Right, where do I begin!
The film's title straight away smacks of B movie desperation but I actually enjoyed this film, a 1986 film from the Ozploitation era of Australian cinematic offerings.
The screenplay smacks a little of a post apocalyptic world ala Mad Max but the world here has suffered from a series of financial shocks that have driven mid 1990s Australia into a major depression.
Marauding youths roam Sydney, stealing cars and car parts. Siphoning petrol. A 'currency' in the Mad Max films.
Here we zoom into the life of Jimmy 'Crabs' Rossini a somewhat scrawny youth who physically struggles against some of the punk life of broken Australian youth.
His nickname Crabs is another explanation which I won't delve into further!
He borrows his brothers 1956 Chevrolet and takes his girlfriend Carmen to a date at a drive in cinema.
It is that locale where the rest of the story develops. You see the drive in isn't your ordinary drive in cinema. It is a ghetto that imprisons the gangs of marauding youths and immigrants complete with an electric fence.
I'm sure Donald Trump would be proud of the idea. I'm digressing into politics!
The film develops from a somewhat ludicrous premise into a social commentary with issues such as youth unemployment, violent crime, immigration (some uncomfortable racial scenes) and poor living conditions.
The cars in the drive-in are the living quarters of the residents of the 'camp'.
The soundtrack is an ode to synthesizer 1980s music although non of the artists were commercially successful. Everything about the film is low budget.
The finale features some explosions, the requisite 1980s slow motion cars flying through the air and shootouts.
An at times intensely violent picture from cult Australian filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith who deserves further cinematic examination.
The screenplay smacks a little of a post apocalyptic world ala Mad Max but the world here has suffered from a series of financial shocks that have driven mid 1990s Australia into a major depression.
Marauding youths roam Sydney, stealing cars and car parts. Siphoning petrol. A 'currency' in the Mad Max films.
Here we zoom into the life of Jimmy 'Crabs' Rossini a somewhat scrawny youth who physically struggles against some of the punk life of broken Australian youth.
His nickname Crabs is another explanation which I won't delve into further!
He borrows his brothers 1956 Chevrolet and takes his girlfriend Carmen to a date at a drive in cinema.
It is that locale where the rest of the story develops. You see the drive in isn't your ordinary drive in cinema. It is a ghetto that imprisons the gangs of marauding youths and immigrants complete with an electric fence.
I'm sure Donald Trump would be proud of the idea. I'm digressing into politics!
The film develops from a somewhat ludicrous premise into a social commentary with issues such as youth unemployment, violent crime, immigration (some uncomfortable racial scenes) and poor living conditions.
The cars in the drive-in are the living quarters of the residents of the 'camp'.
The soundtrack is an ode to synthesizer 1980s music although non of the artists were commercially successful. Everything about the film is low budget.
The finale features some explosions, the requisite 1980s slow motion cars flying through the air and shootouts.
An at times intensely violent picture from cult Australian filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith who deserves further cinematic examination.