Savage Dawn

Oh it's just another silly typical bad biker terrorizes town movie in the '80s. Then the fucking tank shows up and elevates this movie to 11. I didn't care for the interpersonal drama so I didn't pay attention. Maybe there's a masterpiece in plot here and I missed it. Fav scene: tank and bazookas blowing shit up.

I like Lance Henriksen probably more than the next guy but this attempt at Road Warrior minus a lot of the road hits a dead end. The dead end town itself looks like there could be worse places to spend the post apocalypse, but the gang of bad guys is a little too muh-wah-ha-ha if you know what I mean. It is a great cast though. George Kennedy delivering bombs was fun.

Sadly a missed opportunity. It gets to a great start and it's competently shot and has a killer cast - it was great to see Lance starring in something like this in his prime. Too bad that the fight choreography is seriously lacking, the film has way too many characters and doesn't know what to do with them. With a couple of iterations and better fights or stronger editing, this could have been a real 80's gem. Now it's not that hard to see why it hasn't generated better reputation.