Warrior of the Lost World (1983) User Reviews

When your hero runs into a cliff less than ten minutes into your movie you know you are in for one helluva ride!

[Aaron1375 · 3/10 · 17 February 2012]

This film comes to us from Italy, though a lot of the stars and the director are from the United States. I saw this film courtesy Mystery Science Theateer 3000 and it was something a bit different. Kind of an Italian take on the Mad Max films, but not very good. From what I have heard from interviews with the director who is a very cool guy who actually responds when you write him, he basically had to craft a movie with almost a nonexistent script and with more of just an idea. He also said that they were going to do a sequel and if they had, Donald Pleasence would be back and he was going to be ticked! The story is the main problem with this one as is the lack of budget. Also, they really should have went the route a lot of other Italian films and went into overdrive with things like gore, over the top action and some nudity! Instead, it plays out more like a direct to video film that seemed like it wanted to be a seriously weak version of Mad Max.

The story has a man riding his super motorcycle that has a very annoying voice (yes, it talks) through the very green wasteland. Yeah, Mad Max works because the desert scenery makes it look like a desolate wasteland. Here, it could not look nicer with lush trees all over the place. Well, first this rider runs afoul of this strange police force before then getting attacked by random dudes. Mad Max would have killed most of them and gotten their gas, rider simply drives around and takes bullets and arrows before crashing into a wall. He is then healed by these monk type people who have the ability to use light to heal and just forget about them as you won't see them anymore until the end as the rider meets a girl and they are soon trying to infiltrate the bad guy's place and then the guy is deserting the girl and then a scene where they are riding down the road and having an action scene fighting a garbage truck and soon everyone is happy though one guy who could have killed everyone and ruined all the plans is found out to be bad and the girl and rider mysteriously fall in love even though the film never had an area where they could find the time to get together and fall in love, they pretty much hated each other and then the rider deserted her!

This made for a very funny episode of MST3K as they had some great jokes. They also kept referring to Robert Ginty as the Paper Chase guy, in reference to the fact he was on that show. However, I thought they overdid that joke as Paper Chase was not exactly a well known show. It lasted maybe two seasons and I do not even think Ginty was a main player in it, I had never heard of the show before this episode. For the most part the jokes were great as I enjoyed watching that motorcycle get crushed also!

So this film was not all that good. It was kind of all over the place as it tried to be Mad Max, but failed miserably. They just had too many things that did not fit the Mad Max formula. They had car chases and a few vehicles and characters that one could sort of see in a Mad Max film, but then they had the greenery and nice landscape that did not work. The strange monk people that had healing abilities also did not fit. In the end just kind of a mess of a film and one of the reasons that you should have a complete script rather than just try to throw a movie together with a few ideas.

Bad Mothers! Bad Mothers!

[editguy · 2/10 · 13 February 2006]

Elegantly, wonderfully, deliciously bad. The only way to truly appreciate this cinematic train wreck is to watch the MST3K version (less than a minute into the opening credits, Tom Servo asks, "Is it too late to kill myself?") Robert Ginty mumbles and grumbles his "dialog", Donald Pleasance reprises his many roles as the androgenous bad-ass, and a supporting cast of extras resembling Jimmy Carter, Saddam, Bluto, and Mimi keep things moving. One of the many films that makes an inexact science of ballistics -- no one with a gun can manage to even nick another character with a shot, even at point-blank range. Worth seeing, if only to watch in sadistic delight as "Megaweapon" runs over Einstein, the squeaky-voiced, talking motorcycle.

Warrior of the Lost Talent

[Brian-178 · 2/10 · 18 March 2000]

What do you get when you add Donald Pleasance, a cute girl, Jimmy Carter, and the Paperchase guy? A good movie, right? WRONG! You get an hour and a half of sleep. Although, there is a bright side to the film (surprised?): MegaWeapon!!! If you are a fan of MST3K than you'll love the riffs on this disasterpiece. "Frank, push the button."

Warrior, come out to pla-ay!

