Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1982)
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After avenging the death of his wife and young son at the hands of a vicious gang leader, Max (Mel...
The Last of Us
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The Last of Us is an action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer...
Why Visit America
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Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around...
Post Apocalyptic Short stories
The Time Machine (1960)
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Scientist H. George Wells (Rod Taylor) builds a time machine, and despite the warning from his...
Oasis (The Last Humans Book 1)
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A new dystopian/post-apocalyptic series from a New York Times bestselling author My name is Theo,...
David McK (3425 KP) rated Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1982) in Movies
Mar 22, 2022
Perhaps it's better to say this is the middle of the Mel Gibson era of Mad Max films.
It's also hard to believe that this is nearly 40 years old now, holding up remarkably well for its age. That, I think, is probably due to its reliance on practical effects for most of the scenes of vehicular mayhem that occur throughout (in the post apocalyptic wasteland) rather than CGI.
In my books, this is definitely a step up from the first movie.
Wolf Blood
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The werewolf apocalypse begins … When a wave of vicious attacks sweeps across London, there are...
Steve Fearon (84 KP) rated Hostile (2017) in Movies
Nov 7, 2018
It does a decent job of creating a world and setting for a modest budget, and though its attempts to avoid showing too much for financial reasons are a little transparent at times.
The film oscillates between the post apocalyptic and the pre-catastrophe, and the performances of the main cast are good enough to maintain interest even when going though the largely melodramatic character building of the contemporary setting.
It is ultimately reminiscent of movies like open water, 47 feet under, and even some episodes of the Walking Dead, with the stranded survivor having to survive whilst essentially trapped in one location.
It is a slow burn movie, and very character based, so you spend a lot of time with our protagonist, who was a little cliched, and hard to like most of the time, but a decent enough performance that you can get through the more dialogue heavy parts.
A decent film, and at only 80 minutes, not a huge investment of your time, so might be worth a look if you like your survival movies a bit wasteland-y.
Christine A. (965 KP) rated The Girl in Red in Books
Feb 6, 2020
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry is a retelling of the classic story Little Red Riding Hood. In this version, Red is living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland caused by a highly contagious disease. Everyone Red knows has died but she hopes her grandmother will still be alive since her house is isolated. Most survivors have been relocated to quarantine camps but Red would rather go to her grandmother's house.
It is told using alternating timelines that reveal the beginning and the spread of the disease and Red's struggle to get to her grandmother's house in present day.
The book took some time for me to get into the story but it has a nice pace to it. You quickly realize it is not a mystery or suspenseful book. It is a believable retelling of the perennial classic Little Red Riding Hood so there will not be any twists and turns but involves a well-written and imaginative retelling.
The Girl in Red is one of the many retellings Christina Henry has written. Others involve the classic works of Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and the Little Mermaid.
The Girl in Red was a 2019 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror.
This 200-word review was published on Philomathinphila.com on 2/6/20.
Everything Under The Sun
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Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the...
Adult Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic Romance Suspense