Product Description

The year is 2104. For the past century, the world has been ravaged by war and disaster. Radiation colors the skies, and a red chemical mist hangs over miles of lifeless land. Government as we know it has been destroyed. Civilization has devolved to a time of feudal states and martial law. Welcome to the New Reality. Across the former United States of America, now known simply as Deathlands, powerful tyrants have set up makeshift kingdoms, oppressing and enslaving the remaining survivors of the 21st century... except for a heroic few. Ryan Cawdor, his beautiful mutant girlfriend Krysty Wroth, the deadly J.B. Dix, and the lethal albino teenager Jak Laurent are the hope for a reborn future. Nomadic by nature, they roam Deathlands in defiance of all who would take away their freedom.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41892 in DVD
• Brand: Image Entertainment
• Released on: 2008-02-05
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 86 minutes

Features

• The year is 2104. For the past century, the world has been ravaged by war and disaster. Radiation colors the skies, and a red chemical mist hangs over miles of lifeless land. Government as we know it has been destroyed. Civilization has devolved to a time of feudal states and martial law. Welcome to the New Reality. Across the former United States of America, now known simply as Deathlands, powerf

Customer Reviews

Deathlands wannabe Movie
Being a huge Deathlands reader mark, I was extremely excited to finally see a Deathlands movie come out.

But alas, it failed miserably on so many areas.

Actually the actors who portrayed Ryan Cawdor and Krysty Wroth were good, and actually dressed and looked the part. The other ones who played Jak Lauren and J.B. Dix were terrible.

Even with a low budget, this easily could have been a classic B-movie post-holocaust action/adventure movie. It actually showed promise at times, but failed miserably at its very core. Too bad. This long running action series could still be made into a hot Hollywood production hit if it were made right. And it actually would not cost that much to produce.

But if you are not a harcore fan like myself, you might see it in a different light. As I can tell from some of the positive reviews here.

Deathlands
If you are a fan of the Deathlands SciFi/Adventure novels penned by James Axler, then you are going to be reluctantly satisfied with this film. It is very low budget, but I am thankful that the powers that be even attempted to make a film adaptation of the Deathlands series. Yeah, it has lots of room for improvement, but at least it was made. Vincent Spanno did a great job as Ryan, and the rest of the cast was well received. The cinematography has a lot to be desired, and the lighting in particular throughout the film was poor. The red filter used for the outdoor shots was extremely annoying. Yes I know they were trying to visually convey the radioactive skyline, but it really took my attention away from the story. The script was well done, and the acting above par. As a 20 year +/- fan of the Deathlands series, I give it a 4 outta 5 star rating. Thanks SciFi for finally releasing this on DVD for the fans! SciFi Channel rocks!

A good way to kill a couple of hours
I was a Deathlands fan for years, that is until Axler died and the series was taken over by a mostly inept series of ghost writers so it was with interest that I watched this movie when it first aired on Scifi. Better then the usual Scifi channel offering with some very impressive camera work and if the story isn't "good" in the traditional sense at least I was entertained. There are certain drawbacks the biggest for me was no Doc Tanner but the characters that survived the adaptation process were executed faithfully enough.

Is the movie going to win any awards? Dear god no but those of you decrying this movie as a horrible adaptation and a fraud should remember that in spite of its many problems at least it got produced.