[zmaturin · 1/10 · 15 November 2001]

A "Star Wars"-style word scroll informs us that the nuclear war has been fought, leaving the Earth a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but the world we see in the movie isn't very wastelandy at all, what with all the scenic country roads and large office complexes. We meet "The Warrior" (Robert Ginty), a completely average and fairly loathsome guy who crashes his "Supersonic Speed Cycle" into a very obvious and easily avoidable wall. This convinces some fey, robe-clad elderly types that he is some sort of chosen one, so Fred "Hammer" Williamson and Persis "Star Trek" Kambata (with hair) enlist him to help save her Jimmy Carter-like father from the vaguely evil Prossor (enduring fav Donald Pleasance, great as always). What evil things Prossor is up to are unclear, although they involve lots of Nazi-looking guards who turn into dummies when they fall off of buildings. Plus he employs lots of leather-clad S&M dancers who stretch and gyrate all over each other, which doesn't seem very evil at all to me.

Anyhoo, despite his constant whining and lack of any discernible skills, The Warrior succeeds in saving Carter, only to leave Persis behind for no reason other than him being a total jerk. He and Carter go to a fight in the desert that looks like the one from the beginning of "Any Which Way You Can", save for the monkey pooping in squad cars. After fighting a bunch of random characters (ninjas, amazons, truckers, a lumberjack dwarf, a Divine look-a-like) he gets them all to unite to take on Prossor, who employs "Megaweapon" to demolish them. Megaweapon is a giant truck modified to spurt flames out it's front and- that's about it. It's really slow and clunky and easy to avoid, but it does manage to crush Warrior's incredibly annoying bike (which, I failed to mention, talks. In a Valley Girl voice. Ick.). Megaweapon easily out-acts the unintelligible Ginty.

Some other stuff happens and they rescue Persis, following which Mr. Warrior lays a big, wet, long, nauseating kiss on her, rubbing his livery lips and stubbly beard all over her entire face for several excruciating minutes. She seems to enjoy it, even though he's a twit who left her behind to die at Prossor's hands. Oh, and there's a plot twist that fails to make any sense or have any impact on the story, but at least they put forth the effort to have a twist.

I recommend this movie to any one who gets emotionally erect over explosions. There are lots of things blowing up, sometimes in luxurious slow motion. Sometimes we get to see the same explosion from many angles. It's pyro-porno.

What fun!

[Chuckles-12 · 7 March 2002]

It is physically impossible to comprehend the joy I felt in my heart watching MegaWeapon crush that annoying talking motorcycle!

The main character sucked. Everyone but donald Pleasance also sucked. Still, it was worth more than a few laughs.

"Are the meek inheriting the earth?"

[bensonmum2 · 1/10 · 13 November 2007]

If the 80s were anything as far as movies goes, it was a decade of imitation. How many imitators did movies like Halloween and Conan "inspire" in the 80s? Another influential movie that would see a number of imitators was The Road Warrior. From Escape from the Bronx to 2019: After the Fall of New York, there were scores of mainly Italian post-apocalyptic rip-offs. Some good, some bad, but Warrior of the Lost World is easily one of the worst of the bunch. Plainly put, it's a dreadful movie. Forget about a plot – the movie doesn't have one. Characters we don't know (much less care to know) drive around on ridiculously modified motorcycles, cars, and trucks shooting at each other while dressed like some sort of Cyndi Lauper/New Wave wannabes. It's pathetic.

Warrior of the Lost World "stars" Robert Ginty, Donald Pleasence, and Fred Williamson. Ginty is The Rider – a character with marbles in his mouth who spends most of the movie with his nausea-inducing, talking motorcycle. One of the lone highlights of the movie is when the motorcycle gets crushed by a rather large truck (not to fear – much to my dismay, the motorcycle reappears later in the movie). Pleasence is obviously in it for a paycheck. By the looks of things, his scenes were filmed separately and probably shot in a day at the most. Williamson does what he always seems to do – make goofy faces at the camera. His character, like the rest of the movie, is utterly pointless.

