While it's the characters that make the movie memorable, it's their actions that make the movie a classic. Filled to the brim with eye-popping stunt and action sequences, the movie is a thrill a minute romp that rarely lets up.
A tongue-in-cheek sci-fi action pic which owes a considerable debt to the Mad Max movies, Cherry 2000's greatest asset is topbilled Melanie Griffith, who lifts the material whenever she's on screen.
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EmpireKim Newman
EmpireKim Newman
Average example of MadMaxploitation.
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Time Out
Time Out
Plus marks for the presence of the old-timers, but overall it's a walk on the mild side.
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TV Guide Magazine
TV Guide Magazine
Once Griffith and Andrews enter the lawless zone attempts at quirky humor fall flat and the film settles into a fairly conventional action yarn