My review was written in September 1987 after watching the film on Lightning video cassette.
"Warriors of the Apocalypse" is a subpar, Filipino-lensed fantasy film trying to fit in the "Road Warrior" mold. In regional release for over a year, with alternate titles: "Searchers of the Voodoo Mountain" and "Time Raiders". It is now a home video entry.] Set after a nuclear war 150 years in Earth's future, pic stas Michael James as Trapper, leader of a nomadic group who encounter a young guy (Franco Guerrero) who claims to be 100 years old. Together they search for the Voodoo Mountain and film shifts from desert desolation to a verdant jungle setting.
Amidst numerous battles with indians, they reach their destination, lorded over by Ken Metcalfe (who also scripted), attended by a sexy queen (Deborah Moore) and numerous scantily clad women. The heroes free the mutant slaves who are tending to Metcalfe's ancient nuclear power plant inside a cave. Finale has baddies dispatched, but with them the immortality secret is gone, James left to rebuild a new civilization from scratch.
Pic has weak English dubbing and an orchestral score that oddly evokes "The Godfather". It's a programmer with ultimately more in common with the Filipino fantasy films of the 1960s than the current "Mad Max" craze.
"Warriors of the Apocalypse" is a subpar, Filipino-lensed fantasy film trying to fit in the "Road Warrior" mold. In regional release for over a year, with alternate titles: "Searchers of the Voodoo Mountain" and "Time Raiders". It is now a home video entry.] Set after a nuclear war 150 years in Earth's future, pic stas Michael James as Trapper, leader of a nomadic group who encounter a young guy (Franco Guerrero) who claims to be 100 years old. Together they search for the Voodoo Mountain and film shifts from desert desolation to a verdant jungle setting.
Amidst numerous battles with indians, they reach their destination, lorded over by Ken Metcalfe (who also scripted), attended by a sexy queen (Deborah Moore) and numerous scantily clad women. The heroes free the mutant slaves who are tending to Metcalfe's ancient nuclear power plant inside a cave. Finale has baddies dispatched, but with them the immortality secret is gone, James left to rebuild a new civilization from scratch.
Pic has weak English dubbing and an orchestral score that oddly evokes "The Godfather". It's a programmer with ultimately more in common with the Filipino fantasy films of the 1960s than the current "Mad Max" craze.