Turbo Kid was an excellent post-apocalyptic film that I saw which was released fairly recently. It basically is a combination of the action, science fiction, superhero, and post-apocalyptic genres. It's a film where clean water is scarce after wars have ravaged the landscape and a vicious gang strong-arms the surviving population. It's an hidden gem with gratuitous violence and blood. Keep up the good work!
Doubly that for Turbo Kid. I saw it in the theatres and it's like the ultimate italian exploitation post apoc film in it's tones with alot of Dead Alive cartoon violence along with it.
You know, I always prided myself on having seen and admired movies most people have never heard of. Cecil makes me look like a casual filmgoer. I have never even HEARD of these five flicks, but now, I have to track them down and watch them somehow. Thanks for the head's up, Cecil! Great job, as usual!
Split Second was an amazing find back in 2019, it was released in 1992, and is a sci-fi horror film that stars Rutger Hauer as a cop from the "near future" of 2008, that goes after a "not so human" killer. It is not exactly a masterpiece, but it is loads of fun.
I'm from Arizona myself so I'm familiar with Hands of Steel!!! Glad you shined a spotlight on that underrated masterpiece!!!! Also, John Saxon is a badass!!!! Thank you for another great video!!!!
Though, if you live in a town where he happens to be sheriff...move. Pack your stuff and get the heck outta there as fast as you can. It's just a matter of time before a slasher villain turns up. The odds increase exponentially if you happen to spot Donald Pleasence wandering around.
Knights took the longest to find, had to go to Google for that one, but managed to find all 5 to watch online. Thank you for these videos. It is good having recommendations like these for whenever I have time to watch them.
Gonna be honest here, usually these "5 things" videos are 3 or 4 things I've seen, and 1 that I need to check out because I haven't seen it yet. This one though, I've only seen 2 of these (Prototype and Knights). Thanks as always, Cecil! I gotta get on finding these! Cheers!!
@@briang9581 when I was 3 or 4, my grandma took me on rides on the back of her bicycle and whenever we stopped by the cow pasture, the cows came to great us. some of them made noises which sounded like coughing to me, so I told me grandma to fetch some cough sirup for the sick cows 🙃 I have seen countless of cows, they live amongst us and we live amongst them, why are you asking?
We should play a drinking game. Every time Cecil says, "It is not available for streaming", take a shot. "But it's on TH-cam", take two shots. If he mentions it's on DVD or on a streaming service, finish the bottle. Say goodbye to your liver 🤣
You know how screwed we’d be without grass? Yes corn, wheat, and rice, but also oats, millet, barley (so no beer), sugarcane, bamboo, and by extension grass fed cattle. All of those were just how it would affect food. Just imagine the environmental impact…
Revelation 8:7-12 7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. *A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.* 8 The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. 10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water- 11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. 12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. What would happen to the grass, trees, rivers, oceans and the sky if there were a string of nuclear attacks around the world? How would a man in 90 A.D. describe technology 2000 years in the future? Would something like an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead look like a mountain ablaze in the ocean when it hit? Would a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) appear to look like a star that breaks up into pieces and hits multiple areas? How would the sky look multiple nuclear blasts? Would it reduce the light from the sun, moon and stars? Revelation 6:5-8 5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, *“Two pounds of wheat for a day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages,* and do not damage the oil and the wine!” --Two pounds of wheat is enough to make two loaves of bread. Imagine needing to spend a whole day's pay just to be able to afford bread. 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, *famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.*
_No Blade Of Grass_ was one of the first post-apocalyptic films I ever saw--in a heavily expurgated version on late-night TV. I _loved_ how bleak it is!
Hey, Cecil! I love these kinds of Overlooked Films videos you do! Do you think that for this year you can do a top 10 best of the year and worst of the year videos? Not only do I miss those, since it's been a while since you last did one, but they were also a way for me to discover films that I wasn't aware of! Your top 10 best of lists were among my favorites because of how unique your lists were since you clearly were making up your own mind as to what films you thought were the best and not following what Rotten Tomatoes said or whatever films were trending during awards season. I really hope you plan on returning to those top 10 best of the year videos (and worst of the year videos) again. Please go back to them this year! Thanks, Cecil!
been a long time watcher of this channel and you have guided me through an unforgettable and invaluable filmmaking journey. you were one of the first film enthusiasts that i started watching and it has taught me a great lesson. i can't remember an overlooked italian post apocalypse flick on top of my head, but one of Red Letter Medias BOTW videos were a post apocalypse italian flicks and there are great ones there
As a fanatical Post Apo-Movie Collector and Fan, I watched this video in the assumption that I know all of these movies. Thanks to you, I just added „Knights“ to my dvd Collection (there is a french dvd, which includes the original language). So there you go!
