The Final Sacrifice (1990)

Fleeing from the cult that murdered his father, a teen is aided in his quest to find the lost city of the fabled Ziox by a secretive drifter.

Director:

Tjardus Greidanus

Writer:

Tjardus Greidanus

Stars:

Christian Malcolm, Bruce J. Mitchell, Shane Marceau

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Ruled by the evil Satoris, an ancient cult of Canadian wrestlers, the Ziox, are bent on world domination. Instrumental to their plan is a map to the ancient Ziox cult idol, recently discovered by a young boy, Troy. When the Ziox invade his home to recover the map, he flees and ends up in the bed of a passing pickup truck, driven by Rowsdower. Rowsdower and Troy become friends, and together search for the lost idol before the Ziox can claim it and take over the world.

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Plot Keywords:

cult film | camp | homoerotic | homosexual subtext | cult | 

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Taglines:

On this mission, no sacrifice is too great!

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Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

If you watch the end Credits one can see a credit blooper, The characters Troy - is accredited to Bruce J. Mitchell, while Zapp RouseDower is Accredited to Christian Malcom. The blooper is that the names are switched. Bruce played as Zapp and Christian played as Troy. It can be guessed that the low budget didn't include proper payment and Credit organization.

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Goofs

The distances between the pursuers of Zap and him constantly change. Sometimes they are a few yards away, then in the next shot they are many tens of yards away. When Zap meets Satoris at the shrine, the pursuers have disappeared entirely.

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Quotes

Aunt Betty: There. What are you studying?
Troy McGreggor: French Revolution.
Aunt Betty: Oh, that looks more like World War Two.

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Connections

Referenced in I Hate Everything: the Search for the Worst: Troll 2 (2014)

User Reviews

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OK, hands down, The Final Sacrifice is the best Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode. I'm still laughing every time I think of this movie, it's just, how do movies like this get green lighted? Or did the director ever stop and wonder if he was making a good movie? The acting and characters were just so unintentionally laughable, it's insane. I can't believe they gave the "hero" a name like Zap Rasdower, that's such a stupid name, but it made for a good laugh, that's for sure. The kid, Troy, looked like such a Lord of the Rings type of dork(no offense to the LOTR fans, it's cool that you like it)that you couldn't help but wanna get inside the film and knock the books out of his hands. The villain or Canadian villain Garth Vador had this ridicules voice, and were did Mike Piper get his voice? Was Yo Sammity Sam like his inspiration? This is just such a ridicules story.

Troy is looking for who caused the death of his father, he finds a map that is supposed to lead him to a lost world. But this cult lead by Garth Vador is after him and wants him dead and wants the map, but Troy outsmarts them by getting on his ten speed bike to out run them. He gets off his bike and hitches a ride with Zap Rowsdower and together they go to find out what this is all about and why Troy's father died. Maybe they can also find out why Rowswer is a... hopeless drunk.

The Final Sacrifice is one of those movies you'll never believe got made, it's just so laughable. I highly recommend the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, it's just beyond funny, I loved every moment in that episode. But I hope the director watched that episode because I wanna see a Zap and Troy spin off, that would be an awesome show with an occasional guest appearance of Mike Pipper. I smell the Emmy's coming for best new show, lol.

1/10

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Quest for the Lost City

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Flying Dutchman Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color