My review was written in September 1990 after watching the movie on South Gate video cassette.
Serendipity is on the side of the horror film "Syngenor", a thriller about a robot warrior created to substitute for U. S. troops in fighting a Middle East war (how's that for topical?). VIdeo release should do well.
Though the picture is contemporary, it has the same central plot gimmick as the futuristic British film "Hardware". Syngenor (synthetic genetic organism) is the prototype cyborg created by Norton Cyberdyne Co. Because, as the firm's advertisement prophetically proclaims: "The next world war is predicted to be fought in the Middle East".
Like the metal monster in "Hardware", this shiny dude is designed to operate in a desert climate, and any '50s sci-fi fan will guess that water is the Achilles' heel of both beasties.
Starr Andreeff continues to impress as the feisty B-movie heroine, fighting to survive as her uncle's creation escapes from the lab to run amuck. The Syngenor is an interesting creation, a slimy black gill-man sort of moshntr that resembles the heavy in its creator Willaim Malone's "Alien-inspired film "Scared to Death" (1980).
Melanie Shatner (daughter of "Star Trek" Capt. Kirk) has a juicy role as the ditzy receptionist at the robot factory.