Post-Apocalyptic Film Reviews by R.D Francis
A two-part "Atomic Dustbin" celebration of the genre. Look under "Critic Reviews" for B&S About Movies, for each.
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- DirectorAaron LipstadtStarsJohn StockwellDarrell LarsonRae Dawn ChongA pair of teenage motorcycle gangs maintain an uneasy truce between each other in the not-too-distant future. When an evil corporation tries to take over their ruined city, the gangs must decide whether to fight their common enemy.First film from the "Atomic Dustbin: Part I" feature.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsJan-Michael VincentGeorge PeppardDominique SandaIn a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.
- DirectorPaul DonovanDigby CookTony RandelStarsLenore ZannMaury ChaykinKate LynchTwo men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid CarradineRobert TessierAnna RapagnaIn the future, a cop protects a reporter from crooked, renegade cops who think she knows too much about them.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsDavid CarradineTed PriorPatrick CullitonSequel to 'Future Force' has John Tucker's son traveling back in time 30 years to save his father from being killed by thugs he is currently pursuing back in 1990.
- DirectorWolf GremmStarsRainer Werner FassbinderGünther KaufmannBoy GobertIn a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the press, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.
- DirectorPaul KyriaziStarsRonald L. MarchiniAdam WestMeg ThayerIn the future, a cop goes after a gang of slave traders.
- DirectorAlan RobertsStarsRonald L. MarchiniCarrie ChambersMichael E. BristowJohn Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsRichard HarrisErnest BorgnineAnn TurkelIn a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
- DirectorPeter McCubbinStarsNancy CzerJeff HolecCraig WilliamsIn this Canadian rendering of a potential "apocalypse then", in 1996, after the collapse of modern civilization (due to atomic "accidents" and the "failure" of the world's economy), a young couple tries to carry on a quiet life in an uncivilized world. They are joined by a wandering soldier-of-fortune, who helps them survive the repeated attacks of mutant packs of human scavengers that have begun to evolve (mysteriously) back into animals. Mister soldier also eats their dog at one point. But an even darker threat comes from a lone figure, shadowing them wherever they go.
- DirectorPercival RubensStarsGary LockwoodCamilla SparvMorgan StevensIn a post-nuclear holocaust world, roving bands of motorcycle gangs attack ranchers to try to take over their land.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsMarcello MastroianniUrsula AndressElsa MartinelliIn a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.
- DirectorFrancis SchaefferStarsEmily LongstrethDevin HoelscherMerritt ButrickIn the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. However, one Christian young man decides not to turn the other cheek anymore. He modifies his wheelchair to help him protect his home and family, and kill the thugs first.
- DirectorWesley BarryStarsDon MegowanErica ElliottFrances McCannIn a post holocaust society, robots take it on their own to help the dying human race by giving them android bodies.First film from the "Atomic Dustbin: Part II" feature.
- DirectorJun GallardoStarsLou FerrignoShari ShattuckWalter AbbotIn the post-nuclear wastes of Earth two civilizations fight for survival. The Tyrogs, in the City of Doom, and the Drones, who live underground, free from radiation. The nuclear war is over but the fight for survival has just begun.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark HarmonLuis PrendesRitza BrownIn a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab government now arrive by Jeep and demand the two men be turned over to them. The warrior refuses, citing the sacred laws of hospitality. The soldiers shoot dead one of the men and carry off the other -- a political foe of the new government. The warrior mounts his camel and rides off to rescue his kidnapped guest.More desert western than apoc, but it's Italian-made!
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsAlan BatesJennifer BealsJan NiklasInvestigating a series of suicides, police detective reveals a sinister plot.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsAlex CordMariette HartleyTed CassidyA scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsNigel DavenportJean WallaceJohn HamillAn environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.
- DirectorRainer ErlerStarsHorst FrankDieter LaserJürgen ProchnowYears ago, three spacecraft were launched to Jupiter. Only one, Ganymede II, survived the expedition, but lost two members of its crew. There has been no contact with Earth for 900 days. When the spaceship makes an emergency landing on the Mexican coast 1585 days after its launch, the adventure of marching through the desert under a blazing sun only begins for the five men. Only the weakest of the space travelers reaches an inhabited village.
