Post-nuke Earth is a sandy, endlessly hot, orange-tinted wasteland overcome by pollution and radiation. A desert scavenger finds parts of a "M.A.R.K. 13" android partially buried in the sand, sells them to nomad Mo (Dylan McDermott), who gives them to his red-headed artist girlfriend Jill (Stacey Travis). The robot regenerates itself into a heat-sensing, merciless killing machine equipped with a buzz saw, drill, claws and machine gun that help it live by it's motto, "No flesh shall be spared."
This sci-fi thriller is thinly plotted, unpleasant and grim, but is professionally put together and slick, with one of Simon Boswell's best scores and brilliantly bleak photography by Steve Chivers. Excellent make-up and robotics from Image Animation. Some of the violence was cut to avoid an X rating in theaters, but have been restored on video (which still seems no worse than an R).
Based on the comic book "SHOK!" by Steve McManus and Kevin O'Neill (The two men had to sue to get credit, by the way), and filmed on location in London and Morocco. Iggy Pop and Motorhead's Lemmy, who both contributed to the soundtrack, have cameos.
This sci-fi thriller is thinly plotted, unpleasant and grim, but is professionally put together and slick, with one of Simon Boswell's best scores and brilliantly bleak photography by Steve Chivers. Excellent make-up and robotics from Image Animation. Some of the violence was cut to avoid an X rating in theaters, but have been restored on video (which still seems no worse than an R).
Based on the comic book "SHOK!" by Steve McManus and Kevin O'Neill (The two men had to sue to get credit, by the way), and filmed on location in London and Morocco. Iggy Pop and Motorhead's Lemmy, who both contributed to the soundtrack, have cameos.