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Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
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After the oil wars. Out of the rubble of the cities comes ... "BattleTruck"
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The uncredited opening narration was done by actor
Randy Powell, who also plays Judd in the movie. Said narration was done by having Powell transmit a ham radio broadcast in Los Angeles, California to the filmmakers back in New Zealand.
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When Corlie hops onto the back of the off road motorbike across the plains the skid of the helicopter is visible in the upper right hand side.
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Satellite measurements of the Mesopotamian basin show that radioactivity levels remain high. And with the oil fields in Arabia still burning, the world's total reserves of petroleum had dropped even lower, making gasoline all but unattainable except for governmental agencies. Food riots have continued into the third day and martial law was declared for all of greater Detroit. Army units and the National Guard have been called into restore order. And the military ...
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Battletruck
Written by
Kevin Peek
Performend by Eastern Orbit with
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Release Date:
April 1982 (USA)
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Box Office
Budget:
NZD1,000,000
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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If this is the "benchmark" for putrid movies as one reviewer laughably suggests, where does that leave HEAVEN'S GATE, SHOWGIRLS, ROBOT MONSTER, MONSTROSITY, DRACULA'S LAST RITES, THE ISLAND, THE SAINT, EVE OF DESTRUCTION, ALIEN 2, ALIEN RESURRECTION??? to name but 10!
This is an energetic, low budget little NZ actioner. It's ONLY similarity to MAD MAX is the post apocalyptic oil-less future! Cockliss does pretty well within the constraints heaped upon him. I rather like NZ films - they tend to exude they're own unique little aura, much like Canadian flicks. Pretty much known as BATTLETRUCK everywhere (smewhat understandable - who wants to refer to a flick as WARLORDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY?) the film rips along quite nicely. No denying, the BATTLETRUCK of the title is one mean mother of a four-wheeled monstrosity. Definitely, the way to go in gridlock!
Hero Hunter (Beck) rides his own mean "Street Hawkmobile" and despite being shot pretty much through the heart with an arrow, is able to get straight back on to his dirt-bike extraordinaire and take it up to warlord Straker who looks suspiciously like a reject from a STEVEN SEAGAL movie!
The DUELesque ending is superbly done - shot from the almost identical angles that Spielberg used. It is equally impressive!
If this is the crappiest movie ever made, then pigs already fly! The film is a "6" no question! Kinda left field and semi-haunting music too, reminiscent of Tangerine Dream's work in the aforementioned STREET HAWK.