ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
SpecialsTarget
Disturbing yet enthralling
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Biker Meth
Everything made no sense. Why was Donald Pleasence a robot? It never said. Why did the subsonic speedcycle have to repeat everything three times? Why were the fight scenes half of the films running time? Why was the Professor Caucasian and his daughter Indian? Why did guns just not work for the omegaNazi's's?Questions that will keep me awake tonight.If you took mad max, the exact character of Dr No from You Only Live Twice, Kitt from Knight rider as an annoying Japanese motorbike and put them all in a blender you get something like the plot of this film. This was a tough watch, tread carefully.
gavin6942
A nomad mercenary (Robert Ginty) on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.It seems popular to give this film a 1 or 2, and I can certainly understand why. As a "Mad Max" ripoff, it is not a very good one. And even the director claims he was hired on without a script or anything for source material besides a poster.But there is some fun here, and I think with a few changes this might be a decent film. Maybe. Maybe not. But, first and foremost, the motorcycle computer is obnoxious. Remove or modify that and you already have an improvement... Perhaps a remake could actually make this a lovable cult film?
geminiredblue
Whew, what a bad movie! Clearly, Italian cinema was going through a Mad Max rip-off phase, and this is probably the worst of the bunch. The movie opens and closes with a visual technique borrowed (or perhaps stolen) from HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER. Immediately after the lone Warrior rides his motorcycle into focus, we're subjected to 90 minutes of some pretty wooden acting on the part of Robert Ginty. Perhaps the director told him to play his part like Clint Eastwood, but half of the time I couldn't understand what Ginty was saying. Dear old Clint made a career out of his famous sneer and grizzled, growling whisper of a voice. Unfortunately, with Ginty it doesn't work. Instead, most of the time he comes across sounding like a whiny little pipsqueak. Equally excruciating is his talking (yes, talking) motorcycle named Einstein. The barely-perceptible story hinges on the Warrior getting involved in some sort of revolutionary movement and doing spectacular motorcycle stunts. All while blandly pursuing and rescuing the daughter of the movement's Jimmy Carter-esque leader. What's astoundingly awful is that there are actual stars: Donald Pleasance, Fred Williamson, and Persis Khambatta (from STAR TREK fame.) However, even they can't save this fiasco. The best way to enjoy this film is with the MST3K guys. However, if you don't have a copy of their episode, get a DVD if you can find it and gather your own brood of funny pals. Remember, it's okay to drink while Ginty is driving!
reverendtom
I first saw this movie on MST3K, and it was my all time favorite. Even without the wiseass robots this is damn funny. I mean, from the stoner motorcycle, to Donald Pleasance as the blue print for Mike Myer's Dr. Evil character, to Robert Ginty's unbelievably wooden performance....oh man this is a great movie!!!! This and another Fred Williamson feature, Warriors of the Wasteland are the greatest of all the crappy Italian Mad Max knockoffs of the early to Mid 80s!