- DirectorLeón KlimovskyStarsNadiuskaAlberto de MendozaTeresa GimperaA group of rich businessmen and military officers who are partying in an old castle are spared when a nuclear war ravages the earth. When they venture out into the nearest town to search for food and supplies, they find most of the residents blinded, and soon they discover the existence of a sinister group called The People Who Own The Dark.
- DirectorGeoff MurphyStarsBruno LawrenceAlison RoutledgePete SmithA scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
- DirectorSig ShoreStarsSteve RailsbackSandra LeaTara TrimbleAn atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed. Cold War panic turns to chaos, martial law is declared and the US Constitution suspended. Survivalist John Tillman must save his family from roaming gangs and a corrupt army unit.
- DirectorNick DavisStarsXavier DeclieRichard MollLisa Robin KellyFollowing a World War, planet Earth collapses and becomes a big prison, whereupon all the human race moves to live in space. As Tarkin is among the prisoners, he has to rescue the President of Space who crashes on Earth and is abducted.
- DirectorMichael ShackletonStarsChristopher MayerRichard MollSue KielAn astronaut travels across the post apocalyptic Earth in search of an underground city.
- DirectorFrant GwoStarsJing WuMan-Tat NgZhi WangWith the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.
- DirectorJustin McConnellStarsJohn FantasiaSteve VieiraAnna RossIn the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Taking to the forest, they soon discover the other survivors may be the least of their worries.First of ten, "Atomic Dustbin: Part 1" left overs.
- DirectorRashid NugmanovStarsAleksandr AksyonovFarkhad AmankulovKonstantin FyodorovThe Solar Children, a group of dwarves who left the circus, are trying to start a settlement in the Kyrgyzstan wilderness just after the breakup of the Soviet Union, but are harassed by a gang of bikers. With their meager savings, they hire a ragtag group of heroes to drive off the bikers.
- DirectorAndrew ProwseStarsSam J. JonesCatherine BachDon SwayzeIn a futuristic time, a fierce band of marauders, the Black Knights, rule the road - and everyone on it. Into this chaos comes a fearless warrior to challenge them. Together with a tough, beautiful woman, he pits himself against the Destroyers.
- DirectorCalum GrantJoshua Atesh LitleStarsJames CurryLinda NoveroskeDan PlumleeTwelve years after a plague, an intimate mockumentary shows how the 186 San Francisco survivors live now.
- DirectorEric BilodeauStarsPatrice LeBlancPatrick BabyMarie-Ève LemireIn this future, nature is restricted and virtual games now provide both the landscapes and the hunting grounds. A group of hunters will make it outside for a traditional hunt.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsBill FrenchMary SpencerPaul AsheIn a post-nuclear-war wasteland, a man searches for his family while trying to avoid deadly killer robots.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsMichael ParéBilly DragoWalker BrandtA cop from the moon is sent to the Earth, now possessed by motorcycle-riding "Mad Max"-like inhabitants, to stop a serum from being released that he believes is going to destroy the Earth...
- DirectorPierre-William GlennStarsKaren AllenJürgen ProchnowJohnny HallydayIn a sort of "Mad Max" futuristic adventure, an international sport has been established where a driver of a computerized truck must drive across country to an established terminus and not be stopped by other vehicles. The lead truck, called "Monster" has been created by a boy genius and is to be driven by a woman through the course. The only problem is the computer guidance system fails and she ends up in uncharted territories. There she encounters leather-clad hoods who torture her and eventually kill her. Before dying she tells a fellow prisoner about the truck and he uses it to escape. Most of the rest of the film is his relationship ("2001" - Hal-like) with the truck's computer and his avoidance of attacking vehicles. Meanwhile back at the Terminus, the boy genius is ruled by a mysterious doctor, who may have another plan in mind.
