Two upcoming cheesefest reported in Kaiju Shakedown
Movie campiness from Malaysia in the form of Antoo Fighter
The director is named Azizi Chunk, the film is impossible to describe better than they do themselves on the Antoo Fighter official site (warning, site is slow as frozen molasses)
“A group of ghostly creatures from the past led by Drakulat Van Listerooy returns to the present time terrorizing and dominating the town after they had escaped from a group sworn to fight against evil spirits in the past. Drakulat and his sidekicks journey to Kuala Lumpur and conquered the KL Tower and made it their headquarters. There they began to destroy the city till it brought the whole nation to a dangerous state.
The main objective of Drakulat is actually to free Lord Sharon, satan’s spawn, so they could conquer and destroy the whole world together. In order to make it all happen he needs to locate the chosen girl, Delyla, who carries the blood line of having extraordinary powers and becoming the perfect sacrificial victim to Lord Sharon and freeing him into the world. The presence of Drakulat’s clan is felt by Pak Din (one of the last Antoo fighters in the late 50’s). Antoo fighter is a top secret group consisting of 5 chosen people on earth to protect the world from evil spirits every 60 years.”
Dudes in rubber suits battling it out, Satan/vampire guy, and the Power Rangers feel=awesome!
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Movie number two is an entry from the Philippines where pilots of giant robots made of junk fight each other in a post-apocalyptic future. Robot Jox??? More like Recycle (Resiklo)!
â€2021, the not too distant future. Global devastation has been brought about by an alien invasion has left the whole planet in chaos. In the Philippines, a rag-tag group of survivors strives to survive in a secret sanctuary called “Paraisoâ€. Crisval Sarmiento, an ex-military colonel, is the reluctant leader who defends the whole compound from two threats. That of the “Mutanos,†mutated humans serving the insect like alien race (aptly called “Balangs†by the humans) and the alien invaders themselves. Crisval, together with other human survivors soon discover the real reason that the “Balangs†have invaded the planet earth… the conversion of humans to serve their needs. In order to survive, they must go up against a technologically-advanced alien race using robots they have engineered from recycled parts of derelict everyday machines and military components.”
See, it’s also an alien invasion story, totally different! Directed by Mark Reyes. Starring Dingdong Dantes (what?) and Jennylyn Mercado, it also stars Philippines Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who is a major action star. Just imagine Barack Obama driving a giant robot fighting aliens and you see how things could be. But then my governor is the Terminator, so take that as you will.
Official site with trailer. The 33rd Metro Manila Film Festival (2007) Best Picture was Resiklo, so you know it has to be good.
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