- Director:
Sheldon Lettich - AMG Rating:
- Genre: Action
- Movie Type: Action Thriller
- Themes: Race Against Time, Hostage Situations, Future Dystopias
- Main Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Sherri Alexander, Joe Michael Burke, Rebecca Cross
- Release Year: 2000
- Country: US
- Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
In the near future, a devastating earthquake turns Southern California into a desert island populated by a small band of survivors. Green Beret Nick Preston (Dolph Lundgren) assumes command of the unpredictable characters and leads daily patrols into the desert to find civilization. While he's away, the other castaways find it impossible to stay out of trouble at the camp. What Preston and the others don't know is that a maximum security prison close by has been taken over by convicted murder Jesus(Juliano Mer), who was saved from the electric chair by the earthquake and now leads a violent gang of convicts bent on ruling the new world. Jesus' men capture the lovely, if naïve, Candy (Rebecca Cross), and Preston and the others have to break inside the prison to save her and a school bus full of innocent children.~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Review
This Israeli production looks great, with enough convincing production values on the screen to justify a rental, particularly for Dolph Lundgren fans. But the story is insultingly silly, and the characterizations are far too comical to give the action aspects of the film any dramatic weight -- Mad Max meets Gilligan's Island sums it up. At one point the baddest bad guy, Jesus (Juliano Mer), makes a screaming speech about ruling the world just as he's ready to electrocute square-jawed hero Nick Preston (Lundgren) while hundreds of bloodthirsty inmates watch on closed-circuit televisions. When his speech is done and the roar of the crowd dies down, he whispers in Preston's ear, "A little arch, I know, but good TV." It's a funny line, but it's ridiculous at the same time, which can be said for the movie at large. The action set piece at the end is not bad, but viewers witnessing the pyrotechnics have to wonder: where are the helicopters and airplanes from the mainland after the earthquake?~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Cast
- Dolph Lundgren
Sherri Alexander Joe Michael Burke Rebecca Cross