- DirectorDavid KoeppStarsKyle MacLachlanElisabeth ShueDermot MulroneyA blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
- DirectorIvan ZucconStarsMichael SegálEmanuele CermanRoberta MarrelliA band of humans seek The Necronomicon in order to destroy the Old Ones whose evil is wrecking the Earth.
- DirectorBoaz DavidsonStarsJoe LaraNicole HansenJohn Saint RyanAfter a devastating nuclear war, the last fertile woman on Earth joins forces with a tough renegade warrior to fight a team of deadly cyborgs and save the human race from extinction.First of the next ten left-overs from the "Atomic Dustin: Part II" feature.
- DirectorLeandro LucchettiStarsVassili KarisBruno BilottaMaurice PoliAn elite group of mercenaries, each with highly specialized skills, are hired to take out a German command center deep within a limestone cavern system.
- DirectorVanio AmiciStarsGabriele GoriMargie NewtonChuck ValentiIn a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorLuis LlosaStarsDavid CarradinePeter NelsonSherilyn FennHelen and Bone live in a repressive futuristic dystopian society they badly want to escape from. Mysterious Jason hires them to steal a disc for him. It's practically a suicide mission, but he claims he can smuggle them out, in return.
- DirectorMichael MazoLloyd A. SimandlStarsMelanie KilgourThom SchiolerFrank WilsonIn post-nuclear "New Idaho," a lone warrior teams up with a girl to help rescue the girl's sister from a hostile warrior clan.
- DirectorRomolo GuerrieriStarsWilliam MangMarina CostaHarrison MullerAfter a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including certain members of its own group.
- DirectorDeran SarafianStarsBruce AbbottBeatrice RingTeagan CliveHumans fight mutants in a post-holocaust world.
- DirectorPeter MarisStarsDeborah RennardGarrick DowhenDaniel RadellEarth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and a feminist warrior is forced to join up with a soldier of fortune in her journey to find a rumored "paradise" as they battle gangs of rampaging bandits.
- DirectorJacobsen HartPaul G. VolkStarsJoe LaraBo SvensonStacie FosterIn a post-apocalyptic 2019, a lone gunman named Yuma fights a gang of bandits called the United Regime who have invaded the town of New Hope.
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsBruno BilottaAlex VitaleBjorn HammerThree technicians working in an underground laboratory discover that a nuclear war has destroyed most of the aboveground world. After a brief search for food, the trio find that gangs of murderous mutants want them for their next meal. Will the scientists be able to find other uncontaminated humans to rebuild civilization with, or will they all end up as mutant chow?
- DirectorDennis DevineStarsJ.J. RodgersJimmy JermanChristine LydonIn a post-apocalyptic world, a camp of Amazon women is raided by a gang of murderous bandits, who kill everyone in the camp except one small girl. She grows up to be a mercenary, and one day she takes a job escorting the two daughters of a powerful warlord across a river. She finds out that the job turns out to be more dangerous than she thought, and she runs into someone from her past she thought she'd never see again.Oh, yes . . . The first of a third "Post-Apoc Week" of celebration of films.
- DirectorCorey AllenStarsRock HudsonMia FarrowRobert ForsterThe vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.
- DirectorSteven LovyStarsJim MetzlerDana Wheeler-NicholsonLu LeonardIn a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals a case of such chips and flees underground Los Angeles with Danner, a pleasure android so that they can smuggle the chips to New York. In pursuit is Plughead, a dangerous criminal so named because of the many sockets and ports which decorate his scalp so that he can test and use the chips that he is after.
- DirectorRobert LovySteven LovyStarsVernon WellsDeborah SheltonJim MetzlerIn the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsPaul GanusMegan WardRalph WaiteUnicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".
- DirectorGiannetto De RossiStarsFrank ZagarinoHenry SilvaSherrie RosePart man. Part robot. All ass kick. Unaffected by extreme heat and cold, impervious to bio-weapons and totally obedient, Cyber Warrior One will be the soldier of the future for the U.S. military. There's just one problem - he has a heart.
