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Def-Con 4

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A group of survivors (Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch) of nuclear war must fight off a paramilitary faction in the near future.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 10/01/2005
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05/23/2021 Just another in a long string of post-apocalyptic/dystopian Mad Max knockoffs. Still, for it's low budget it's a decent attempt. If you've got a hungering for one of these types of movies this should fill that need. See more 10/16/2020 Some have a tender memory of this movie. I'm not one of them. First the poster. Nothing remotely like that takes place in the movie. Let's move on. While it starts out OK with a crew on a secret Canadian/US nuclear armed station doesn't do the moral thing and fires off all but one missile, the earth below is blasted as WW3 starts. These astronauts (still trying to figure out why the Doctor was a civilian), land in a world that is a cheap Mad Max rip off. Of course bad, megalomaniac's are running things and in the few months they've been in space, infected cannibals are a danger to all. This is really a poorly done, paint by numbers movie that's barely worth one view. See more delysid d 08/18/2017 This film wasn't especially good. its about a spaceship full of astronauts and nuclear bombs. they are all in space when WW3 happens and the earth gets mostly ruined. they plan on sticking it out in space but their ship is brought down by a group of rebels. so they land on earth and they have to fight the rebels for a while. then eventually they get killed off except one guy who escapes. A 12 year old might like this but i thought it was pretty dumb See more 09/14/2016 One of the best B-movies around. Great concept and incredibly executed. Loved it. See more 03/13/2015 The entire budget must have went into the artwork (Poster)! See more 01/11/2015 Pretty much a run of the mill low budget eighties sci fi film. It's not horrible but I do not think I would want to watch it again. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A group of survivors (Lenore Zann, Maury Chaykin, Kate Lynch) of nuclear war must fight off a paramilitary faction in the near future.
Director
Paul Donovan
Producer
B.G. Gillian, Maura O'Connell, Paul Donovan
Rating
R
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 1985, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2011
Runtime
1h 28m
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