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Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 10:16 pm Post subject: The Ultimate Warrior (1974)

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A plague destroys civilization in the 21st century, and the ruins of New York are populated by armed gangs and ragged lunatics.

Yul Brynner plays a tough, knife-wielding survivalist. Max Von Sydow is a kind of fuedal lord, the leader of the biggest gang in the city, a man who stock-piles the last of civilizations treasures such as wine, cigars, etc.

Joanne Miles is a pregnant woman who is protected by Brynner as he battles his wasy through and beneath the city (in subway tunnels). There's plenty of action, even though director Robert Clouse doesn't treat this potentially good premises as well as he should have. John Carpenter had the same problem with "Escape from New York".
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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Pow · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:00 am Post subject:

One of my fav actors, Big Bill Smith, co-stars in this movie.

Never have seen anyone who is as fierce & intimidating as Bill is on screen.

Bogmeister · Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:59 am Post subject:

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THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR directed by ROBERT CLOUSE

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A double feature DVD was released not too long ago, on which this film was paired with BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH (1967).

This film is a little better than I remember. That reaction on my part seems to be happening a lot nowadays as I realize that a lot of films from 30 or 40 years ago are better than much of the senseless drivel released to theaters recently. The budgets are pretty low for films such as this (though this one at least had a couple of well-known stars/actors — Brynner & Von Sydow).

But, there was at least some thought put into this.

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Morbius · Astral Engineer Joined: 25 Oct 2014 Posts: 205

Gord Green · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:15 pm Post subject:

Amen, Morbius!
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Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2024 7:38 pm Post subject:

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Indeed yes! Reality is getting much too close to some of these science fiction movies . . . Shocked

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)