Run Like Hell [1995]

The influence of The Road Warrior on bad movies cannot be overstated and this film is another one of those. However, interestingly, this film also borrows a bit from the third Mad Max movie Beyond Thunderdome and seems almost like it was predicting a bit of the future of franchise with a little bit of a Fury Road vibe. You know, if Fury Road was exploitative, had little world building, and was mostly just a martial arts movie.

In this dystopia all single women are imprisoned. Why? Unclear. It seems to have something to do with a lack of resources, but if overpopulation is the problem shouldn't you be more worried about married women? Either way, these women seem to be only given a thong and makeup while in prison aside from a few lucky ones who get bras and yes, obviously they get abused sometimes by Robert Z'Dar, the most famous person in this. One day four women escape and the film basically follows them wandering through the desert and shooting opponents. There's a couple they encounter with no real explanation. There's a ninja who helps them. There's some fight-to-the-death ring that briefly appears. They fight some android guys. Really it's unclear what the point of any of it is, but there sure is a large cast of people who mostly only get about five minutes of screen time. The film ends on a cliffhanger that Z'Dar is going to go after the escaped women, but we probably wouldn't watch a sequel even if there is one.

This film was okay. The plot was pretty boring, but there were a lot of solid acting moments and general silliness. Adam suggested that Stella Speed from Roller Blade Seven should show up and save them and honestly if the film had even more RBS vibes it would have been a lot better.

Spoon Rating: 3.5