For the original 'Omega Man' - be sure to check out 'The Last Man on Earth'. This no-budget film w/ Vincent Price is a bit melodramatic at times, but it has some truly inspired moments and great atmosphere. (From the book 'I Am Legend')
Sure, but it is brimming with implied, potential violence. Indeed a bleak film which , as i remember it, makes no effort to pander to the viewers expectations or desires. The british series Survivors, although badly reviewed and certainly far from perfect, was still to me a decent post-apocalyptic piece of the zombie sub-genre. But i like this kind of stuff.
another cross-genre gem: Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990) I don't completely differentiate between dystopian and post-apocalypse. Logan's Run is definitely post-nuclear fallout culture, though can be seen as dystopian. Prayer of the Rollerboys is a gang-filled post-economic collapse Los Angeles but has a touch of that classic apocalyptic wasteland vibe. Also in the hippie apocalypse film world: Gas-s-s-s by director Roger Corman featuring Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort (Harold from Harold&Maude). An experimental bio-weapon gas has been accidentally released and everyone in the world over 25 years old has dropped dead. Its got some great theme gangs much like Warriors.
One good thing about The Road is that it made me feel really, really, really happy that we don't live like this. I'm not sure I could bare having my family survive like that. bullets for everyone!
Yes! That movie has a ton of great lines. Bad Guy: "If I were you, I'd run." Buddy: "If you were me, you'd be good-lookin'."
One thing about The Road is that, it's really not about the post apocalypse, it is in fact about the bond a father shares with his son. The post apocalyptic setting is merely that, just a setting. I haven't seen the movie, but I have read the novel. From the sounds of it, most of you really liked the movie. Is it an own or rent DVD?
I bought it, the visuals are amazing and well placed. Acting is top notch, Robert Duvalls scence was seriously awe inspiring. But in hindsight I would have rented. It's not a movie your gonna watch to often... or ever again.
I watched it twice. Once on my Zune and then I tried to re-watch on the big screen, but it was too depressing.
if we're broadening up things a little bit i'll through WALL•E's name into the mix. legitimately one of my all time favorites. thanks to the positive word in this thread i'm likely to watch The Road. i'd been holding off until i finished the book (which i'm somewhere in the middle of circa 2007 or something) but might as well watch it, it does have michael k williams. Visioneers is a quality dystopia flick for fans of dark comedy/zach galifianakis deep cuts.
Agreed on all counts. Even though I'd already read the book, it took me several attempts to get through the movie on DVD. That's not because there's anything wrong with the movie ... it's true to the spirit of the book even if they toned a couple of things down. I found it "difficult" because it's so tough, and exists in such a climate of hopelessness. Some people disagree with me but I thought there was a redeeming and humanist note of hope (or at least what the protagonists call "the fire") at the ending. I think that movie failed commercially because people expected post-apocalyptic science fiction of a more conventional sort, when really, the movie is more about fathers and sons. Probably the most brutally honest post-apocalyptic movie ever made.
Nobody's touched upon those crazy Italian post apocalypse movies that came out after the Road Warrior! If you like you movies with an extra helping of cheeze, and a little bit of crapola thrown in there to boot, you should check out: 2020 Texas Gladiators The New Barbarians (aka The Warriors of the Wasteland) 2019: After the Fall of New York Endgame Stryker 1990: Bronx Warriors Exterminators of the Year 3000 Raiders of Atlantis Granted, most of these never saw release on DVD, and they can be kind of hard to come by/expensive-ish on VHS even, but I think they're totally worth it if you're a fan of bad movies/post apocalypse movies in the same vein as the Road Warrior. Here's a pretty good resource site that talks about a lot of crazy/crappy post apocalypse flicks: http://www.post-apocalypse.co.uk/index.html The site looks like shit, but hey, there's no such thing as good web design after the bomb!
Shameless has released the Bronx Warriors x 3 as a boxset, worth getting. http://www.shameless-films.com/2009/12/07/bronx-warriors-trilogy/ I showed Bronx Warriors a couple months back. Great stuff.
Being from another generation I would have to say: On the Beach - 1959 directed by Stanley Kramer staring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire. Everyone on the planet dies slowly of radiation poisoning while a nuclear submarine, captained by Gregory Peck, roams the seas looking for survivors and biding their time. No images of post-apocalyptic destruction, just vast scenes of emptiness and airlessness where humans once resided. This movie scared the shit out of me when I was 18. Dr. Strangeglove or How I learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb - 1964 directed by Stanley Krubrick staring Peter Sellers and George C Scott. Great black-comedy about the nuclear scare. Best scene: Slim Peckins riding the bomb, rodeo bucking bronco-style, to it's destruction.
In the manga shit gets really real, I can't think of anything that isn't wiped out. It's a post, pre, post apocalypse story.
On the Beach is on TCM on demand this month. I need to watch it. Here's some I love that haven't been mentioned yet. Stalker Zardoz Time of the Wolf (2003) Population 1
Great choice. Michael Haneke movies always give the audience something to think about, and that one was a lot more personal and humane than the more big-budget films tend to be. Does anyone remember "The Quiet Earth?" It was a terrific "last man on earth" film from New Zealand that got a lot of good press during its international release in 1985, but seems to have been largely forgotten to history since then. I remember thinking highly of it but haven't seen it since that time ... probably a good rental prospect.
I agree with everything written about The Road. Read the book, too. Threads is incredible, BBC showed ABC how to do The Day After properly. How many post-apocalyptic sports movies are there? I haven't seen Prayer for the Rollerboy, but there is Solarbabies, and The Blood of Heroes is one of my favorites.
Does anyone here like to read? I just helped edit a book that is about to be released called Tobacco Stained Mountain Goats. It's a post-apocalyptic story that wouldve had Charlton Heston play the lead if it was written in the early 70s. Once it's out, you can read the whole thing online for free at AnotherSky.org You can also buy the book there for the cost of printing it/shipping. There is also optional donation with the proceeds going directly to those involved in making the book.
I agree %100. I rented it. LOVED it. Bought it. Then couldn't bring myself to watch it again... Awesome but VERY dark movie. I think everyone should watch that movie. I seriously think it's the ultimate, most accurate, reality of what a post apocolyptic time would be like... Whoa. Very scary.
Yes, I've seen that one, Dean- good flick. The first half or so is really good, where the guy is just walking around doing all the things you might do if you were the last person on Earth....
I just watched the road, and didn't think it was that great. I think I was expecting too much from what everyone here's been saying. The ending bothered me since it was happy (if you can call it that.) I also think there shouldn't have been a score. Would've been even more bleak and raw. Followed it up with zombieland. Much classier.
