MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 10/17/2000 Format:DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio:Live/Artisan Members Wishing: 10 Genres:Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Disaster Film
DVD Synopsis
This futuristic drama offers the classic story of Shane seved up with a few Mad Max moments and some interesting twists. The tale is set in the smouldering, decimated post-World War III town of Meridian, where locals scrabble to keep their meager farms watered in the midst of a desert wasteland. Bad-guys - a powerful landowner and his cronies - try to monopolize the precious local water supplies by bullying, kidnapping and even murdering citizens. To this beleaguered place comes the enigmatic swordsman/ warrior Nomad who has come in search of his mentor's killer. The town takes him on as their "Peacemaker" and he is able to end their problems and get his revenge to boot. The story was filmed on location in the deserts of South Africa. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Patrick Swayze is a mysterious nomad caught in a deadly battle for precious clean water in this post-apocalyptic thriller from Artisan Home Entertainment. Presented in standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan and with a closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Surround soundtrack, follow a new breed of warrior on an epic adventure through a brutal future in this thrilling action-adventure joyride. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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