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CrapScore 62, Certified Crap

Radioactive Dreams

“Meet Phillip and Marlowe, the post-nuclear private eyes. They're looking for good times and fast women. Their first case could be the world's last.”

Certified Crap. CrapScore 62, rated by 1 admin.

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Why it’s crap
Two sheltered survivors emerge from a bunker with detective fantasies and terrible preparation for the post-apocalypse. Noir posturing, mutants and pop-music energy jostle for space in an ambitious genre cocktail that never orders anything sensible.

Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones

The club’s verdict

Acting
6/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
4/10
Dialogue
6/10
Rewatchability
7/10
  • “The world ended. Their detective agency has just opened.”

    @flabbergasted_jones, scored it 62

Synopsis and movie facts

After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon.

Released
1986
Directed by
Albert Pyun
Running time
94 min

Starring

  • John Stockwell as Phillip Chandler
  • Michael Dudikoff as Marlowe Hammer
  • Lisa Blount as Miles Archer
  • George Kennedy as Spade Chandler
  • Don Murray as Dash Hammer
  • Michele Little as Rusty Mars
  • Norbert Weisser as Sternwood
  • Paul Keller Galan as Harold

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