There's really only one way to stomach something as bad as Warrior of the Lost World – catch the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the movie. It's not the best episode, but it sure beats watching the movie on its own. While I've rated the movie a 1/10, I'll give this episode a 3/5 on my MST3K rating scale.

Perhaps the Bottom 100 should be called "Mostly films from MST3000 and a few foreign films"

[planktonrules · 2/10 · 6 January 2016]

I pride myself in my knowledge and appreciation of bad films. Back in the late 1970s, Harry Medved wrote an amazingly funny and brilliant book called "The 50 Worst Movies of All Time" and it kicked off the craze to see and appreciate bad films. I actually found and watched all fifty of the films from the book and then went in search for more awful films and decided to try watching IMDb's infamous Bottom 100 list. Not all of them are available and several have no subtitles or dubbing, so I cannot possibly see them all. However, I've seen a huge number of them and have noticed an annoying trend--nearly all the American films on the list were skewered on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and MANY really bad films were never on this show--mostly because they couldn't get the royalties for all the films. Plus, other bad films have come out since the show ended. As a result, many absolutely horrid films NEVER appear on the list even though they are much worse than those featured on "MST 3000"...such as "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "They Saved Hitler's Brain", "Robot Monster", "The Room" and ALL of the films of Larry Buchanan, William Grefe and Ted Mikels! Clearly this list is NOT even close to being the 100 worst films...just the lowest rated and apparently the TV show's fans vote!

I say all this because although "Warrior of the Lost World" is a terrible film, I've seen hundreds of films that are worse. But it is bad...really bad. Part of it is because they somehow decided to use Robert Ginty in the lead. I am sure he was a nice guy but he wasn't leading man material and his biggest claims to fame had been supporting parts on the TV shows "Black Sheep Squadron" and "The Paper Chase". Also on hand are Donald Pleasance (who would appear in ANYTHING provided it paid) and Fred Williamson (ditto). As for the film itself, it really looks like it was done with almost no script--just a broad outline and lots of guys running around firing the weirdest sounding machine guns I've ever heard in a movie. And, our hero and his babe escaping again and again from some ill-defined enemy.

The bottom line is that YES this is a bad film with an excruciatingly low budget and little to recommend it. But it's not THAT bad...at least not Bottom 100 bad.

Sad Max Indeed.

[MrVibrating · 1/10 · 31 October 2005]

MST3K had a great time riffing this. The movie is very good material, and I think it's a real classic in it's genre(crappy low-budget Nineteen Eightyfour motorcycle Mad-Max ripoffs).

The movie is a great example of "so bad it's good". We have a lot of ridiculous action, which is good, since many movies like these try to have some sort of "story" which just takes time and bores you to insanity. Warrior throws that crap out of the window and concentrates on what's important.

There is a computer, Einstein(credited as "itself"), who wins the "Most annoying computer of all time"-prize without even trying. Seriously, I'd take HAL before this one. There's Ginty, referred to as "Paper Chase Guy", who is the best mumbler ever to play hero, and best of all, there's MEGAWEAPON, a huge truck with flamethrowers and spikes.

This movie is awful. But unlike Mad Max, it doesn't try to take itself seriously. It's good fun and a good MST3K episode. Watch it!

Why, Donald, Why?!?

[Gislef · 2/10 · 18 January 1999]

Donald Pleasance seems to think he's a futuristic Blofeld in this movie, but he has only the script-writers to blame. Persis Khambatta seems to have this curse about her, attracting indifferent and miscast leading men (Robert Ginty here, Barry Bostwick in Megaforce, Stephen Collins in Star Trek/Motion Picture). Umm, there's a plot, and it's some kind of attempt to cash in on the Mad Max post-apocalyptic movie crze, but the whole thing is eminently forgettable.

"This fall on NBC: black Nazis, white Ninjas and the Beige Berets."

