Attack of the Robots (aka Cartes Sur Table) (1966) on DVD

Actor: Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion, Fernando Rey, Mara Laso, Dina Loy, Aida Power, Lemmy Constantine, Alfredo Mayo, Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui, Vicente Roca
Director: Jess Franco
Genre: Sci-Fi
Year: 1966
Studio: Redemption
Length: 93
Released: 7/16/2019
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc/Special Features: NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

At once an homage to classical Hollywood thrillers and a playful riff on the newly-popular James Bond films, Attack of the Robots (Cartes sur table) stars Eddie Constantine as a wise-cracking superspy investigating a series of assassinations being performed by ruthless killers with bronze skin and horn-rimmed glasses. The trail of these mindless automata leads him to the lair of a seductive villainess (Françoise Brion, L'Immortelle) who has formulated a computer-powered plot to overthrow the governments of Europe. Constantine, who was popular in France for his two-fisted Lemmy Caution films (including Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville), had begun to tire of playing the hardboiled detective, and welcomed the opportunity to take a more light-hearted approach to the genre film. Reflecting director Jess Franco's passion for jazz (he appears in two scenes as a nightclub pianist), Attack of the Robots has a spontaneity and playfulness that make it one of his most entertaining films, even as it embraces themes of sadomasochism and mind control that were so integral to his work.