The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983) - Grab your 'mudda'

Rare is it that you can simply review and entire film with one sentence, but if I don't get the 'Mad Max' rip-off out of my system now I'll be just typing it over and over again.  It's a 'Mad Max' rip off.

Set in the distant future where whatever is left of humanity lives in a desert-like wasteland where water is the most valuable commodity.  Sound familiar?  Well, it doesn't end there.  A lone, scruffy road-warrior in a souped-up bruiser of a car is out to protect the innocent and punish the gang of punks who try and rule the wasteland through fear and violence.

It seems that supplies have become so scarce that the lead villain only has enough mascara and eyeliner for one eye.  Plus - and I don't know if this is because I watched a 'dubbed' version - but he repeatedly uses the phrase 'M*ther grabber.' I'm guessing this weird 'insult' or a translation replaces a slightly more 'hardcore' phrase.  Either way, every time he says it - and he says it a lot - I couldn't help but laugh.

Our (not Max at all) protagonist is a kind of cardboard cut-out, but then so is everyone else.  Probably no disrespect to the actors as they try their best, but the script really is pretty basic.  There's a kid in it quite a lot.  The film wouldn't have lost much if he wasn't in it, but he isn't as annoying as some children can be in these types of films.  Plus it's kind of funny when he gets drunk.

Is it terrible?  No.  It's perfectly watchable.  However, if you're looking for a movie like this, then I'm sure you can find one of the 'Mad Max' films lying around.  Even the worse is better than this and nowadays we have the remakes.  They're better, too.

5/10