Warrior of the Lost World

1985 "Only one rider can destroy the Omega Force."
2.6| 1h32m| R| en
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A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.

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Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Coventry 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.
arutha10002 I have seen "Manos Hands of Fate" and "Lazerblast" and just about every MST3K lampooned movie. This is the worst one. The main character (the Paper Chase guy, Ginty) can't act. When he isn't mumbling, he's just wooden and emotionless. The actions of the characters don't make any sense. Seriously, MST3k makes bad movies into funny-bad, but they couldn't save this one. His "supersonic motorcycle" isn't much better than a regular cycle and certainly doesn't go that fast. And the apocalyptic world he lives in looks no different than our world today (trees and grass and all that good stuff). I couldn't even laugh at the badness because it looked like the creators tried to make this one bad.
editguy Elegantly, wonderfully, deliciously bad. The only way to truly appreciate this cinematic train wreck is to watch the MST3K version (less than a minute into the opening credits, Tom Servo asks, "Is it too late to kill myself?") Robert Ginty mumbles and grumbles his "dialog", Donald Pleasance reprises his many roles as the androgenous bad-ass, and a supporting cast of extras resembling Jimmy Carter, Saddam, Bluto, and Mimi keep things moving. One of the many films that makes an inexact science of ballistics -- no one with a gun can manage to even nick another character with a shot, even at point-blank range. Worth seeing, if only to watch in sadistic delight as "Megaweapon" runs over Einstein, the squeaky-voiced, talking motorcycle.
egnerj Alright, here's how my experience with this movie went, my brother bought a copy on VHS and we watched it. And I almost died of laughter. Some people would say, "hey, if it's that pitifully funny, why not give it a bad rating?" but the thing is, it was so ungodly entertaining, that I couldn't give it possibly anything less than a nine, and the fact that it has the best theme music ever, coupled with the run time on the box being wrong, and another excellent performance by Donald Pleaeance, it was just too good to be true. So basically, go find this movie, I haven't seen the MST3k version, but would like to, it doesn't matter, all I know is that the original is a true wonder to behold.

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