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Take a deep breath, it may be your last. Welcome to the year 2053.
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"Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth. full summary | add synopsis
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Post-apocalyptic world terrorized by skins, 'brights' and Xander-clouds
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Ironside | ... | Harry M. Stark |
 | Vanity | ... | Reno |
| Lyle Alzado | ... | Bulk |
 | Valerie Wildman | ... | Sandy Randall |
| Nick Klar | ... | Dr. Tom |
 | Juliet Landau | ... | Twink Talaman |
| Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad | ... | Wing |
| Richard Sanders | ... | Dickie Devine |
 | Monte Markham | ... | Captain Raymond |
| Jesse Bennett | ... | Captain Jenkins |
| Curley Green | ... | Dispatcher |
| Jeffrey Olson | ... | Doctor at Jericho |
| Anthony Leger | ... | Gary |
| John Perryman | ... | Guard at Jericho |
| Donna Todd | ... | Annie |
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Rated R for violence.
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Lyle Alzado's final film.
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There was a time, after seeing Cronenberg's SCANNERS, that I wanted to see every possible movie starring Michael Ironside. I pretty soon stopped this silly quest when I realized the man had already starred in way too many boring below-average B-features of the police/thriller-type. NEON CITY, however, is one of his better B-movies, and it's actually one of the better MAD MAX-clones out there.
In the year 2053 the ozone-layer is destroyed and earth's population is divided in diseased mutants and healthy people. The wastelands are ruled by the merciless Skins and earth's ecosystem is completely out of balance. Outbursts of 'brights' can incinerate a person and poisonous Xander-clouds can suffocate you within seconds. There are safe-havens throughout the wastelands, Neon City being one of them. A group of 8 persons begins a journey in an armored vehicle towards Neon city.
Fans of Michael Ironside should see this flick, 'cause he plays the type of character that we love to see him play: A ruthless bounty-hunter with a soft spot inside. His prisoner, Reno, is played by Vanity, and knowing this lady you might expect her to show some skin, but she pretty much doesn't. The acting is pretty average, but it was fun seeing Juliet Landau before her BUFFY-period. The good thing is that all the characters have a bit of background and some of them turn out not exactly what they appear to be. The bad thing is that this movie could have used a bigger budget, especially in the special effects-department. The 'bright'-outbursts are just some silly colorization-effects and I expected to see an impressive futuristic Neon City in the end, but we see almost nothing of it. The action-scenes of Skins on motorcycles attacking the armored transport are average and certainly not as impressive as in MAD MAX 2.
But still, this movie manages to hum along nicely and you do wonder about who'll make it in the end and who won't. It's not an excellent movie, but it's not bad either. Worth a watch, especially for Ironside-fans.