[DarthBill · 2/10 · 24 May 2006]

A hilariously bad rip off of Mad Max - dubbed "Sad Max" by Joel Hodgson on MST3K - about a jag-off loner, played by Robert "Paper Chase Guy" Ginty, who gets caught up in a plot by the Outsiders and their Elders to overthrow an evil government tyrant played by Donald Pleasance, who must have needed the money real bad, chosen because he is "pure in spirit" despite being a total prick with very little in the way of honor, courage, nobility, etc, yet somehow able to fly helicopters and shoot straight. In order to save the day, Paper Chase Guy has to recruit a rag tag group of idiots including geeks/Renegade Burger King Window Guys, a few soldiers, a black Nazi, white Ninjas, Amazons, truckers, a dwarf lumber-jack and "the Beige Berets". The late great Star Trek chick Persis Khmbata shows up as eye candy, also presumably because she must have needed the money really bad, and Fred Williamson plays a guy who starts out with the heroes but then turns out to be a villain. Lots of car crashes, people getting beaten up, run over, shot, blown to bits, etc.

More hilarious ineptitude than you can shake a stick at, this was one of the best Mystery Science Theatre 3000 rift fests ever. It should be viewed no other way.

Bad, BAD Max

[Oosterhartbabe · 2/10 · 15 December 2005]

of all the post apocalyptic Mad Max rip-offs I've seen(and I've seen far too many), this one was one of the funniest. That's because, joining Robot Holocaust, it is one of the sincerely worst 'future' movies I've ever laughed at.

Our story begins with a blurry shot of our 'hero' riding his bike along a pleasant lane in Ohio or Vermont or someplace. This is supposed to be the post apocalyptic world of the future, and instead it looks like a lovely vacation place. I expected to see cows grazing placidly in the fields on either side of the road. He gets attacked by the cops of the future, who have spikes on their bumpers(which is how you can distinguish them from the cops of today),and talking cars a la Knight Rider. The scruffy bearded loser's..err..HERO'S souped up futuristic bike talks as well, in a truly annoying Valley Girl accent that made me want to get a flamethrower and a blow torch and just melt that thing down. The Warrior(does he have that name on his post apocalyptic drivers license I wonder?) mumbles like he's half asleep, when he's not whining at the top of his lungs. The urge to slap his mug was so strong I kicked my cat(not really)hard as a relief valve.

The bike can apparently jump higher than Evil Knievel's, and besides its amazingly irritating voice it also has armament built in. The Warrior escapes the police, then has an incomprehensible run-in with some grungy guys in a junkyard. Now this, boys and girls, is why it's best to stay out of junkyards. Some creepy people hang around there.

Anyway, doofus boy rides his bike into a wall(he's either blind or stupid. Guess which one I'm picking), and is healed by a group of mystical(i.e., they wear long white robes and drone a lot of nonsense all the time)people who claim that he's the 'Chose One'. Chosen as the world's most annoying guy? O.K., yeah, I could see that.

These toga wearing ninnies want idiot mitten to go save a scientist from the forces of Evil, a 1984-esque society that's about as scary as a Shirley Temple film(o.k., that's pretty scary, but whatever). It's run by Donald Pleasance, a staple of awful 80's films in which he plays a totally inept villain(I.e., Puma Man). He goes off with the scientist's lovely daughter, whining all the way. Somehow they manage to get her Dad out, but Mr. Chivalrous abandons the girl to the loving hands of the New World Order for no particular reason except for the fact that he's a total rank coward. And a jerk, to boot.

The Warrior, a.k.a Puss Boy, ends up in some weird fight where he takes on everything from cowboys to ninjas, we're never sure why. His big move is to punch a girl. This guy is a real rank a-hole, and that's no doubt. After that, there's some scenes of a peculiar torture session with the scientist's captured daughter making a really peculiar noise, and then the 'hero' takes on a semi with some puny flamethrowers on the front, dubbed Megaweapon(because apparently they decided not to call it B.J & the Bear, for licensing reasons). The only thing that this accomplishes is the stupid Valley Girl bike being crushed, which is a major props. Unfortunately the horrible bike gets resurrected later, much to our chagrin.

At the last, The Bearded Boob decides to return and save the scientist's daughter after all, because she was really hot. The Evil Prosser(Pleasance) has brainwashed her into killing her father and Hero-Boy, a task which I would have been supremely happy with if she'd just carried it out adequately. But NO! Couldn't have that, could we?

