Millennium/R.O.T.R.: Blu-Ray Review
Arriving this week on Blu-ray is the Millennium/R.O.T.R. double feature Blu-ray, courtesy of Scream Factory. The one thing I remembered about “Millennium” is that I saw it as a kid during my first trip to New York City, along with “Wired” and “Cookie”. I hadn’t seen it again since 1989 (at least not that I can remember). As for R.O.T.R., I remember seeing the VHS box art in my local video store numerous times, but never actually saw the film. This is one of the things I love about Scream Factory’s double feature releases. I get to have a second look at films I have forgotten, or I get to finally see a title I knew about, but never got around to.
Millennium: Review
“Millennium” is the 1989 sci-fi flick, starring Kris Kristofferson and Cheryl Ladd. When safety investigator Bill Smith (Kristofferson) looks into an airplane crash, he begins to notice things that he can’t explain. That includes watches from the dead passengers that display time going backwards and the black box recording that mentions an impossible detail about the passengers. What Bill doesn’t realize is that Louise (Ladd), a time traveler from the future is collecting people from the past before they die and bringing them to the future to help save the human race. Things get complicated when Bill stumbles upon an item that was left behind by a member of Louise’s team.
“Millennium” is truly a bad film which I just couldn’t get into. I will say that the transfer looks really good, so if you happen to be a fan of the film, this is definitely the best looking version you can get.
R.O.T.R.: Review
Unlike “Millennium”, “R.O.T.O.R.” is the type of bad movie that needs to been seen by all genre fans. I would absolutely love to see this one in a theater with an audience and just laugh my ass off with them. R.O.T.R. (Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research), centers on robotics expert Barrett Coldyron (Richard Gesswin) and his mission to stop a prototype robotic cop that has been activated and now on a killing rampage in the city.
Between the terrible voice dubbing, bad acting, direction and just about everything else, “R.O.T.R.” is one of those rare must-see bad films that should be in any genre fan’s collection. Even if its packaged with “Millennium”.
By: Marc Ferman