"The Mechanical Man" is a short trip and it's easy to get to! Not a whole lot is known about this Italian film written and directed by André Deed, who passed away back in 1938. Only about 40% of it was ever salvaged, and the quality ain't that great, but just seeing a robot back in 1921 is pretty cool, albeit almost unwatchable at times. This film is available on Netflix, and quite worthy of inclusion in your que!
I'm only giving you a small snippet of the music by Rachel Gutches that was added to this 2005 re-release to give you a feel for it!
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" A reign of terror is unleashed by The Mechanical Man, who is remotely controlled by Mado, the evil female mastermind!"
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The Mechanical Man chases this dude, and when he hides in this closet, he picks up the whole thing and tosses it off the top of the building!!
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"The mayhem continues unchecked" as The Mechanical Man bursts into these gal's apartment and steals their safe by pulling it straight out of the wall!!
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It's right about this point in the film where you say to yourself, okay, this Mechanical Man is big and tough, but he's so slow and lumbering, I could get away from him real easy! The next thing you know, he's chasing these people in their car and the freakin' robot is running!!
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The Mechanical Man trips and falls down and is destroyed so Mado and her henchmen have to come and pick him up and take him away!!
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The next thing you know, The Mechanical Man shows up at a masked ball at the opera house, and everybody is scared at first!
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But what do you know? He's a nice guy now, and he toasts champagne with all the party peoples!
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The Mechanical Man starts having a little too much fun at this young lady's expense, and when she puts a halt to his advances, he gets pissed off and starts busting up the man's place!
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All Hell breaks out now, and The Mechanical Man takes off with his new girlfriend. This has to stop so, the original inventor's brother makes another Mechanical Man, and there's a big throw down between the two robots!!
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Behind the scenes, the evil Mado controls her robot!!
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And the brother controls the other one, in what is, without a doubt.......
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The first ever televised pay-per-view Big-Time Robot Wrasslin' event! What a movie!!
I LOVE IT!! The music fits the scenes perfectly :)
ReplyDeleteJust added to my need to watch list; thanks.
Don't forget Boiler Plate.
ReplyDeletebetter than Terminator 3!
ReplyDeleteI got this flick cheap on an Alpha DVD..with a Will Rogers silent!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a real cool flick -- well worth the money!
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