Snapshot (1979)
Apr 27, 2010Stalker Psycho-Thriller
Trashy Australian psycho-stalker film set in the world of fashion modelling that was bizarrely passed off as a copy of Halloween in the US
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Mad Max (1979)
Mar 3, 2003Near Future Road Rage
The first of the Mad Max films and a considerable jolt if one comes to it after any of the sequels. This is an altogether different film – a grim and violent road movie more in the vein of Death Wish
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Jan 7, 2006Nuclear Accident Action Thriller
An Australian film from many of the people behind Mad Max about the cover-up of a nuclear accident. Essentially The China Syndrome with the addition of car chases
Starship (1984)
Oct 5, 2020Planetary Adventure
A planetary adventure from the director of Battlefield Earth. I waited 35 years to find a copy of this - it looked incredibly promising when I saw production artwork back in the 1980s
The Salute of the Jugger (1989)
Apr 19, 2001Post-Holocaust Sports Team
Interesting film directed by David Peoples, the screenwriter of Blade Runner, about a post-apocalyptic sports team. This avoids the cliches of the Mad Max film and creates an interesting future background
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Jul 3, 2010Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation
Hallmark TV mini-series version of the Jules Verne novel that keeps faith to the book for the most part before heading off on some colourfully exotic adventures
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
May 16, 2015Post-Holocaust Action
30 years in the making and the results are sensational. An action film so relentlessly foot-to-the-floor and full of kinetic wildness that it blows all its contemporaries away and sets the bar anew