The end of the film is particularly repulsive, with the lovely girl and our galloping Mr. McNasty locking lips for what seems like a full ten minutes before he rides off into the sunset. All I can ask is: "Why, WHY? Why would you hurt us so much when we've done nothing to you?!"

I have never laughed harder, not even at a comedy movie.

[egnerj · 10/10 · 6 July 2005]

Alright, here's how my experience with this movie went, my brother bought a copy on VHS and we watched it. And I almost died of laughter. Some people would say, "hey, if it's that pitifully funny, why not give it a bad rating?" but the thing is, it was so ungodly entertaining, that I couldn't give it possibly anything less than a nine, and the fact that it has the best theme music ever, coupled with the run time on the box being wrong, and another excellent performance by Donald Pleaeance, it was just too good to be true.

So basically, go find this movie, I haven't seen the MST3k version, but would like to, it doesn't matter, all I know is that the original is a true wonder to behold.

"Are the meek inheriting the earth?"

[hwg1957-102-265704 · 6/10 · 30 March 2020]

A typical post-apocalyptic movie and you can understand why it gets low scores from reviewers but in its favour the locations are good, the vehicles are interesting and the explosions are vibrant. The plot however is insubstantial and the the ending rather silly with a singalong by most of the cast and the out of nowhere suggestion of a sequel (which was never made.) Still any film with cave dwelling mutants, Fred Willamson, a bondage dance troupe, amazons, geeks, Persis Khambatta with hair and Donald Pleasence wearing one black glove can't be a complete waste of time.

Thos Italians Blowd It UP Real Good.

[mikecanmaybee · 4/10 · 1 April 2022]

Director David Worth brings us a tried and true post apocalyptic formula film and he comes up with a winner. Our reluctant very low key hero The Rider (Robert Ginty) is compelled into helping rescue the Professor by the Professor's daughter the lovely (Natasia) Persis Khambatta. The Rider rescues the Professor but unfortunately leaves Natasia behind, oh well. The Professor then brings the chosen one along, his rescuer The Rider, to recruit a bunch of nomads who spend their days fighting each other in a circle. The Rider, as the chosen one, must defeat all of the sweaty nomads so they will be compelled to follow their new leader the Professor. I typically find myself fast forwarding through many fight scenes but not this one with girls fighting guys and guys fighting blackbelts, and throw a skinny 12 year old boy who is all heart for the fight, and the requisite little person, wow, you have a highly entertaining fighting sequences reminiscent of a great western bar room brawl. The Professor and the Rider then lead the nomads back to rescue Natasia and overthrow the evil (Prosor), played by the always dependable Donald Pleasence, who rules over a THX 1138 type kingdom.

That's pretty much the simplified plot, but with an Italian flair, The Rider's A. I. motorcycle, great chase and fight scenes combined with a number of explosions that Hal Needham would have been proud of this one really works and may be the best 1980's Italian post apocalypse films which I am sure you will agree is high praise indeed. Don't miss it.

We are bad mothers!

[Mr Pan Cakes · 26 October 2002]

My favorite episode of MST3K was this one, simply because I had the pleasure of seeing this gem way back when I was a little kid, and knew what to expect. I mean, for a five year old, this movie sounds pretty awesome, right?

Okay maybe not. And admittedly, I thought the best part about it then and when I saw it on MST was Megaweapon . . . and the fact that you still see the bullet holes in the 'Warrior's' jacket throughout the movie from the beginning. Truly spectacular.

If you haven't seen the MST version, then I pity you. You're missing out on having everyone cheer for Megaweapon (and who doesn't?) and the infamous 'Do you have any fruit?', and 'We are bad mothers' -- 'Bad mothers, and the fathers who love them.'

