James Little member of FX team of POLIS film has confirmed Pulldownit plugin was used for the destruction of the combat bot , James kindly explains several details about how this effect was done

https://thinkinetic.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/pulldownit-used-in-polis-teaser/

Pulldownit v 3.5 is available for latest 3d Max 2016 and Maya 2016, in addition it comes with several fixes and useful new features

https://thinkinetic.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/pulldownit-update-3-5-with-new-features/

Pulldownit by Thinkinetic is included among best FX plugins for 3d Max and Maya according to 3dArtist experts,

https://thinkinetic.wordpress.com/2015/06/03/3dartist-issue-81-best-plugins-list-includes-pulldownit/

3DWorld magazine issue #194 includes a full page article about Pulldownit 3 new features,

https://thinkinetic.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/3dworld-issue-194-features-pulldownit-plugin/