T2K / Post-Apocalyptic Movies

[Rainbow Six]

I didn't see this one mentioned...

Doomsday

Directed by the same guy that did Dog Soldiers, it's set in a near future Scotland that has been quarantined from the rest of the UK following the outbreak of a deadly virus.

It has homages to several post apoc films - most noticeably the Mad Max films and Escape from New York (the lead character, who is female, has a Snake Plisken style eyepatch) and is enjoyable enough if you don't take it too seriously.

[pmulcahy11b]

How did I forget that one...with the delectable Rhona Mitra...I loved how her character could toss her prosthetic eye ahead of her to do recon.

[RN7]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

I didn't see this one mentioned...

Doomsday

Directed by the same guy that did Dog Soldiers, it's set in a near future Scotland that has been quarantined from the rest of the UK following the outbreak of a deadly virus.

It has homages to several post apoc films - most noticeably the Mad Max films and Escape from New York (the lead character, who is female, has a Snake Plisken style eyepatch) and is enjoyable enough if you don't take it too seriously.

Dog Soldiers was a lot better than Doomsday in my oppinion. How building a new Hadrians Wall and letting Scotland collapse into anarchy would stop an epidemic is anyones guess. All the Scottish nationalists must have loved watching England abandon them and saving themselves. I mean its not like Scotland is a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with no air or seaports. The Scottish cannibals were good however!

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by RN7

How building a new Hadrians Wall and letting Scotland collapse into anarchy would stop an epidemic is anyones guess.

It turned out that it didn't; it just delayed the epidemic from getting out for about 20 years. Hence the reason for the character Rhona Mitra played -- find out how the few who did survive the epidemic did so and bring it back. But, as others have said, such movies are best not watched with a critical eye.

[RN7]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

It turned out that it didn't; it just delayed the epidemic from getting out for about 20 years. Hence the reason for the character Rhona Mitra played -- find out how the few who did survive the epidemic did so and bring it back. But, as others have said, such movies are best not watched with a critical eye.

I suppose its a bit pointless thinking too hard about things that actually make sense in these films, but suprisingly it did miss out on an Oscar.

[RN7]

Anybody looking forward to the Expendables 2.

All the boys are back; Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis and Arnie. Don't know about Mickey Rourke but a lot of others are also going to be in it including Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steve Austin who I think dies in the last one, and possibly Charlie Sheen, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta and others.

No coherant plot, not much acting, but loads of action. Can't wait!

[Schone23666]

I had decent expectations of "The Expendables" and after watching it...well, my feelings were mixed.

No, I didn't expect any great big coherent story...but was it me or was there some serious cliches in the movie overall that bugged me? Well, that and this was after I watched Stallone's last "Rambo" film which I think was one of his best. Oddly enough, it's said some audience members were rolling their eyes at the amount of carnage in the film, such as when Rambo operates the M2 .50 cal Browning. It seems many still don't realize just what kind of damage a .50 cal round will do to an average human sized target...

Anyway, getting back on track, I think the problem with Expendables is that they hyped way too much on the star billing. Yeah, it wasn't bad...but I just wish they'd focused a bit more on the movie itself, but I digress. To each their own.

[.45cultist]

Ray Milland's "Panic in the Year Zero". From what I understand a lot better than the book.