The read
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Following World War III, four survivors at a desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Metacritic30/100
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
119 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan SharpScreenplay
- Lukas HellerScreenplay
- Jack SmightDirector
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George PeppardMaj. Eugene Denton
- Jan-Michael VincentTanner
- Dominique SandaJanice
- Paul WinfieldKeegan
- Kip NivenLt. Tom Perry
- Jackie Earle HaleyBilly
- Robert DonnerMan / Guard
- Seamon GlassMountain Man #2
- Roger CreedMountain Man
- James R. ParkesMountain Man
- Mark L. TaylorHaskins
- Bob HackmanColonel
Stills
Themes
futurebased on novel or bookpost-apocalyptic futurecockroachmotorcyclestruggle for survivalscorpionpost nuclear