Excellent research. I'm not sure if you have it in a previous video but a TV movie called "Where Have All the People Gone? " is a very doomsday end-of-the-world type film on a budget. Although The movie takes place on the day of the disaster not years afterwards. It stars Peter Graves who some might remember as the host/narrator of "The Light of Zartha" in MIB.
Hands of Steel cover art was very iconic here in Brazil (well, to me at least). A toy company ripped off the cover art and released a very popular line of military/soldier action figures named SOS Comandos to compete with GI Joes 3 3/4 (named Comandos em Ação here in Brazil). Those toys were everywhere, bet most people here know the toys but don’t know the movie… Great video though! Thank you very much!!!
All look like an interesting watch especially "No Blade of Grass". Cecil have you seen "Where have all the people gone..." from 1974 with Peter Graves. It's a decent / watchable post apocalypse made for TV movie it's on TH-cam.
“You come all this way out saying squat and now you're trying to tell me that a '56 Chevy could beat a '48 Buick in a dead quarter mile? I liked you better when you weren't saying squat kid... Go to bed.”
Yes, thanks for mentioning World Gone Wild! I love that movie. The song played over the ends credits is awesome. Have you talked about Dune Warriors, Slipstream, Cherry 2000, Hell Comes to Frogtown, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, or America 3000? Or maybe Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds? Le Dernier Combat deserves a ton of respect as well.
One really good obscure post apocalypse movie that I watched allot when I was young back in the mid 2000s is the 1995 movie Steel Frontier staring Joe Lara and Brion James
My friends and I loved Knights and rented it all the time. Prototype was that video where the box art stood out but we just never pulled the trigger on renting it no matter how many times we considered it.
Another great new video, Cecil. I love 1993's Knights. I will try & get the dvd & I have definitely heard of Hands of Steel. so I will be adding it to my tubi watchlist. :)
World Gone Wild is a favorite of mine....It's another 7 Samurai riff. Bruce Dern is great just for his wardrobe a lone. Fun fact, he wears a tshirt referencing Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh the subject of the Wild Wild Country documentary from a few years back about the cult that took over an Oregon town.
I can think of one post apocalyptic movies that you might find interesting - "The Ultimate Warrior" staring Yul Brenner, Max Von Sydow, and William Smith. It could act as a sequel to "No Blade of Grass" in that it's set in the then year 2012, when all of the grass has died out to to some virus and what's left of mankind is barricaded in a small city block protecting the only clean water and hybrid grain supply. Yup Brenner, wearing his cowboy outfit from "The Magnificent Seven", plays Carson, a warrior for hire, who is tasked with escorting Max Von Sydow's daughter out of the city and to an island off the coast of the Carolina's, where he's heard that society is rebuilding. William Smith plays "Carrot", the leader of the gang sent to stop Carson. It can be found on DVD on a double bill with "Battle Beneath the Earth".
Oh! That reminds me! Have you ever seen Circuitry Man? My buddy Joe went to school with the director in the MBA program at Central European University in Budapest. It's freakin' amazing--easily one of the best low-budget, cheese-as-hell cyberpunk films I have EVER seen.
Holy shit! No Blade of Grass? That has GOTTA be a deep cut, dude! That is a film as far as I know that no one ever talks about! I really hope VinSyn gets to restore it on Blu-Ray since they have good ties with MGM. As for other post-apocalyptic films, you can't get any better than A Boy and His Dog (1975) and The Salute of the Jugger (1989) which you recently featured here.
No Blade of Grass, yes! I think I recommended this to you before! this is dystopian though, not post-apocalyptic also check out: Terminal Island The Final Programme
Hell of a batch this time. And not only with the always classy John Saxon, but also with Big Ape himself! I've heard a lot about No Blade of Grass, and it all seems like the movie has the very dark, depressing motif of a lot of 70's sci-fi. Just from the little bit you showed in the video, Knights has some solid fight choreography. Everything I saw looked spot on. Prototype was one of those permanent residents of the video store that was always very noticeable thanks to the costume, but somehow I never got around to watching it. I'll have to correct that. One question inspired by a photo in the overview of the first movie though. Is corn grass?