And if you haven't seen this movie at all, why are you sitting here reading this? Go track it down! Hire professional bounty hunters to find it! It features a walking shag rug as the 'hero', the bald chick from Star Trek and . . . oh yeah, MEGAFORCE!!!! with hair, and everyone's favorite Donald Pleasance as -- count 'em -- TWO bad guys (well, they're clones, so I guess that's just one). It's got a junkyard scene full of karate school rejects, fat women, midgets and other weirdos that should (if you didn't already know) tip you off that this movie is from Italy. Oh, and it's got a TREMENDOUSLY ANNOYING 'JIVE' TALKING MOTORCYCLE, which fortunately (spoiler - but I hope no one actually wants to maintain an element of surprise with this movie's plot) gets crushed under the MEGAwheels of MEGAWEAPON!!! MEGAWEAPON!!! But the bike makes a mysterious comeback at the end of the film, so don't get too happy.

They should have just called this movie 'Megaweapon', and followed the travels and times of that loveable fire-belching truck.

Anyways, I'll go, cause right now I'm watching 'Codename: Venegeance', another 'Ginty' movie that has no comments as of yet! Ahhh, to be the first!

VERY Bad Mothers!!!

[geminiredblue · 2/10 · 15 February 2012]

Whew, what a bad movie! Clearly, Italian cinema was going through a Mad Max rip-off phase, and this is probably the worst of the bunch. The movie opens and closes with a visual technique borrowed (or perhaps stolen) from HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER. Immediately after the lone Warrior rides his motorcycle into focus, we're subjected to 90 minutes of some pretty wooden acting on the part of Robert Ginty. Perhaps the director told him to play his part like Clint Eastwood, but half of the time I couldn't understand what Ginty was saying. Dear old Clint made a career out of his famous sneer and grizzled, growling whisper of a voice. Unfortunately, with Ginty it doesn't work. Instead, most of the time he comes across sounding like a whiny little pipsqueak. Equally excruciating is his talking (yes, talking) motorcycle named Einstein. The barely-perceptible story hinges on the Warrior getting involved in some sort of revolutionary movement and doing spectacular motorcycle stunts. All while blandly pursuing and rescuing the daughter of the movement's Jimmy Carter-esque leader. What's astoundingly awful is that there are actual stars: Donald Pleasance, Fred Williamson, and Persis Khambatta (from STAR TREK fame.) However, even they can't save this fiasco. The best way to enjoy this film is with the MST3K guys. However, if you don't have a copy of their episode, get a DVD if you can find it and gather your own brood of funny pals. Remember, it's okay to drink while Ginty is driving!

Worst Movie Ever

[arutha10002 · 1/10 · 8 October 2007]

I have seen "Manos Hands of Fate" and "Lazerblast" and just about every MST3K lampooned movie. This is the worst one. The main character (the Paper Chase guy, Ginty) can't act. When he isn't mumbling, he's just wooden and emotionless. The actions of the characters don't make any sense. Seriously, MST3k makes bad movies into funny-bad, but they couldn't save this one. His "supersonic motorcycle" isn't much better than a regular cycle and certainly doesn't go that fast. And the apocalyptic world he lives in looks no different than our world today (trees and grass and all that good stuff). I couldn't even laugh at the badness because it looked like the creators tried to make this one bad.

Beep Beep Beep Bop A Loola

[Coventry · 5/10 · 2 November 2007]

