Battletruck
Summary:
Harley Cokliss (second-unit director for The Empire Strikes Back) made his feature-film directing debut in this Mad Max-inspired action film. The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic civilization carrying on after a war for oil has depleted the world's petroleum supplies. An outlaw army under the command of Straker (James Wainwright) controls a gigantic truck used as a wea... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Michael Beck - (Hunter)
Annie McEnroe - (Corlie)
James Wainwright - (Straker)
John Ratzenberger - (Rusty)
Randolph Powell - (Judd)
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Review:
It's tempting to look at Battletruck as a ripoff of The Road Warrior but this isn't true (the two films were made concurrently, with neither set of filmmakers knowing what the other was doing). However, both films use the same raw Western-derived narrative elements - a stoic outcast hero, a thuggish band of outlaws, a town that needs protecti... Continue >>
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