Themes: Post-Apocalypse, End of the World, Future Dystopias
Main Cast: Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch, Kevin King, John Walsch
Release Year: 1985
Country: CA
Run Time: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Shot in 1983 but not released until 1985, this low-budget sci-fi adventure is set in a degenerate society sometime in the near future, with humans thrown back to the level of Neanderthals by nuclear war. Three astronauts, two men and a woman, are in charge of a space station armed with nuclear weapons when World War III erupts on earth. They remain in space to stay out of the conflagration but are forced to crash-land several months after the war has wiped out most of civilization. After the crash, one astronaut is killed, another is captured, and the third stays with the downed space station in a series of chase-and-capture scenes. Marauders have taken over a lawless world and the future looks bleak for everyone, even the remaining astronauts. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Def-Con 4 is a 1985post-apocalyptic film, portraying three astronauts who survive World War III aboard a space station. Eventually they must return to Earth and try to survive there.
Despite this film being about the aftermath of a nuclear war, 'Def-Con 4' actually means "Defense Condition: Normal, with increased intelligence and strengthened security measures", and is only one step above "Peacetime readiness". Def-Con 2 or Def-Con 1 would deal with potential or actual nuclear exchanges.
