh]

This! I knew I saw this as a kid.

[@samuelgaldieri8212]

I remeber getting this movie it was a friend of my moms kids, I was forced to hang out with him and we watched this movie at his house I asked to borrow the VHSi and still have it to this day must have watched it a hundred times

[@MisterMarin]

4:13 Beep beep beep! Critical hit! Right leg! Critical hit! Heat sink! Critical hit! Engine!

[@BC-kx5zb]

You can see in modern movies they have so many elements taken from giant robot movies like this.

[@hpluisdiamante]

Ok I remember this movie as a kid, but the tea bagging got me lol

[@Aye-McHunt]

This movie is one of my favourites. I have it on one of my favourite film hard drives. There were three films in this series. This was the best. I can't remember one of them but the other one was called Crash And Burn. I saw its trailer and it looked awesome. Unfortunately, when I rented the video, I discovered that the 2½ minutes of action on the trailer was all of the action in the film. The remaining hour or so focused on a group of boring people being boring in a bunker.

[@MasterJediDude]

And this kids, is how House Steiner and House Davion joined forces and conquered the Inner Sphere.

[@science212]

Very nice.

[@dencioromero4892]

I love this movie 🍿 im 80s 90s Kids ❤️💪☝️

[@retirewithsomerespect250]

Best part is when robot foot breaks through window and guy screams “HOLY SHIT!!!”

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

So bad it’s positively good!

[@IORI_YAGAMI_0]

Esta película la vi cuando era un niño... Desde ese momento me volví un fan de los Mecha :D

[@blackline84]

crap, looks like covid made it into the future

[@ericpedregon1840]

At least there's giant fighting robots to look Fwd to...

[@Andrusism]

4:57 Did he said "K-kurwa"? :D

[@SergeyBerezovikov]

He absolutely did. Polish Bolshevik. What can be more frightening?

[@danielg.2428]

😂😂😂

[@Music_Blueprint_78]

I mean dude should have gotten an award for trying to save the crowd...

[@bigolbootycheeks9138]

👍 this is what made the thumbs up and and fist bump so awesome. I watched this with my dad, probably close to 30 years ago. A very special childhood memory for me.

[@edwardpate6128]

3:15 Now we know where they got the idea for Iron Man's Hulkbuster suit!

[@rurukaba]

i have a core memory of this movie. ive been looking for it for a long time. i think pacific rim reminded me of it

[@breakthecycle5238]

Fun fact 9 inch nails use the crowd screaming sample in the downward spiral

[@garudanathanael5257]

Most realistic Mecha film ever.

[@BillBrasky86]

Tex warning Achilles to watch for Alexander's opening move in the first bout has me thinking: 1. Tex knew the kick was going to happen for sure and didn't want the fight to end that way? 2: Tex knew Achilles would block the kick, but would have slow recovery time allowing Alexander to get the knock down? 3: Alexander, although tricky, has become predictable and Tex guessed correctly?

[@brndnwilks]

Tex was playing the field. He knew things probably wouldn't be decided in the opening minutes, so he gave some generic advice to protect his cover.

[@BillBrasky86]

@@brndnwilks great point

[@jayjohn9680]

How about Robot Jox and Pacific Rim vs Transformers! 🤖🦾

[@ixiahj]

This concept is awesome. Its basically G Gundam with their mocap cockpits. But why the hell were there spectators on the battle field watching the thing? That's just really dumb.

[@darkforces106ify]

I was so upset not seeing this in theaters when it came out

[@M.A.S.K._Crusader]

AUTOBOTS!! ROLL OUT!!!

[@SJDSt]

Damn, even the space shots got them right! No exterior sounds, only on the inside. Now I see where the only movie from Pacific Rim ripped off their bots.