Schlock-Wire: It’s Robot Fight Time With Shout! Factory’s Double Feature Of CRASH & BURN and ROBOT WARS
Fans of schlock sci-fi have something to look forward to on the DVD release schedule because Shout Factory will soon be unleashing a pair of sci-fi action flicks on DVD soon. Crash & Burn and Robot Wars both come from Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment stable and they will be paired into one double feature from Shout Factory on June 14th. B-movie stalwarts like Bill Moseley and Barbara Crampton pop up in their casts and both films place an accent on high-tech action with deadly robots. Read on for all the fighting killbot details...
The Weapons Of The Future Are Alive . . .
SHOUT! FACTORY IN ASSOCIATION WITH FULL MOON ENTERTAINMENT
PRESENT
GIANT ROBOT ACTION PACK
CRASH AND BURN
A Film by Charles Band
Starring Paul Ganus, Megan Ward, Bill Moseley,
Eva La Rue, Jack McGee and Ralph Waite
&
ROBOT WARS
A Film by Albert Band
Starring Ron Michael Paul, Barbara Crampton, James Staley and Lisa Rinna
DOUBLE FEATURE DVD AVAILABLE IN STORES
NATIONWIDE ON JUNE 14, 2011 FROM SHOUT! FACTORY
Buckle-up for double dose of science fiction adventures filled with heart-stopping action and suspense as Shout! Factory brings CRASH AND BURN and ROBOT WARS in a GIANT ROBOT ACTION PACK double-feature DVD this June 14, 2011. A must-have for fans of sci-fi classics and film collectors, own two of latest sci-fi classic at an attractive price of $14.97.CRASH AND BURN (1990)It’s the year 2030, and man’s worst nightmares have become an oppressive reality in Crash And Burn. Big Brother has come to life in the form of Unicom, an all-powerful conglomerate that emerged in the wake of a devastating global economic collapse. A group of dissenters has surfaced to fight Unicom’s autocracy and stop the murderous Synthoid—a humanlike robot programmed to kill all those who pose a threat to the organization.Starring Paul Ganus, Megan Ward (Dark Skies), Bill Moseley and Ralph Waite (Cliffhanger), and directed by Charles Band.FULL MOON ENTERTAINMENT presents CRASH AND BURN Starring PAUL GANUS, MEGAN WARD,BILL MOSELEY, EVA LA RUE, JACK McGEE and RALPH WAITE Director of Photogaphy MAC AHLBERGSpecial Makeup Effects by GREG CANNOM Special Visual Effects by DAVID ALLENMusic Composed by RICHARD BAND Executive Producers CHARLES BAND & DEBRA DIONWritten by J.S. CARDONE Produced by DAVID DeCOTEAU & JOHN SCHOUWEILERDirected by CHARLES BANDROBOT WARS (1993)The ultimate battle between metallic giants begins in Robot Wars when a malicious foreign dignitary hijacks the last mega-robot on Earth, the MRAS-2, and threatens to unleash its crushing powers against the people of the Eastern Alliance . There’s only one force magnificent enough to stop the MRAS-2 — a MEGA-1 robot hidden under the city. It’s up to a renegade pilot, his engineer and a brilliant archaeologist to revive the MEGA-1 and reestablish world peace. Starring Don Michael Paul (writer/director, Half Past Dead), Barbara Crampton (Re-animator) and Lisa Rinna (Melrose Place)FULL MOON ENTERTAINMENT presents ROBOT WARSStarring DON MICHAEL PAUL, BARBARA CRAMPTON, JAMES STALEY, LISA RINNA, DANNY KAMEKONA, YUJI OKUMOTO, J. DOWNING and PETER HASKELL as Rooney Based on the original idea by CHARLES BAND Production Designer MILO Director of Photography ADOLFO BARTOLI, A.I.C. Music by DAVID ARKENSTONE Line Producer KEITH PAYSON Edited by MARGERET-ANNE SMITH Visual Effects by DAVID ALLEN PRODUCTIONS Produced by CHARLES BAND Casting by MacDONALD/BULLINGTON CASTING Screenplay by JACKSON BARR Directed by ALBERT BANDCrash and Burn, 85 min./Rated RRobot Wars, 80 min./Rated PG