Watched World Gone Wild on late night cable in late 80s. Was one of my go-to movies for years. Fun action flick. Also has a killer soundtrack with music from Steve Jones of Sex pistols.
I literally thought the virus "specifically striking the grass family" was a clever pun in the title and the whole movie would be a claustrophobic study of Mr. and Mrs. Grass and their children suffering with a plague that only affects them.
I've known about Hands of Steel and Prototype, but not of the rest but look and sound really cool! Prototype I knew of the poster but the robot reminded me of the ones in Apex. Finding out it was the same director in this vid, made it click, dude loved his Killer robots. Hope you do another one of these, you're the best when it comes to this genre. One of my favorites is a film called Virus: The Day of Resurrection, which is from the battle royale director, Kinji Fukasaku. It's a got a really engaging story with interesting twists on a large scale, which is amazing given it's budget being the highest in japan. It also has a fair share of american actors like George kennedy, Edward James Olmos, and Vic morrow in it.
Cornell Wilde stared in a movie I think you covered Gargoyles. Think he was up for an academy award for a movie I haven’t seen for decades Naked Prey about fighting for survival in Africa
I haven't read every comment, so forgive me if these are repeats, but PM Entertainment made a film called Steel Frontier with Joe Lara that had some pretty great stunts. And 2013's Bounty Killer is a fun Mad Max ripoff with some good desert chase sequences.
I just looked on TH-cam and found that Knights available on there. It says it was added on there 13 days ago. I thought you might like to know. Thank you for turning me on to this movie.
I'm torn about "Six-String Samurai" not being on the list. (IMHO it should be mandatory viewing for all Fallout: New Vegas players) On one hand, it's an amazing movie, on the other hand, *NOT* being on the list means it's not overlooked?
“The quiet earth” is currently on TH-cam, but it’s super slow moving, and only technically post apocalyptic. More of the “last man on earth” trope. It’s an old NZ film
90's me watched so many of these movies mentioned in this series, that or either all the covers are super familiar. Because then it was all about the cover art.
Hunter Prey (2010) I remember enjoying watching. Not heavy post apocalypse more sci-fi, does take place in the desert. I'd be interesting in hearing what others think of it.
Ah man those are some serious bottom shelf of blockbuster fodder. Love to see you cover APEX, one of my favourite goofy sci fi post apocalyptic time travel b-movies.
I haven't seen a "new" post-apocalyptic film in years. The last one was _The Bad Batch,_ and I'm not sure if that wasteland was really a post-apocalyptic world or just the wilderness where the future society throws away its parias. I liked that movie but I don't know if recomend it, its a very "artsy for stoners" romp
You had me at Catherine Mary Stewart... The World gone wild bluray is quite cheap, I think I'll give it a try. And about Knights: Even the old VHS is bloody expensive! What a shame...
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Turbo Kid was an excellent post-apocalyptic film that I saw which was released fairly recently. It basically is a combination of the action, science fiction, superhero, and post-apocalyptic genres. It's a film where clean water is scarce after wars have ravaged the landscape and a vicious gang strong-arms the surviving population. It's an hidden gem with gratuitous violence and blood. Keep up the good work!
Doubly that for Turbo Kid. I saw it in the theatres and it's like the ultimate italian exploitation post apoc film in it's tones with alot of Dead Alive cartoon violence along with it.
Turbo Kid is amazing! Love that one.
I like the movie but I only watched it once. The ending is too depressing.
Turbo kid is an awesome game too
Got to admire Cecil's encyclopedia for Post apocalyptic movies.
He has to be the world's foremost expert
@@starkparker16 right beside Jay Bauman
You know, I always prided myself on having seen and admired movies most people have never heard of. Cecil makes me look like a casual filmgoer. I have never even HEARD of these five flicks, but now, I have to track them down and watch them somehow.
Thanks for the head's up, Cecil! Great job, as usual!
So glad you mentioned World Gone Wild. It's one of those movies I saw far too young that burned itself in my brain and never left.
