cult film freak: jason patric

Written by James M. Tate / 11/23/2021 / No comments / action , charles durning , eighties , jami gertz , jason patric , mel brooks , peter deluise , post-apocalyptic , richard jordan , sarah douglas , science-fiction

SERIOUS MEL BROOKS PRESENTS 'SOLARBABIES' WITH JAMI GERTZ

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcXCkYrVbRsME4HXpndDAOtwKIAXjgxPUEqHbeV1APKqniW9Lmf-C5cJ6-CDC7cKLxVatWtrR5areskWDCpFvnHDLLFSm15_cYulsP9Shh6HcITqKRrgxNSN-e5dZiXXVIe7SZKo0CRyxWA7YU62PDUI1pPMLgG9xrk2UF1_iMBXl2cn7sJyz9p5CSkA=s1433" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcXCkYrVbRsME4HXpndDAOtwKIAXjgxPUEqHbeV1APKqniW9Lmf-C5cJ6-CDC7cKLxVatWtrR5areskWDCpFvnHDLLFSm15_cYulsP9Shh6HcITqKRrgxNSN-e5dZiXXVIe7SZKo0CRyxWA7YU62PDUI1pPMLgG9xrk2UF1_iMBXl2cn7sJyz9p5CSkA=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: SOLARBABIES Cast: Jami Gertz, Jason Patric Year: 1986 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The 1980's post-apocalyptic SOLARBABIES seems inspired by MAD MAX (especially BEYOND THUNDERDOME) by the scorched-earth setting and ROLLERBALL for a skating game the titular kids play to relieve tension...</p><p></p><p>But it's actually an unspecified remake of Hammer Films' 1962 nuclear-cautionary thriller <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/12/jami-gertz-as-one-of-damned-from.html">THESE ARE THE DAMNED </a>as a group of futuristic orphans are politely held captive (where captivity is commonplace) while, <i>completely</i> monitored by grim adult superiors, they only THINK they're breaking the roles by going slightly outside allowed perimeters...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBjapgOGAWvto5yUN9EJMFd4E0ygqsk7BosDftDklcUt15F8RErhzGQ_1bqSeTKMYuMBkkoiU4oJoWwa8tbZU0Ma-nPus6YTuvawK-CGKOu2f8fK87ZENQONX7nyPA8W-a2j1o7WDWTLt8mOgaXKMfIltAxwxmCzvFduhaQSBNtBFBGeUEitvnpTnW1g=s1891" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="1891" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBjapgOGAWvto5yUN9EJMFd4E0ygqsk7BosDftDklcUt15F8RErhzGQ_1bqSeTKMYuMBkkoiU4oJoWwa8tbZU0Ma-nPus6YTuvawK-CGKOu2f8fK87ZENQONX7nyPA8W-a2j1o7WDWTLt8mOgaXKMfIltAxwxmCzvFduhaQSBNtBFBGeUEitvnpTnW1g=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Claude Brooks and Peter Deluise in SOLARBABIES with Jami Gertz and Lucas Haas</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For warden Charles Durning (like Alexander Knox in THE DAMNED), the minor rebellions are to boost morale while evil henchman Richard Jordan's Grock (ala Walter Gotell) wants all freedom gone, contrived or otherwise...</p><p></p><p></p><p>So when the kids <i>do</i> escape, rollerskating off into the desert/canyon terrain of unlimited limitations within various sand-dilapidated villages, Grock (with the aid of nefarious SUPERMAN villain Sarah Douglas) hires a pair of grungy assassins to rid the <i>youth problem,</i> once and for all...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, charles durning, eighties, jami gertz, jason patric, mel brooks, peter deluise, post-apocalyptic, richard jordan, sarah douglas, science-fiction

SERIOUS MEL BROOKS PRESENTS 'SOLARBABIES' WITH JAMI GERTZ

Title: SOLARBABIES Cast: Jami Gertz, Jason Patric Year: 1986 Rating: **1/2 The 1980's post-apocalyptic SOLARBABIES seems inspired by MAD...

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