Eliminators (1986 Film)
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''Eliminators'' is a 1986
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directed by Peter Manoogian, starring
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,
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and Patrick Reynolds. The plot centers on a "
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" constructed by an evil scientist from the body of a downed pilot, who teams up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.


Plot

After returning from a scouting mission in a time machine, the Mandroid gives a Roman centurion shield to his master Abbot Reeves. Reeves orders the Mandroid to be dismantled (killed), but Reeves' assistant Takada tries to help the Mandroid to escape. Although Takada dies in the escape attempt, he tells the Mandroid to seek scientist Col. Nora Hunter for help in stopping Reeves from enacting an evil plan. In the U.S., the Mandroid finds Hunter and reveals himself to her. She believed Reeves to be dead and recognizes her designs for a Mars probe in the Mandroid. She repairs damage done to the Mandroid in his escape. The Mandroid plans to return to stop Reeves' evil plans (whatever they may be) and Hunter insists on accompanying him as his mechanic. She also brings along S.P.O.T., a small flying scout robot of her own design. Arriving in Mexico, Hunter hires the best river boat captain she can find in a seedy bar, Harry Fontana, and they head down a river. After running afoul of rival riverboat captains and Reeves' men, they end up finding the Mandroid's crashed plane after an encounter with a tribe of cavemen brought to this time by Reeves' time travel experiments. They also meet Kuji, the ninja son of Doctor Takada, who has come to find his father. The Mandroid informs him that his father is dead, killed by Reeves. He joins the group, which then storms Reeves' headquarters, only to be captured by Reeves, now a cyborg himself, more advanced than the Mandroid, whose body is designed to look like Roman armor. Reeves plans to travel back to ancient Rome and become the new Caesar. The Mandroid fights Reeves and is quickly defeated. Badly damaged, the Mandroid sacrifices his life to free the rest of the group. They pursue Reeves to his laboratory just in time to watch him escape to ancient Rome in his time machine. In frustration, Fontana smashes the laboratory control panel, causing the time machine to overshoot its target date and maroon Reeves hundreds of millions of years in the past.


Cast

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Andrew Prine Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022) was an American film, stage, and television actor. Early life Prine was born in 1936, in Jennings, Florida. He was raised in a farming community. Career Early beginnings In the ...
as Harry Fontana, riverboat captain. *
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as Colonel Nora Hunter, scientist. * Patrick Reynolds as Mandroid/John, a pilot who crashed in South America and turned into the cybernetic tool of Abbott Reeves. * Conan Lee as Kuji, ninja son of Doctor Takada. *
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as Abbott Reeves, evil scientist. * Peter Schrum as Ray * Peggy Mannix as Bayou Betty, the evil rival riverboat captain to Harry. * Fausto Bara as Luis * Tad Horino as Takada, the good scientist assistant to Reeves. * Luis Lorenzo as Maurice * José Moreno as Neanderthal Shaman (as Pepe Moreno) * Charly Bravo as Bartender *
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as Chief Guard (as Miguel de Grandi) *
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as Young Guard (as Gabino Diego Solis)


Release

Released in January 1986, the film grossed $4,601,256.


Home media

The film was released on videocassette by
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, the children's video division of
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, in the U.S., and by
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in Canada. On July 9, 2013,
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(under license from MGM) released ''Eliminators'' as part of a four movie "SciFi Movie Marathon" set along with ''
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'', '' America 3000'' and ''
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'' on region 1 DVD. On December 15, 2015 Shout! Factory released ''Eliminators'' on a double feature
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along with
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. On February 27, 2017 88 Films released ''Eliminators'' on a combo
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release.


In popular culture

The "Ferris Club" creators Classy Hands parodied ''Eliminators'' with a fake commercial in a fall 2010 release of their website. Classy Hands, Dave White's ATV Laser Shield Emporium Director Steven Kostanski has said on numerous occasions that this film was the initial (and main) inspiration for his sci-fi parody Manborg.


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