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Now This Is A Post-Apocalyptic Ruckus We Can All Subscribe To

By Charlie Jane Anders Published October 5, 2009, 9:00 pm ET

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Eat your blistery hearts out, Zombieland and The Road. They don’t make post-apocalyptic epics like 1985’s Wheels Of Fire anymore. Witness skin-peeling punks, a speechifying harem-gathering warlord, and the would-be rapist who gets knifed in the crotch. Plus machine-gun kick-boxing!

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