Dead End Drive-In (1986)dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
This is a great one. In the near future (now distant past) resources have dwindled and society has crumbled. It's kind of like an urban Mad Max society where car gangs rule and just run around causing fatalities and generally fucking with people.
Our hero Ned takes a fine lady tothe Drive In and they end up being stuck there. The revelation dawns on Ned that the government is basically creating concentration camps for all of these juvenile roustabouts and keep them entertained with junk food, drugs and exploitation films. Not bad life, but Ned wants out and begins schemeing his escape.
Incredibly well shot, this is a gem. It's funny and well paced and delivers messages about society and the vegetative state of todays (yesterdays?) youth. The movie is an extreme example of 80's teen cinema, but has all of the good stuff and very little of the bad. It's campy explotaition and knows it, which makes it that much more fun to watch.
This is a must own
for anyone who enjoys watching a good time on screen.
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