R.O.T.O.R.

R.O.T.O.R. (1987) is a low-budget sci-fi action film you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Cullen Blaine. A Dallas police lab builds a robotic patrol unit to fight crime, then rushes the prototype into the field before it is ready.

The machine — Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research — reads its mandate too literally. Spot an infraction, pass sentence, execute it on the spot: judge, jury, and executioner in a single steel frame. The scientist behind the project races to shut down what he created before it turns Texas back roads into a string of roadside killings. Wooden acting, threadbare effects, a motorcycle standing in for a car chase — this one earned its place in the so-bad-it's-good hall of fame, a favorite of bad-movie night crowds. If you collect earnest cinematic disasters, R.O.T.O.R. delivers. Stream R.O.T.O.R. (1987) online on iFILM.