It didn't help that I wound up watching the censored version of this film as, honestly, nudity is about the only thing that could have brought any life to this lame mess. So if a woman gets pregnant on Terminal Island, the innocent child gets punished by default? And clearly the punishment factor for women on such a place would be much harsher than it would be for a man, but why bring up logical questions? Because, when you set up a premise ripe for exploitation that doesn't even come close to delivering the shlock it should, you start to nitpick at how dumb and unrealistic the whole concept is. The level of dehumanization, abuse, torture, and general nastiness that one would expect from such a set-up is barely addressed in this flop and, instead, you kind of get this let's-build-our-own-society / romance shtick that is boring as hell and doesn't work. I've seen worse, but this movie basically blows.
The one funny part was where they build the typical Rambo-style spring trap where the sharpened stakes are tied to a small tree and impale the guy who trips it, the major flaw being the tree used as the spring is about one inch in diameter and wouldn't even have enough force to drive a thumb tack, let alone a wooden spike. It's almost symbolic of the movie itself: lame and weak.
The one funny part was where they build the typical Rambo-style spring trap where the sharpened stakes are tied to a small tree and impale the guy who trips it, the major flaw being the tree used as the spring is about one inch in diameter and wouldn't even have enough force to drive a thumb tack, let alone a wooden spike. It's almost symbolic of the movie itself: lame and weak.