Two videogame themed movies. One Mechwarrior?

Sheep

Just a quick question that I'm sure one of you can answer.

One is a film where they go into an arcade, which I believe was called Hell's Arcade or something similar. Get stuck in a game and have to get out.

Another is a Mechwarrior movie. Live action except for when they show the pilots in mechs and doing battle, in which case they use basically use Mechwarrior 2. Or so I remember. Came on Sci Fi channel all the time back in the day.

matt has a problem

The second one wouldn't happen to be Robot Jox would it?

Sheep

Looks similar, but I'm not entirely sure that's it.

Sentry

Oh man, I used to freaking LOVE Robot Jox.

To Amazon I go. I bet you that movie has held up terribly over time.

ANTVGM64

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxDmKFCD2o

That's pretty darn close.


Also, does the first movie involve a character shooting themselves in the head, then using some weird device to say they have an extra life?

Niceguy Myeye

There's also that old Gunhed movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097410/

I think some of this footage was in the old FrontlineAssembly video for mindphaser you can youtube it, but I can't view youtube at work to find the right one to link.

Retox

Any time someone mentions a Mechwarrior movie I assume they're talking about Robot Jox.

Sheep

That may be it, but I distinctly remember either the MadCat or Loki being in it, and the flat 3D used in Mechwarrior 2.

Ah well.

Also, does the first movie involve a character shooting themselves in the head, then using some weird device to say they have an extra life?

Believe so.

Rogueknight-

I don't think i've seen the first film, however I found a link that may have some use:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games#Films_with_plots_centered_on_video_games

There are a couple in that list that are similar to what you have described, maybe it will help the search.

Madpanda

Did the first film have a scene where people are being chased around an underground parking lot by horrible early 80's FX flying video game aliens/demons or something?

Jimmy King

I know exactly what movie is the arcade game one, I'd bet, and I can't remember the name of it for the life of me. It seems like it used to come on USA Up All Night, but none of the movie titles on the list on wikipedia rung any bells.

update: Found it. Nightmares. That's certainly the one I was thinking of. Specifically the "Bishop of Battle" story, as this is a collection of short stories/movies.

Project Mayhem

Pretty sure it was just called "The Arcade"...

Edit: Just "Arcade"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106302/

Peen

Robot Jox is the best movie and I had completely forgotten about it. Thanks you guys!

It's probably the movie you want, you should go rent it to check. The rest of you should too.