THE ROAD WARRIOR was a seminal sci-fi action flick that spawned endless imitators and ripoffs. Most well knows are films like SPACEHUNTER, CYBORG, TANK GIRL, or even big budget Hollywood films like WATERWORLD, DOOMSDAY, or TURBO KID (which is a loving homage to these knockoff films and not the originator of the genre). Lesser known are the Italian knockoffs, like 1990: THE BRONX WARRIORS or THE NEW BARBARIANS. Even lesser known are the Roger Corman produced Filipino knockoffs, which are my personal favorites of all the post-apocalyptic warriors-of-the-wasteland knockoffs. In this one, the world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalyptic event, which leads our hero, Stryker, to help a beautiful woman who knows where the last spring still exists, though guarded by fierce Amazonian warriors. From the writer of "The Unholy Rollers" and "Vampire Hookers" (and also several Care Bears episodes) and the director of HELL HOLE, NAKED FORCE, and CAGED HEAT II: STRIPPED TO FREEDOM, you know to moderate your expectations. However, director Cirio H. Santiago is an exploitation director who brings more flair to his low budget pictures than most. He's actually made my favorite low budget Max Max ripoff, WHEELS OF FIRE (that is unless you count CHERRY 2000 as a Mad Max ripoff, but I feel like Cherry is it's own special thing). Besides providing some solid action sequences, Santiago adds lots of little touches, like some highly entertaining Jawa-like creatures that are wonderful. He also gets the most out of his barren locations and makes them look truly bizarre at times. Overall, don't go into this expecting something on the level of THE ROAD WARRIOR, but if you have a love of cheesy sci-fi flicks you picked out at the video store because they had rad VHS box art, then you're in for a treat with this one.