According to this craptastic 80's apocalyptic Sci-Fi fest, the future of mankind is endangered, depressing and – most of all - utterly CHEESY! Personally I don't understand why this film receives such an embarrassingly low rating around here, because it's hugely entertaining, grotesque as hell, never boring and not even that bad; really. Most reviewers around here tend to label "Warrior of the Lost World" as a low-grade and shameless imitation of "Mad Max", but I feel it's more like a crossover between the Mel Gibson classic and more specifically the insanely popular TV-show "Knight Rider", because the heroic lead character has goofy interactions with the board computer on his fancy hi-tech motorcycle. That machine is nearly too insane for words, as it shout out phrases like "Beep Bop A Loola", "Bad Mothers! Bad Mothers!", "Whoopee!", etc… This is also one of them films that start with an exaggeratedly long introduction scrolling over the screen, explaining that the earth's population was nearly extinct after a nuclear war, one tyrant took over all leadership and created the Omega Police Force (similar to the Gestapo, in fact) and outside the perimeters of the Metropolitan city it's a wasteland of different gangs and battles for survival. But there's one man, the chosen one, who will rise and bring an end to Prossor's (Donald Pleasance in yet another demented villainous role) dictatorship. All this is information is provided in the intro, so you almost start to wonder why you should even bother to watch the rest of the film. Robert Ginty, who starred in another early 80's favorite of mine called "The Exterminator", plays The Rider and he's obviously very aware of the script's questionable quality, as he doesn't have the energy to speak one of his lines convincingly. But, the professional actor he is, Ginty reluctantly does what he has to do and that includes fighting a truckload of crazed people (S&M freaks, mutants, midget lumberjacks, geeks), playfully argue with his squeaky board computer, fall in love with the Wiseman's daughter and destroy the tyrant empire. The script is entirely derivative, notwithstanding there's a surprisingly ingenious (at least, according to me) twist near the end that I honestly didn't see coming. There's zero building up tension, but the action sequences are pleasingly OTT, with multiple types of vehicles (and people) exploding to pieces and virulent gang showdowns. It was also nice to see Donald Pleasance's still fits in his Ernest Blofeld outfit! His character is the mirror image of the notorious Bond villain, only without the scar around the eye. This was a very amusing film and it's really too bad most people only remember the MST3K version.

Endless fight scenes + Annoying bike

[ciaranwhitston · 1/10 · 19 July 2016]

Everything made no sense.

Why was Donald Pleasence a robot? It never said. Why did the subsonic speedcycle have to repeat everything three times? Why were the fight scenes half of the films running time? Why was the Professor Caucasian and his daughter Indian? Why did guns just not work for the omegaNazi's's?

Questions that will keep me awake tonight.

If you took mad max, the exact character of Dr No from You Only Live Twice, Kitt from Knight rider as an annoying Japanese motorbike and put them all in a blender you get something like the plot of this film. This was a tough watch, tread carefully.

Warrior of the Lost World (1983)

[fntstcplnt · 2/10 · 10 October 2019]

Directed by David Worth. Starring Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence, Harrison Muller, Fred Williamson, Philip Dallas, Laura Nucci. (R)

Unnamed supersonic speedcycle rider (Ginty) wandering the surprisingly lush wasteland in the days after the apocalypse is discovered by a resistance group fighting against the tyrannical Omega Force; and, what luck, the rider also happens to be the Chosen One! Low-budget ripoff of the "Mad Max" pictures (and, in general, the post-apocalyptic actioners that sprung up in their wake) has a couple decent vehicular stunts to go along with plenty more that are not. Our indifferent "hero" knows how to mow down waves of incompetent henchmen with a pew-pew machinegun, and can drive that infuriatingly sassy bike of his like a pro, but he's as blank-faced as a mannequin and mumbles all his lines like he just woke up with a mouthful of peanut butter. The story is such an afterthought that it was reported that the movie poster was drawn up before a script had even been written. Pleasence and Williamson are on hand to class things up with sophisticated and nuanced supporting turns, and if you believe that, you're gonna find the final twists (two of 'em!) truly mind-blowing.

16/100

Mildly enjoyable if you're in the right mood

[HaemovoreRex · 5/10 · 14 December 2006]

The Exterminator himself, Robert Ginty stars in this so-so Mad Max inspired yarn as a mumbling, selfish hard arse who rides around a post apocalyptic world on a souped up, talking motorbike whilst intermittently having various tussles with a number of different tribal gangs who dwell in this (suprisingly lush, green and pleasant looking) new land. In addition, our man also finds himself up against a Nazi like regime headed by B-movie fave Donald Plesence and his 'Mega Weapon' (in reality a black painted tipper truck!)

Obviously filmed on the cheap with less than spectacular action sequences, poor fx and some pretty dire acting throughout, the film does nonetheless provide some mild amusement for its running time if you approach it in the correct frame of mind i.e. don't expect much from it!

