Steel Frontier (Video 1995)

Mad Max meets the Man With No Name in this futuristic story of a gunfighter (Joe Lara), who goes after a band of marauders who are terrorizing everyone and killing indiscriminately. As with... See full summary »

Directors:

Joe Hart, Paul G. Volk

Writer:

Joe Hart

Stars:

Joe Lara, Bo Svenson, Stacie Foster

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Lara	...	Yuma
Bo Svenson	...	Roy Ackett
Stacie Foster	...	Sarah
Brion James	...	General J.W. Quantrell
Kane Hodder	...	Kinton
James C. Victor	...	Julies
Billy L. Sullivan	...	Lake
Brian Huckeba	...	Chickenboy
Jim Cody Williams	...	Charlie Bacchas
Robert O'Reilly	...	Evermore
Joe Hart	...	Greenstreet (as Jacobsen Hart)
Adolfo Quinones	...	Deacon
Bruce Ed Morrow	...	Preacher
Sandra Ellis Lafferty	...	Ada
Paul G. Volk	...	Lee

Storyline

Mad Max meets the Man With No Name in this futuristic story of a gunfighter (Joe Lara), who goes after a band of marauders who are terrorizing everyone and killing indiscriminately. As with the spaghetti westerns, the lone gunman enters into a town where the people have lost the will to fight back and proceeds to kill off the bad guys single-handedly. But once he is out-numbered totally and wounded, some do find the capability to fight back. Chief of those who try to aid him is a widow (Stacie Foster) with a young son. Brion James plays the general in charge of the marauders.

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Plot Keywords:

fight | marauder | gunfighter | general | man with no name | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for non-stop action violence, and for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Atsalina synora

Filming Locations:

El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

PM Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Yuma opens his coat to reveal an M2 .50-caliber machine gun. It's implied that he's carrying it on a sling, yet when he fires it it's obviously on a stationary mount.

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Quotes

General J.W. Quantrell: Death riders... I never liked that name. Death rides alone.

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Connections

References Per un pugno di dollari (1964)

User Reviews

Mad Max ripoff meets spaghetti western meets bikers-terrorize-a-town

It's another one of those universes where they drive around so they can find gas so they can -- drive around some more.

No-goodniks take over a town. Mysterious stranger shows up, takes on the no-goodniks. We've seen it all before, in a variety of places, including some bits which seem to be lifted directly from a book series I could name. "Deathriders", yeah, right.

*Lots* of car chases, explosions, crashes, fights; improbable gunplay, improbable futuristic gadgets, improbable dialogue.

I'll hand it to them -- they went to a lot of trouble to set up the "society". They also tried to throw in a bit of thoughtfulness amongst the havoc. And for a virtually unknown movie, the havoc is pretty major -- lots of stunts and pyrotechnics.

It isn't perfectly awful, but this viewer finds it mighty tedious.

I'm not sure why they set these things in a post-Apocalyptic world, as there are obviously already enough ruined buildings to go around (in this case, in the California desert).

Bo Svenson goes through much of the movie looking pained, with good reason. Poor Brion James tries hard, but...

The constant barrage of explosions, gunfire, and cussin' would make this a good choice if you wanted to annoy your next door neighbors late at night.

Back onto the trade stack it goes.