Don't listen to the negative reviews

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

According to this craptastic 80's apocalyptic Sci-Fi fest, the future of mankind is endangered, depressing and – most of all - utterly CHEESY! Personally I don't understand why this film receives such an embarrassingly low rating around here, because it's hugely entertaining, grotesque as hell, never boring and not even that bad; really. Most reviewers around here tend to label "Warrior of the Lost World" as a low-grade and shameless imitation of "Mad Max", but I feel it's more like a crossover between the Mel Gibson classic and more specifically the insanely popular TV-show "Knight Rider", because the heroic lead character has goofy interactions with the board computer on his fancy hi-tech motorcycle. That machine is nearly too insane for words, as it shout out phrases like "Beep Bop A Loola", "Bad Mothers! Bad Mothers!", "Whoopee!", etc… This is also one of them films that start with an exaggeratedly long introduction scrolling over the screen, explaining that the earth's population was nearly extinct after a nuclear war, one tyrant took over all leadership and created the Omega Police Force (similar to the Gestapo, in fact) and outside the perimeters of the Metropolitan city it's a wasteland of different gangs and battles for survival. But there's one man, the chosen one, who will rise and bring an end to Prossor's (Donald Pleasance in yet another demented villainous role) dictatorship. All this is information is provided in the intro, so you almost start to wonder why you should even bother to watch the rest of the film. Robert Ginty, who starred in another early 80's favorite of mine called "The Exterminator", plays The Rider and he's obviously very aware of the script's questionable quality, as he doesn't have the energy to speak one of his lines convincingly. But, the professional actor he is, Ginty reluctantly does what he has to do and that includes fighting a truckload of crazed people (S&M freaks, mutants, midget lumberjacks, geeks), playfully argue with his squeaky board computer, fall in love with the Wiseman's daughter and destroy the tyrant empire. The script is entirely derivative, notwithstanding there's a surprisingly ingenious (at least, according to me) twist near the end that I honestly didn't see coming. There's zero building up tension, but the action sequences are pleasingly OTT, with multiple types of vehicles (and people) exploding to pieces and virulent gang showdowns. It was also nice to see Donald Pleasance's still fits in his Ernest Blofeld outfit! His character is the mirror image of the notorious Bond villain, only without the scar around the eye. This was a very amusing film and it's really too bad most people only remember the MST3K version.

Warrior stars Robert Ginty as The Rider, and Persis Khambatta as Nastasia. Persis is best known for her role as Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. She is very beautiful, it's really unfortunate this was about the best level of movie productions she was a part of.Warrior is a dystopian tale of a future that has roots from many stories. While the movie bears very little resemblance to great films like 1984, there are parts of the story that are similar. As well you'll see elements of Mad Max series as well.The movie starts with the The Rider being chased by the suppressive government, the Omega. Of course he defeats his foes, only to get away from one group of enemies to run into some "dorks" or "dickheads", as his motorcycle's on board computer refers to them. While escaping them, somehow he runs into a mountain and blows up his motorcycle, apparently injuring himself, or maybe even killing himself accidentally? Well, this is one of the parts that really doesn't makes sense.Next we find him in a ghostly, smoggy room with some weird characters. They shine lights from their hands and heal his wounds. There's only one thing, a deal of which he has no choice, is forced upon him to help rescue Nastasia's father from the Omega. It's that, or apparently she will just kill him again! From this point, the story continues on to develop in the typical fashion, which isn't necessarily bad. While rescuing Nastasia's father, of course she is captured and so on. There is one plot twist in the end which wasn't entirely predictable.Unfortunately, this movie has fairly low production values. Mega-Weapon isn't anything but a dump truck. The sounds that most thing makes are strange, weird, and of poor quality. For example, spiders literally squeal like mice. Actually they squeak more like tribbles, a movie connection, hhhuuhh?! Guns and helicopters make some strange sound, like whipping butter or something. The sound is also poorly recorded, and it can be difficult even to hear what The Rider is saying at times.There are a couple redeeming values. The acting isn't horrible. The story is decent. There are a lot of real stunts, such as crashing vehicles and jumping motorcycles. It's really a shame this movie was that close to being a good movie. 2/10 (maybe a 2.5)

You know, this could have been watchable, in a 'Sci Fi' channel way. No, seriously. Robert Ginty (the 'Paper Chase' guy) is completely out of his depth here, but he's actually a very good actor in the right parts. And the movie has Persis Khambatta, and Fred Williamson and Donald Pleasance, for God's sake. Williamson and Pleasance can and have carried movies before.But this one sinks like a stone and drags the actors down right along with it.The problem, of course, is this movie's director isn't fit to tie George Miller's shoelaces. And the producers wanted to exploit the Mad Max audience, but they didn't want to spend the money on scenery, photography, costumes, special effects, or extras. So what we get here is a kind of visual shorthand where our imaginations and good feelings about "Max Max" are meant to fill in the gaps: the talking motorcycle stands in for Max's Interceptor, the assault truck stands in for the tanker truck from "The Road Warrior", Robert Ginty stands in for Mel Gibson, and Megaweapon and Donald Pleasance and a parking garage are supposed to make up for the violent crazies and nomads and apocalyptic landscapes that menace the good guys.It doesn't work, of course. Doesn't even come close. All that comes to mind while you eyeball this shabby imitation of "Max Max" is, "Gee, I wish Mel Gibson would make another Max Max film, because this thing really sucks. And whoever thought of that 'Speak-and-Spell' motorcycle should never be allowed to work in movies again, because listening to it is making me bleed from the ears." Joel and the Bots covered this for MST3K, and their version is pretty funny. But don't waste your time of this otherwise.

Oh my! This really is a piece of rubbish, isn't it. Luckily, I was able to watch it accompanied by the comments of Joel and robots, a la MST3K, so the pain was bearable thanks to their ribald commentary.Anyway, without repeating too much of what the MST3K gang said, here's my take on this awful, awful movie.To make a good (har, har!) sci-fi film, it appears you only have to have a limited cast, no plot worth a damn, have lots of smoke generators and add stupid sound effects to every mechanical device. The guns were my favourite effect. Although on the face of it ordinary weapons, they make the most ludicrous (and, after a short while, highly irritating) laser-like noises every time they are fired. And that happens a lot in this film.The hero (Robert Ginty) who has all the acting ability of a cigar-store Indian, talks in a dull, disinterested manner with just a hint of drunken slur throughout the movie, leaving you wondering whether he was drugged half the time. To say his character evokes no sympathy from the audience is like saying Hitler was misguided - a gross understatement.Persis Khambatta, as the love interest, is hardly less wooden than the hero and evokes even less sympathy, if that were possible. At least she had hair in this movie. Good job too, or there would be nothing about her character that had any life at all.Donald Unpleasant makes an appearance as Dr Evil but sadly there's no Mini-Me around for laughs. Likewise Fred Williamson shows up in this turkey, though he doesn't (like most of the cast) do a heck of a lot.Add in the hero's motorcycle, which appears to have a retarded Speak 'n' Spell built into it that dispenses such banal and inane pearls of wisdom as "Bite Me" and "Tubular" and the stage is set for the most awful movie experience I've seen for a very long time. The movie isn't even so bad it's good. It's just bad. Apart from the obligatory gun-fights and crappy locations, there isn't a whole lot to this film. Of particular amusement is the constant mis-spelling of the word "Perimeter" as "Parimeter" on computer screens.The funniest part, though, was the ending, where they set up the ground for a sequel. Thank God it never materialised. It didn't, right?The MST3K guys sum this movie up nicely. "It's not so much Mad Max, as Sad Max." See it only with their guidance and plenty of beer.