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      Steel Frontier

      R 1995 1h 41m Action List
      Reviews 46% Audience Score 250+ Ratings An Old West-style gunslinger (Joe Lara) challenges desert outlaws who invaded a town created by survivors of civilization's fall. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      Jan C "Death Riders, I never liked that name. We ride in numbers, death rides alone..." Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Silly fun. Allusions to Mad Max, Quantrill's Raiders, spaghetti westerns. Cliches abound. And plot holes. Everything explodes. Lotsa car chases. A dead rat has instant rigor mortis. Everybody has unlimited bullets, the villains have unlimited gasoline (until Roy runs out), hero Johnny Yuma has unlimited explosives, and somehow the middle-of-nowhere has electric lights. Everybody shot is killed instantly. Yuma gets beaten unconscious but doesn't even have a fat lip (typical of movies). Man With No Name - sorry, Johnny Yuma--kills a fistfull of dollars--I mean, bad guys--with one shot each. Timorous townspeople turn suddenly brave and show their determination by striking stalwart poses with rifles at ready and teeth a-grit. Final car chase passes same spot at least three times. Bus rolls over once but it is shown three times. Yuma ties Quantrell's body with a grief knot (Boy Scouts everywhere cringe but nobody else will even notice, or care) then rides off into the sunset. Not a bad way to waste 101 minutes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member "In the tradition of Max Max"? More like Burning Man meets a redneck car-crash derby, all gone horribly wrong and borrowing heavily from the first national bank of "Water World". Suffice it to say, if this Christlike hero was eating radioactive rodent and breathing fallout on a regular basis he'd be crapping his intestines out while his face sloughs away, not riding all pretty around on a motorcycle. But, I'm sure it'll scare and excite the living hell out of the American breadbasket and bible belt. At least there's none of the hints at coming race war I've come to expect from made-for-CMTV. All that said, there are some pretty good car stunts and pyrotechnics. And the story actually is kind of what you might expect would be happening in the United States around the same time as the "Road Warrior" sequel, however that style could be cramped by the Star Trek-like technology. The acting, dialogue and delivery aren't shabby at all with the best deliveries of the film scripted for the villain Ackett, played with star quality by Bo Svenson. Everyone down to the bit and background role puts in their own special touches, with Adolfo Quinones signing a cross with his thumb and kissing it in silence during someone else's lines. A scene where the hero stares at a photo so degraded you can't see what's on it and proceeds to play "My Country Tis Of Thee" on harmonica is especially poignant. The fight choreography and stuntwork is well done. Everything from effects, props and costumes, camera and lighting to editing and sound production are top of the curve B-grade. And the scenario of the old-west style shootouts and duels are incarnated in every possible context, so if you like that kind of thing you'll get your belly's full. It could have stopped at the first ending an hour in but it kept pace for an hour and forty and the second ending is somewhat more satisfying within the standards of the "Mad Max"-like genre. It's worthwhile viewing even if it feels like watching a pastor-approved version of "Mad Max" in a basement slash post-dispensationalist pentaholocaust prepper sanctuary as a special break from mandatory viewings of Chuck Norris sequelitis. You can find this modern marvel in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart under the title "Road Fury Collection: 5 Movies". Four out of five stars. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Cheap Mad Max knock-off that doesn't hold any thrills or likable characters. It's hard to follow, gets dull at times, and the action never kicks off. But there are some good b-movie effects and gory moments, and the cheapness does at least give off a charm. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member SF ??? Wasn't this a bit a comedy to ...mm . Let's say a good western from the Aldi . SOMDVD Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Chickenboy is amazing in this movie. With all the action and explosions, his comic relief is well needed. Also cool to see Brion James in it as well. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An Old West-style gunslinger (Joe Lara) challenges desert outlaws who invaded a town created by survivors of civilization's fall.
      Director
      Paul G. Volk, Joe Hart
      Production Co
      PM Entertainment
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 41m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo
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