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For a low budget B movie, this was great sci-fi...

posted 4 years ago by darb112 (95)
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There is a lot of bang for your buck here. The director who also plays the lead role as NEWMAN is really good and believable. I liked the narration throughout the movie. The story was very cool sci-fi. I'm really glad I found this lost gem. The IMDB rating of 4.2 is tragic as idiots obviously rating it thinking they are watching a movie with 300 million budget. For what this is, I rated it a solid 6 and look forward to watching it again for a second time.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 4 years ago

I’ve never seen this one but I’m adding it to my list! 👍

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 4 years ago

I’m starting it now and Sid Haig is in it! 👍👍👍

[–] thingmakersback (1273) 4 years ago

It's not actually good... But I do love it. And it has a score by John Morgan that is the best imitation Bernard Herrmann (Think Mysterious Island) I have ever heard.
Forrest J. Ackerman has a role in it too. And I think Jim Danforth appears briefly, having contributed some sfx... The spaceship footage, which was not that great, nevertheless appears in a number of other low budget films thereafter.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 4 years ago

I just finished it and your right, it’s not good but damn it has heart. I swear some of those gunfights in the end were filmed with live ammo. Sid Haig was criminally under used in this.

Newman was more of a bad ass than I could have expected.

[–] darb112 (95) 4 years ago

I'm glad you kinda enjoyed it. You are right, it had a lot of heart. The director Steve Barkett only directed one more movie called "Empire of the Dark". I found it on youtube. I'll watch it soon and report back.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 4 years ago

I just watched it this morning and I can’t believe he waited so many years to do another and then stopped at two!

[–] darb112 (95) 4 years ago

NEWMAN did it again...well he wasn't NEWMAN in "Empire of the Dark", but another very solid movie. I wish he would have made more. He's a good character and he pretty much did everything in making his movies. I liked THE AFTERMATH a little more because of the space sci-fi angle, but I highly recommend both.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 4 years ago

I was wishing his name Newman in Empire of the Dark also! Chuck Norris finally has a worthy competitor! Wait a minute, screw that. He is a notch above Norris and is on the Reb Brown level now.

[–] rateater (9556) 4 years ago

wow can't believe i missed this one. now own the bluray. in my postapocalyptic collection forever.