Certainly one of the lesser efforts in the post nuke/road warrior genre it is still probably worth at least one watch if only for a bit of a giggle (and for some light nostalgia) at just what filmmakers could get away with releasing back in the early 80's. Having said this, I would admittedly still take this film any day over much of the high gloss/low substance crap that Hollywood churns out en masse nowadays!

One final note: If you thought that Johnny no.5 from the Short Circuit films was bloody infuriating then just wait until you see the talking bike in this.....suffice to say, it induced in me a curious, almost uncontrollable urge to batter the hell out of it with a sledge hammer!

It's like Mad Max except not very good....

[InzyWimzy · 2/10 · 6 November 2003]

A-ha! See cause he's a Warrior and he's in the lost world..ha ha, heh.....unbearable sobbing ensues

This movie....sorry, this tripe is unfit to be described in that nature..this series of moving images is reminiscent of times when I had accidentally closed drawers or doors upon my fingers. If sulfuric acid was to be poured directly into my cornea (Kids, don't do this at home!), this crapora plethora would leave you with an amazingly similar impression. The Lost World (a.k.a. nice drive into the countryside via mountain highway) includes Paper Chase guy, would be hero *YEAH RIGHT* who really needs a lozenge for that bad throat problem....oh, that was his voice. Oops. Well, he's really the worst. No remedy can heal his knack for bad acting. You get no background about the `warrior' except our incompetent lead has a computer on his bike which is the forerunner for `most annoying robotic voice in a film' EVER.

He's being chased by the omega (the `end', get it??) squads, there's a lot of crappy chase scenes, no one's sure who's who and what's going on and I don't care either. Paper Chase guy isn't very good and anyone who follows him as a leader undoubtedly meets a horrifying demise chock full of agony and extreme pain. Ileer from Star Trek I looks much nicer with the hair grown, but she's still robotic as ever. The kissing scene with Paper Chase seems a tad forced and did not have to be played for 30 minutes!! Also, don't forget that you will not be able to tell the good guys from the bad guys because everyone is bad in this one. Donald Pleasance frightens me even more after seeing his tour-de-force role and please DO NOT betray the secret of Donald Pleasance. Oh, and Mike Meyers definitely has seen this movie..only rip off from the worst!

David Worth..how I wish I could use MEGAWEAPON and back over David's torso again and again.

This is The Holy Grail of Bad Italian Mad Max Ripoffs

[reverendtom · 10/10 · 29 March 2004]

I first saw this movie on MST3K, and it was my all time favorite. Even without the wiseass robots this is damn funny. I mean, from the stoner motorcycle, to Donald Pleasance as the blue print for Mike Myer's Dr. Evil character, to Robert Ginty's unbelievably wooden performance....oh man this is a great movie!!!! This and another Fred Williamson feature, Warriors of the Wasteland are the greatest of all the crappy Italian Mad Max knockoffs of the early to Mid 80s!

Not horrible, but could have been better.

[lordzedd-3 · 6/10 · 18 August 2007]

This is not a horrible movie by any means, it's just not a good movie either. It's fair and only fair, so-so. Now I will tell you why. My favorite character is Einstein the motorcycle. That's right, the supped up motorcycle. Which really isn't saying much. The character names aren't really complicated are they? The Rider, The Professor, Henchmen. Didn't exactly rack their brains coming up with these names did they? Also, I would have explored more the world of tomorrow. The destroyed cities and what not. The cast does a great job acting with what they were given and I wish we got to see more of the Sewer Mutants, not much light in the sewer. All and all a fair movie but I wish they put more effort into making it a great movie and not settled for just okay. 6 STARS.

donald pleasence does it again

[Darth_Mysterio · 1/10 · 7 April 2001]

a very bad movie. this movie is about a wannabe mad max riding around on a motorcycle that talks like KITT on crack, trying to stop lost boys type characters and the omega organization(or whatever its called). pleasence plays the leader of the organization and the lost boys have very futuristic sony walkman headsets that they communicate with. bad special effects, bad acting, bad script. im sure pleasence was embarrassed by by this film, although he gives a good performance. worth a look when youre buzzed and you want a quick laugh.