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America 3000
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Engelbach
Written byDavid Engelbach
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
StarringChuck Wagner
Laurene Landon
William Wallace
Sue Giosa
Victoria Barrett
CinematographyDavid Gurfinkel
Edited byAlain Jakubowicz
Music byTony Berg
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates
  • April 1986 (1986-04) (US)

(DVD)June 17, 1987(West Germany)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million

America 3000 is a 1986 post-apocalyptic science-fiction cult film directed by David Engelbach, and starring Chuck Wagner, Laurene Landon, and Karen Sheperd. It is set in the future in Colorado.

Premise

After a nuclear war in the year 1992, mankind has been reduced to Stone Age conditions and is under the rule of Amazon-like women warriors. Two youths, Korvis and Gruss, managed to escape and explore the region. They find a bunker belonging to the President of the United States of America, where they grab ammunition and guns, and rise up in revolt against the Amazon warriors.

Cast

  • Chuck Wagner as Korvis
  • Laurene Landon as Vena
  • William Wallace as Gruss
  • Sue Giosa as Morha
  • Victoria Barrett as Lakella
  • Galyn Görg as Lynka
  • Shaike Ophir (credited as Shai K. Ophir)
  • Camilla Sparv as Reya
  • Karen Sheperd as Keva (credited as Karen Lee Sheperd)
  • Ari Sorko-Ram as Relk
  • Ezra Dagan as Amie
  • Joanna Reis as Freyha
  • Steve Malovic as Aargh the Awful
  • Anat Zahor as Bowa (credited as Anat Zachor)
  • Pierre as Henry Troke

Reception

TV Guide found the film's " pace is creakingly slow, and the performances are all of the somnambulistic variety. The only saving graces are a relatively exciting climax and a funny monster named Aargh the Awful".[1]

References

  1. ^ "America 3000 | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.