My neverending curiosity for a little known subgenre dubbed "Ozploitation" — low-budget horror, action and comedy films set in Australia — led me to this 1986 post-apocalyptic gem. The film takes place in the futuristic 1990s (no, seriously), where unemployed transient punks are rounded up and sequestered in a drive-in turned concentration camp. Given the recent collapse of the economy, "Dead End Drive-In" features a world in which criminals run rampant and where cars are commoditized due to the failing manufacturing industry. Cars are fought over and guarded to the death seeing as how everyone is a part of some sort of vehicular gang. Escape from the drive-in is uhh … how should I put this … well, let’s just say this is no Alcatraz. When Jimmy (aka Crabs) decides to take his girlfriend Carmen out to the movies, he finds that his night of romance has turned into an extended stay as his tires are stolen right off his car.
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
Dead End Drive-In (1986)
My neverending curiosity for a little known subgenre dubbed "Ozploitation" — low-budget horror, action and comedy films set in Australia — led me to this 1986 post-apocalyptic gem. The film takes place in the futuristic 1990s (no, seriously), where unemployed transient punks are rounded up and sequestered in a drive-in turned concentration camp. Given the recent collapse of the economy, "Dead End Drive-In" features a world in which criminals run rampant and where cars are commoditized due to the failing manufacturing industry. Cars are fought over and guarded to the death seeing as how everyone is a part of some sort of vehicular gang. Escape from the drive-in is uhh … how should I put this … well, let’s just say this is no Alcatraz. When Jimmy (aka Crabs) decides to take his girlfriend Carmen out to the movies, he finds that his night of romance has turned into an extended stay as his tires are stolen right off his car.