Split Second was an amazing find back in 2019, it was released in 1992, and is a sci-fi horror film that stars Rutger Hauer as a cop from the "near future" of 2008, that goes after a "not so human" killer. It is not exactly a masterpiece, but it is loads of fun.
I'm from Arizona myself so I'm familiar with Hands of Steel!!! Glad you shined a spotlight on that underrated masterpiece!!!!
Also, John Saxon is a badass!!!!
Thank you for another great video!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Though, if you live in a town where he happens to be sheriff...move.
Pack your stuff and get the heck outta there as fast as you can. It's just a matter of time before a slasher villain turns up. The odds increase exponentially if you happen to spot Donald Pleasence wandering around.
Pyun obviously has a thing for female kickboxers.
Don't we all?
Cecil, an "Exploring" episode on Six-String Samurai would be fantastic if possible.
Knights took the longest to find, had to go to Google for that one, but managed to find all 5 to watch online. Thank you for these videos. It is good having recommendations like these for whenever I have time to watch them.
Gonna be honest here, usually these "5 things" videos are 3 or 4 things I've seen, and 1 that I need to check out because I haven't seen it yet.
This one though, I've only seen 2 of these (Prototype and Knights). Thanks as always, Cecil! I gotta get on finding these!
Cheers!!
Excellent! Hope you enjoy them :)
I saw all of these films back in the day, It's my first full plate Bingo on this channel. :D
Huzzah! It happens occasionally :)
Not sure I'd watch any of these, but thanks for covering them! Always love sci-fi/post-apoc content!
0:30 "a rise in cannibalism" you say this as if cannibalism was a common thing 😀
How many actual cows have you seen in your life?
@@briang9581 when I was 3 or 4, my grandma took me on rides on the back of her bicycle and whenever we stopped by the cow pasture, the cows came to great us. some of them made noises which sounded like coughing to me, so I told me grandma to fetch some cough sirup for the sick cows 🙃
I have seen countless of cows, they live amongst us and we live amongst them, why are you asking?
We should play a drinking game. Every time Cecil says, "It is not available for streaming", take a shot. "But it's on TH-cam", take two shots. If he mentions it's on DVD or on a streaming service, finish the bottle. Say goodbye to your liver 🤣
I'm sorry, but I don't want to die.🤣🤣
Are you TRYING to give people alcohol poisoning?! 🥃
I have a feeling that somebody will actually try this "Drinking Game"
the cost of streaming services combined is probably more than it costs dropping another cap.
Prototype is such a chill good time. Have a pizza and a few beers and you're good.
You know how screwed we’d be without grass? Yes corn, wheat, and rice, but also oats, millet, barley (so no beer), sugarcane, bamboo, and by extension grass fed cattle. All of those were just how it would affect food. Just imagine the environmental impact…
Also one of the possible requirements for a ride. If not given for free.
@@richardrobbins387 yeah, all that’s left is ass gas
Revelation 8:7-12
7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. *A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.*
8 The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, 9 a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water- 11 the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
What would happen to the grass, trees, rivers, oceans and the sky if there were a string of nuclear attacks around the world? How would a man in 90 A.D. describe technology 2000 years in the future? Would something like an intercontinental ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead look like a mountain ablaze in the ocean when it hit? Would a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) appear to look like a star that breaks up into pieces and hits multiple areas? How would the sky look multiple nuclear blasts? Would it reduce the light from the sun, moon and stars?
Revelation 6:5-8
5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, *“Two pounds of wheat for a day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages,* and do not damage the oil and the wine!”
--Two pounds of wheat is enough to make two loaves of bread. Imagine needing to spend a whole day's pay just to be able to afford bread.
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, *famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.*
@@JacobPaul-ix7oc why are you quoting fairy tales as if they're reality? Lol
You had me at no beer!
You had me at Adam Ant.
The Ultimate Warrior 1975 With Yul Brynner should be on a list like this :)
Amen.
Oh hell yeah!
First time anyone has ever come up with a list of PA movies where I’ve only seen one of them! Thank you sir!
_No Blade Of Grass_ was one of the first post-apocalyptic films I ever saw--in a heavily expurgated version on late-night TV. I _loved_ how bleak it is!
You have to appreciate to seamless pivot from Hubbard to Manson.
