This grim, violent Australian production is an artless mishmash incorporating elements of The Road Warrior, 1984 , and The Most Dangerous Game. The story is set in a dystopian future society where all "deviants" (i.e. anyone whose ideas don't jive with those of the government) are interred in ...more
Year: 1981 | Running Time: 92 minutes
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DVD
$16.99ESCAPE 2000 (1981) / (WS)
This excursion into Mad Max-inspired post-apocalyptic brutality isn't the best the genre has to offer, but Escape 2000 sticks out because of its high sleaze quotient. The schlocky script uses its totalitarian future window dressing as an excuse to recycle the plot of The Most Dangerous Game. It goes heavy on the sadism and sexiness, which is a favor to the audience because the wafer-thin characterizations, haphazard plotting, and wooden dialogue would have trouble sustaining anyone's interest on ...more
- Steve Railsback - Paul Anders
- Olivia Hussey - Chris Walters
- Michael Craig - Charles Thatcher
- Carmen Duncan - Jennifer
- Noel Ferrier - Mallory
- Marina Finaly - Melinda
- John Godden - Andy
- Henry Silva
- Mark Gregory
- Lynda Stoner - Rita Daniels
- Roger Ward - Ritter
- Michael Petrovich - Tito
- Gus Mercurio - Red
- John Ley - Dodge
- Brian Trenchard-Smith - Director
- John Daly - Executive Producer
- David Hemmings - Executive Producer
- Antony I. Ginnane - Producer
- William Fayman - Producer
- Jon George - Screenwriter
- Neill Hicks - Screenwriter
- Aphrodite Kondos - Costume Designer
- Alan Lake - Editor
- Brian May - Composer (Music Score)
- Bernard Hides - Production Designer
- John McLean - Cinematographer
- John Stears - Special Effects
- George Schenck - Screen Story












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