Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Movie review - "Wheels of Fire" (1985) **1/2

 I liked this - one exception. There's a long rape plot - the hero's sister is abducted and then molested by baddies. She's periodically molested throughout. Then she's killed. Downer. Change that - cut out the rapes - this would be fine for kids. Exploitation I guess.

It's post apocalyptic. Doesn't look too rough. Great productin value. Lots of car smashes. Extras. Army. Three strong women roles. Two killed. The nebbish one lives. But still, three.

Hero looks absurdly like Mel Gibson in Mad max 2. Not as terrible as I'd heard. New World refused to distribute this so Roger Corman set up Concorde.

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