Stryker

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Stryker

....on a future Earth where it apparently....never rains anymore? Now I'm only speaking for myself here, but if I was a girl (which I'm not), and my living environment was 99.9% large, hard, uneven, sharp, randomly strewn rocks, my first fashion choice wouldn't be a leather thong slit up to my hip bones. Of course, that's just how I roll, I'm a different breed of cat. Fortunately for the lucky ladies, none of them ended up with so much as a scratch on those long, shapely legs. Which, of course, is the only redeeming quality of the movie. Normally, I'd complain that Monique St. Pierre should lose the football equipment, but with the advent of the internet, anyone can see her naked within 5 seconds anyway, so I actually enjoyed the novelty. Full disclosure, I saw this as part of the "Grindhouse 2" collection, so I knew exactly what to expect, and got pretty much exactly what I expected.

Where is the dialogue? There are periods in this film when no one speaks for like five minutes. I can't get over how bad this film is, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. I bought it .75 cents on EBay, and was surprised how entertaining it was. This film has a certain comic book feel to it, although it borrows the same premise from Mad Max. Steve Sandor, the hero, is a big dude and handles the role well, but William Ostrander of Red Heat outshines him. The villains were all laughable, and you knew Sandor would have little trouble defeating them The flashback scenes were the worst I have ever seen. A must have for the "It's so bad it's good crowd."

Yes, it is a blatant Road Warrior ripoff, yes, much of it is shot in a gravelpit, yes, it is poorly acted. Yet it is entertaining, not a bad post apocalyptic story, water shortage and lots of heat, same thing as in the underrated, but much higher budgetted "Solarbabies". Violence, * babes and a decent score graces this flick, this is a drive-in classic. If you feel like slumming, you can do much worse than this. 5/10

One of the films in the Grindhouse Experience 2 is this Road Warrior wanna be rip off. Actually its one of many post apocalyptic action films made in the wake of Road Warrior. Its also a film I saw in the theaters when it came out. Okay, but unremarkable this is the story of a world where water is all but gone and one person holds the key. Various factions fight for control of the girl and it all comes to a head in a rather large scale battle. There's some good action, passable performances and a tribe of midgets. Its not particularly taxing and is perfect for a mindless Saturday night. Is it any good? I hadn't really seen it in 20 something years and bits of it stayed with me which kind of says something.