Hey, Cecil! I love these kinds of Overlooked Films videos you do! Do you think that for this year you can do a top 10 best of the year and worst of the year videos? Not only do I miss those, since it's been a while since you last did one, but they were also a way for me to discover films that I wasn't aware of! Your top 10 best of lists were among my favorites because of how unique your lists were since you clearly were making up your own mind as to what films you thought were the best and not following what Rotten Tomatoes said or whatever films were trending during awards season. I really hope you plan on returning to those top 10 best of the year videos (and worst of the year videos) again. Please go back to them this year! Thanks, Cecil!
been a long time watcher of this channel and you have guided me through an unforgettable and invaluable filmmaking journey. you were one of the first film enthusiasts that i started watching and it has taught me a great lesson. i can't remember an overlooked italian post apocalypse flick on top of my head, but one of Red Letter Medias BOTW videos were a post apocalypse italian flicks and there are great ones there
Thanks for the recommendations, Cecil. You've always been very knowledgeable about post-apocalyptic films.
You are very welcome! It is one of my major areas of expertice.
Wow, World Gone Wild was one of those very hidden gems. I can remember being really impressed by that one. Great pick.
Knights is the first one that came to my mind for rarely mentioned post apocalyptic movies! Nice to see I wasn't the only one who watched it xD
I haven't heard of ANY of these. Amazing work Cecil!
As a fanatical Post Apo-Movie Collector and Fan, I watched this video in the assumption that I know all of these movies. Thanks to you, I just added „Knights“ to my dvd Collection (there is a french dvd, which includes the original language).
So there you go!
You are welcome! :)
Excellent research.
I'm not sure if you have it in a previous video but a TV movie called "Where Have All the People Gone? " is a very doomsday end-of-the-world type film on a budget. Although The movie takes place on the day of the disaster not years afterwards. It stars Peter Graves who some might remember as the host/narrator of "The Light of Zartha" in MIB.
Nothing to do with post apocalyptic movies but even after 50 years, whenever I hear "El Segundo". I think back fondly to Redd Foxx.😊
Thank you for spotlighting Knights. Love that movie. Still bummed the sequel never materialized.
Hands of Steel cover art was very iconic here in Brazil (well, to me at least). A toy company ripped off the cover art and released a very popular line of military/soldier action figures named SOS Comandos to compete with GI Joes 3 3/4 (named Comandos em Ação here in Brazil). Those toys were everywhere, bet most people here know the toys but don’t know the movie…
Great video though! Thank you very much!!!
Thanks for the added info!
I love these overlooked films videos. I usually recognize at least some of them, but I don't recall any of these!
All look like an interesting watch especially "No Blade of Grass". Cecil have you seen "Where have all the people gone..." from 1974 with Peter Graves. It's a decent / watchable post apocalypse made for TV movie it's on TH-cam.
Great picks, a few of these are very nostalgic to me.
Wait, no Six String Samurai? Vegas needs a new King!
“You come all this way out saying squat and now you're trying to tell me that a '56 Chevy could beat a '48 Buick in a dead quarter mile? I liked you better when you weren't saying squat kid... Go to bed.”
i remember loving everything but the action in that movie
KNIGHTS is a lot of fun and let's all hope it gets the 4k treatment or at least a well-done blu-ray re-release.
Knights!
I did think "Kinda old looking flesh on that cyborg" as a kid.
RIP Julius Carrey
RIP John Saxon
Thanks GBF for always giving me something new to hunt.
You are welcome!
Yes, thanks for mentioning World Gone Wild! I love that movie. The song played over the ends credits is awesome. Have you talked about Dune Warriors, Slipstream, Cherry 2000, Hell Comes to Frogtown, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, or America 3000? Or maybe Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds? Le Dernier Combat deserves a ton of respect as well.
So glad to see Knights finally getting some love - that is a way underappreciated movie!
Another great rundown, Cecil. No Blade of Grass sounds interesting. And Kathy Long with Gary Daniels and Henricksen?? Yes please! 😎
I'd recommend The Road. It's a brutal and tragic tale of a father and son trying to survive the apocalypse.
I loved Knights. Came across it on HBO by chance in the early 90's and remember it fondly.
One really good obscure post apocalypse movie that I watched allot when I was young back in the mid 2000s is the 1995 movie Steel Frontier staring Joe Lara and Brion James
There are so many post apocalyptic movies. Love it!
