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Hands of Steel

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An industrialist (John Saxon) has his scientists program a cyborg (Daniel Greene) to kill a blind environmentalist.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/16/2015
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A pointless exploitation film. Go to Full Review
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Craig B @Boundsy 5d Sigh... another 'hidden gem' as quoted by some guy with a deep voice on YouTube spruiking must see lost classics... A very generous 31% on RT... It's absolute rubbish... See more Jonathan T @RT59178512 05/16/2024 Hands Of Steel R (nudity and killing) - Fantasy and robots Sciencefiction Monsters See more 08/01/2019 Silly Italian sci-fi rip off of "The Terminator" and "The Six Million Dollar Man." Daniel Greene plays a cyborg (80% robot, 20% human) programmed to kill a scientist, but when he fails his mission he hides out in the desert with a small community of people. Some of those people are bullies and jerks who do an awful lot of arm wrestling, which is not something you should do when you challenge someone with Hands of Steel! It's a dumb story, with bad acting (except for George Eastman as one of the local toughs), and a misleading poster (I was thinking this was going to be an Italian Mad Max post-apocalyptic rip-off movie). On the plus side, John Saxon appears in the film as the sole name actor. Also, the film was directed by Sergio Martino ("Torso" "2019: After the Fall of New York"), so it's a director who knows his way around a good violent story, but overall this is a pretty weak film, even for fans of this type of nonsense. See more 02/02/2017 Budget Italian-American Terminator rip-off/cash-in, although it's ultimately a vintage '80s action flick that astoundingly blends Cyborg with Over The Top and pumps out an excellent soundtrack too! See more 02/28/2014 "I can't let him get away, go after him with the lazer."-Turner (John Saxon) See more 10/05/2013 This is priceless and has to be seen to believed. It rips of Terminator, has arm wrestling competitions, shit special effects, the legend that is John Saxon and a manhunt. The drag through the desert really cracked me up. The balls. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis An industrialist (John Saxon) has his scientists program a cyborg (Daniel Greene) to kill a blind environmentalist.
Director
Sergio Martino
Screenwriter
Sergio Martino, Sauro Scavolini, Elisa Briganti, John Crowther
Production Co
National Cinematografica, Dania Film, Medusa Distribuzione
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 27, 2017
Runtime
1h 34m