- DirectorRobert RundleStarsLonnie SchuylerJeff JenkinsChristina Lucia Peralta-RamosIn the future, an L.A. cop whose girlfriend is a stripper uncovers a conspiracy concerning killer cyborgs.
- DirectorSheldon LettichStarsFrank DuxBrian ThompsonJohn Scott CloughA squad of Marines on a hilltop in Vietnam calls for a Medevac after a sniper wounds one of them. Before the Medevac helicopter can come down for a landing, the Marines are attacked by a large force of Vietcong. After a brutal battle, resulting in more wounded Marines, they're able to repel the attack, but then the helicopter is hesitant to land.VOID VOID VOID
- DirectorScott PfeifferStarsJames PfeifferJanice CarraherJack TurnerIn a post-apocalyptic world, gangs of outlaws roam the land, trying to take power.
- DirectorRichard GriffinStarsNathaniel SylvaAaron AndradeSteven O'BroinIn the future Saturn's moon of Titan houses a prison where Earth's worst criminals are kept awaiting their return to Earth for trial and execution. One of those criminals, Python Diamond, is being flown back to Earth, escorted by five members of the military police. Upon their return to Earth, they find that a cataclysmic nuclear war has reduced the world to a near-lifeless husk. Searching for survivors and any clue as to the cause of the destruction leads the six to a warehouse bunker housing scientists who constitute Earth's last remaining hope for the future. Unfortunately, their landing spacecraft drew the attention of one of the gangs that roam the ruined countryside in search of food and resources, leading them straight to the carefully hidden and well-provisioned shelter. The gang lays siege to the warehouse, fighting their way inside in a bloody battle that takes lives on both sides.
- DirectorRonald W. MooreStarsEdwin NealMarilyn BurnsGabriel FolseThe star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.
- DirectorArmand GazarianStarsNicholas HillCindy CoatmanSteve DaltonA warrior from another planet must battle six opponents from different parts of the universe.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMiles O'KeeffeSavina GersakDonald HodsonThe Summerking's daughter has been kidnapped, and the legendary hero of the desert comes to her rescue as he did when she was young. The Lone Runner proves to be an unstoppable hero with limitless fighting abilities. He battles those who would harm innocents, and does what ever else he can for them.
- DirectorJordan Belson
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsGary GrahamAnne-Marie JohnsonPaul KosloIn the distant future, mankind has forsaken global wars for battles of single combat. The world has been divided into two opposing super powers, with each side represented by trained champions.
- DirectorAlbert BandStarsDon Michael PaulBarbara CramptonJames StaleyA renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
- DirectorIan BarryStarsJames RemarKyle HowardJames TolkanThe year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fighting machine.
- DirectorRussell KernStarsJames AerniChopper BernetRex CutterThe planet Jupiter has moved closer to the Earth causing an increased gravitation pull which affects the human brain, and people with certain blood types in higher elevations. The result is that the citizens in a town in the Rocky Mountains have become blood-hungry, flesh-eating, and insane.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsMasao KusakariTsunehiko WataseIsao NatsuyagiAfter a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsGerard ButlerMorena BaccarinRoger Dale FloydA family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
- DirectorRobert AmramRolf ForsbergStarsOrson WellesHal LindseyBabettaEvents that are prophesied in the Bible are illustrated to show that civilization is headed for doomsday.
- DirectorMichael CampusStarsOliver ReedGeraldine ChaplinDon GordonConcerned with population over-growth, the Earth government bans, under the penalty of death, all pregnancies but one couple decides to risk having a real baby rather than legally adopt a cyborg child.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsYul BrynnerMax von SydowJoanna MilesVirus holocaust is not the only plague that threatens our future. New York City, 2012 A.D. In a plague devastated world, one tired man finds a reason to fight.
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsSean ConneryCharlotte RamplingSara KestelmanIn the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsPaul NewmanVittorio GassmanFernando ReyDuring a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter HansenAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.The mother of end-of-the-world flicks!
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsMaximilian SchellDiane BakerBrian KeithIn 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.Well, not a post-apoc future, but apocalyptic nonetheless.