Battletruck (1982)

Directed by

Harley Cokeliss

Genre

action film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film

Country

New Zealand, United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the Oil Wars left society in ruins, a warlord terrorizes a rural community. A drifter and a woman join forces to fight back.

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What happens

Battletruck (also known as Warlords of the 21st Century in the U.S. and Destructors in Italy) is a 1982 New Zealand post-apocalyptic science fiction action film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, John Ratzenberger, and Bruno Lawrence. Set in the aftermath of a devastating series of wars referred to as the Oil Wars, the plot is a futuristic tale of a community fighting against a local warlord in the lawless rural countrywide. A co-production between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, it was filmed on location in New Zealand and starring a number of local actors, and was part of a wave of similarly-themed films made in the wake of the success of the Mad Max series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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