3. Steel Dawn
If you’ve ever watched Road House and thought to yourself, “this movie would be way better if it took place in a desert and everyone carried swords”, then Steel Dawn is probably right up your alley. It stars Patrick Swayze as a wandering swordsman named Nomad who is search of the man who killed his mentor. Part way through the movie, things start becoming a lot more like Mad Max as Nomad comes across a gang attacking a small town for their local water supply and decides to step in and protect them. Although Steel Dawn is definitely lacking in originality, there are some bright spots, like desert-car jousting and a pretty good final fight scene.
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2. Warriors of the Apocalypse
After a nuclear war wipes out most of human civilization, a wanderer must lead a group of nomads in search of the fabled “Mountain of Life” in Warriors of the Apocalypse. This movie is basically The Road Warrior in an Amazonian setting. There is, however, one awesome thing Warriors of the Apocalypse features that the Mad Max series is sorely lacking — laser eyes. Lots and lots of laser eyes. Pew pew!
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1. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn
If the movies Mad Max and Krull had a baby, it would probably look something like Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. The story is about a space ranger who’s in search of an intergalactic criminal named Jared-Syn. When he finally tracks him down on the dustball planet of Lemuria, he discovers Syn is leading a group of ruthlessly territorial nomads who have started a holy war to drive inhabitants from their land. Now, only the space ranger can stop Jared-Syn and save the people of Lemuria from a life of slavery. Metalstorm is clearly a blatant ripoff of Mad Max. Just looking at the main character almost forces you to do a double take because his appearance is almost identical Mel Gibson in The Road Warrior. He also drives around in a armored SUV that looks like it was purchased directly from the set of Mad Max. But the best part of Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn has to be the misleading title because, as you’ll see if you ever take the time to watch it, Jared-Syn is never actually destroyed in the movie. At the end he just hops on his space-bike and teleports to another dimension or something. It’s magnificent.
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