The Final Sacrifice (1990)

User Rating:

1.6/10   

Director:

Tjardus Greidanus

Writer:

Tjardus Greidanus (written by)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

On this mission, no sacrifice is too great!

Plot:

Ruled by the evil Satoris, an ancient cult of Canadian wrestlers, the Ziox, are bent on world domination...

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Wrestler | World Domination | Fat Hero | Anti Hero

Cast

Christian Malcolm	...	Troy McGreggor
Bruce J. Mitchell	...	Zap Rowsdower
Shane Marceau	...	Satoris
Ron Anderson	...	Mike Pipper
Bharbara Egan	...	Aunt Betty
Randy Vasseur	...	Thomas McGreggor, Troy's Father
Bryan C. Knight	...	Gas attendant (as Bryan Knight)
Catherine O'Connel	...	Operator #1
Felice Wills	...	Radio announcer
John Soldan	...	Cultist
Aus Greidanus	...	Cultist
Frank Paynter	...	Cultist
Dean Hinche	...	Cultist
Cris Wiseman	...	Cultist
Paul McKay	...	Cultist

Also Known As:

Dawn of Ziox (Canada: English title) (working title)
Quest for the Lost City (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

Canada:78 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company:

Flying Dutchman Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

One of only seven films shot in the 1990's to be featured on the series 'Mystery Science Theater 3000'.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rowsdower calls the police to report Troy at the gas station, Rowsdower is alternately panicking/standing calmly between shots.

Quotes:

Aunt Betty: You found that - Troy, you had no business there.
Troy McGreggor: My father is my business.
Aunt Betty: Oh Troy, I'm sorry. I only want you to forget him, to carry on with your own life.
Troy McGreggor: Am I like him?
Aunt Betty: Yes. You're very much like him.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Final Sacrifice (#10.10)" (1998)

Boring

Boring, stupid, and numbing, this film shows why not everyone is given a camera and told to shoot a film. Besides some rookie mistakes like continuity and editing glitches, think brainless, pointless, worse-than-Knight-Rider action sequences with long, boring tracts of film in between. I'm having trouble figuring out what the dumbest part of the movie is---is it the ``Good thing this grappling hook was sitting here on the ground'' moment? The fact that the main character is called ``Zap Rowsdower?'' Or perhaps it's that these evil cultists carry scimitars (in Canada, no less) that look like they were made in a high school metal shop in about 20 minutes? Every human being has a story to tell; tragically, Greidanus's was about Zap Rowsdower.