You seriously need to do a review on Hell Comes to Frogtown, just because of how hilariously insane its plot is.
My friends and I loved Knights and rented it all the time. Prototype was that video where the box art stood out but we just never pulled the trigger on renting it no matter how many times we considered it.
Another great new video, Cecil. I love 1993's Knights. I will try & get the dvd & I have definitely heard of Hands of Steel. so I will be adding it to my tubi watchlist. :)
World Gone Wild is a favorite of mine....It's another 7 Samurai riff. Bruce Dern is great just for his wardrobe a lone.
Fun fact, he wears a tshirt referencing Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh the subject of the Wild Wild Country documentary from a few years back about the cult that took over an Oregon town.
I can think of one post apocalyptic movies that you might find interesting - "The Ultimate Warrior" staring Yul Brenner, Max Von Sydow, and William Smith. It could act as a sequel to "No Blade of Grass" in that it's set in the then year 2012, when all of the grass has died out to to some virus and what's left of mankind is barricaded in a small city block protecting the only clean water and hybrid grain supply. Yup Brenner, wearing his cowboy outfit from "The Magnificent Seven", plays Carson, a warrior for hire, who is tasked with escorting Max Von Sydow's daughter out of the city and to an island off the coast of the Carolina's, where he's heard that society is rebuilding. William Smith plays "Carrot", the leader of the gang sent to stop Carson. It can be found on DVD on a double bill with "Battle Beneath the Earth".
Oh! That reminds me! Have you ever seen Circuitry Man? My buddy Joe went to school with the director in the MBA program at Central European University in Budapest. It's freakin' amazing--easily one of the best low-budget, cheese-as-hell cyberpunk films I have EVER seen.
Holy shit! No Blade of Grass? That has GOTTA be a deep cut, dude! That is a film as far as I know that no one ever talks about! I really hope VinSyn gets to restore it on Blu-Ray since they have good ties with MGM.
As for other post-apocalyptic films, you can't get any better than A Boy and His Dog (1975) and The Salute of the Jugger (1989) which you recently featured here.
You should do a 5 overlooked GOOD BAD FLICKS episodes, episode 😉
No Blade of Grass, yes! I think I recommended this to you before!
this is dystopian though, not post-apocalyptic
also check out:
Terminal Island
The Final Programme
Thanks! I did a video on Terminal Island a while ago :)
Hell of a batch this time. And not only with the always classy John Saxon, but also with Big Ape himself! I've heard a lot about No Blade of Grass, and it all seems like the movie has the very dark, depressing motif of a lot of 70's sci-fi. Just from the little bit you showed in the video, Knights has some solid fight choreography. Everything I saw looked spot on. Prototype was one of those permanent residents of the video store that was always very noticeable thanks to the costume, but somehow I never got around to watching it. I'll have to correct that.
One question inspired by a photo in the overview of the first movie though. Is corn grass?
The best recent post-apocalyptic film is: Turbo Kid (2015), the main villain is played by Michael Ironside.
Turbo Kid!!! Best modern PA film
Watched World Gone Wild on late night cable in late 80s. Was one of my go-to movies for years. Fun action flick. Also has a killer soundtrack with music from Steve Jones of Sex pistols.
I ❤ John Saxton. Slot of greats in the films listed.
Thank you, I was trying to remember the title for World Gone Wild the other day. 😂
Knights! One of my favorites!
Another Albert Pyun with similar premise is Omega Doom with Rutger Hauer and another riff on the Yojimbo plot
I literally thought the virus "specifically striking the grass family" was a clever pun in the title and the whole movie would be a claustrophobic study of Mr. and Mrs. Grass and their children suffering with a plague that only affects them.
A personal favorite of mine from the 80s is Solarbabies!
I've known about Hands of Steel and Prototype, but not of the rest but look and sound really cool! Prototype I knew of the poster but the robot reminded me of the ones in Apex. Finding out it was the same director in this vid, made it click, dude loved his Killer robots.
Hope you do another one of these, you're the best when it comes to this genre.
One of my favorites is a film called Virus: The Day of Resurrection, which is from the battle royale director, Kinji Fukasaku. It's a got a really engaging story with interesting twists on a large scale, which is amazing given it's budget being the highest in japan. It also has a fair share of american actors like George kennedy, Edward James Olmos, and Vic morrow in it.
