Pretty lackluster Americanized MAD MAX-type action/karate flick featuring the amazingly awful acting of former BATMAN star Adam West. West is fortunately not the ass-kicking hero here. The main "cop of the future" is someone named Ronald Marchini who has done a shitload of karate movies that I have never seen or even heard of. Mr. Marchini, although I'm sure a decent fighter, isn't exactly Bruce Lee and here comes off pretty uninspiring in both his fighting and acting. Some of the "mutants" look remarkably like former WWF wrestler The Ultimate Warrior which is more amusing than frightening. The baddies are selling women yet we see no nudity and very little blood which feels like a big cop out. Pretty much a waste of time all around. Old time actors Troy Donahue and Stuart Whitman both shows up in embarrassing bad roles. How this thing got any kind of name actors at all is shocking to me. The Italians made these kind of films so much better throughout the 80's. Might be of interest to fans of really cheesy 80's style action flicks or Adam West but everyone else should stay far far away.
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