Cornell Wilde stared in a movie I think you covered Gargoyles. Think he was up for an academy award for a movie I haven’t seen for decades Naked Prey about fighting for survival in Africa
Great video Cecil!! 'Knight Riders - 1981' would be a great video for you to make.
This is post apocalypse manifest.
That guy actually died last week 😢
Tata and farewell!
Never heard of "World Gone WIld" but now I want to see it.
I haven't read every comment, so forgive me if these are repeats, but PM Entertainment made a film called Steel Frontier with Joe Lara that had some pretty great stunts. And 2013's Bounty Killer is a fun Mad Max ripoff with some good desert chase sequences.
Props for using a Lord Bowler still for Julius Carry.
I figured it would be the best choice :)
Sho' 'nuff.
I just looked on TH-cam and found that Knights available on there. It says it was added on there 13 days ago. I thought you might like to know. Thank you for turning me on to this movie.
Hope you enjoy it!
Thanks. I watched it and you were right. It is an entertaining movie.
The plot point of cyborgs using blood as fuel reminds me of Ultrakill’s robots needing blood for fuel.
I'm torn about "Six-String Samurai" not being on the list. (IMHO it should be mandatory viewing for all Fallout: New Vegas players)
On one hand, it's an amazing movie, on the other hand, *NOT* being on the list means it's not overlooked?
Love me some post-apocalyptic recommendations.
in this day and age any "post apocalyptic" films would be "apocalyptic" LOL Love the videos sir X)
Thanks!
As a fellow Post Apocalyptic film enjoyer, I'd recommend Badland Hunters or Love and Monsters both available on Netflix.
1:38 As a lover of pointless foreign subtitles, this isgreat. It says "Knights - The knights of the future"
“The quiet earth” is currently on TH-cam, but it’s super slow moving, and only technically post apocalyptic. More of the “last man on earth” trope. It’s an old NZ film
The Quiet Earth is seriously in my top 5 films of all time. I adore it.
Too good to be "good bad." On the other hand, Def-Con 4 is just bad enough to be.
90's me watched so many of these movies mentioned in this series, that or either all the covers are super familiar. Because then it was all about the cover art.
I love that you recommend movies that RLM trashed on their show :D
TIL there is an arm wrestling movie not named Over The Top.
Thanks I have been looking for knights. I could never find it after seeing it coming soon on puppetmaster vhs
Kris Kristofferson AND Lance Henriksen, and I've never heard of the movie "Knights"?! MAN I love this channel!!
I'm doing my job then :)
Hunter Prey (2010) I remember enjoying watching. Not heavy post apocalypse more sci-fi, does take place in the desert. I'd be interesting in hearing what others think of it.
I saw No Blade of Grass a long time ago. It terrified me. I needed to watch it only once to be convinced that ecology is fundamental.
The one with John Saxon! HELL YEAH!
Ah man those are some serious bottom shelf of blockbuster fodder. Love to see you cover APEX, one of my favourite goofy sci fi post apocalyptic time travel b-movies.
“It wasn’t especially large… but it felt hard.” Hands of Steel
I haven't seen a "new" post-apocalyptic film in years. The last one was _The Bad Batch,_ and I'm not sure if that wasteland was really a post-apocalyptic world or just the wilderness where the future society throws away its parias. I liked that movie but I don't know if recomend it, its a very "artsy for stoners" romp
Thanks! I'll give that one a look. As some other people reminded me, if you haven't seen you should check out Turbo Kid. Fantasticly fun movie.
@@GoodBadFlicks I've seen TurboKid too, its amazing... and for a movie full of gory mutilations, its oddly wholesome
Just watched Hands of Steel. Not too bad, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Foreign film called, Hell. Sun shines 24hrs day, causing droughts, starvation etc.
Great video. Thanks.
You had me at Catherine Mary Stewart...
The World gone wild bluray is quite cheap, I think I'll give it a try.
And about Knights: Even the old VHS is bloody expensive! What a shame...
Rightfully overlooked
Michael Jai White + post apocalyptic = amazing movie that needs to be made.
I remember seeing Knights on one of my local tv stations on one or those weekend movie blocks, i couldn't remember the title, now I know!
I love the Prototype movie in hands of Steel both of them are awesome
My Uncle designed the robots in A.P.E.X!! I have the signed copy of the VHS!
Awesome!