Dead End Drive-In

1986

Action / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 43% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 4314 4.3K

australia dystopia electric fence exploitation satire surrealism

Plot summary

In the future, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in theater that has become a concentration camp for outcast youths.

Director

Brian Trenchard-Smith Photo
Brian Trenchard-Smith

Top cast

Brett Climo Photo
Brett Climo as Don
David Jones Photo
David Jones as TV newsreader
Peter Whitford Photo
Peter Whitford as Thompson
Lorelei Mahoney Photo
Lorelei Mahoney as Carmen as an Infant
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799.81 MB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2
1.45 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by vitalymakievsky 6 / 10

Charming, engaging, and satirical.

Yes this movie stinks with 80s pompous acting and tackiness, yet from another perspective it becomes an interesting time-capsule into the resent past, and for someone who did not experience the 80s I watched the film with an anthropological curiosity. Though this film suffers from logical loopholes. They are easy to overlook since the plot holes are there for the purpose to present a socially satirical world. Overall the acting was fine and the message interesting, though what really stood out in this movie to me are the great set designs and first class cinematography. Also the story is engaging and the characters charming in a comic way. I recommend this movie to the already fans of the genre and to those who are like movies that are offbeat and satirical.
Reviewed by vukaroo 6 / 10

Plays Like An Episode of Something

This film could have very easily been realized in an episode of The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits or Amazing Stories in about an hour. The 80s had a penchant for McGyvering something into a film and 'Dead End Drive-In' is absolutely no exception. There's truly very little to this Aussie flick in terms of story or expectation.Ok, so it's Australia, the near future and things are decrepit. Let's just say the environment is "Mad Max-like." A young man named Jimmy, who has no particular goal or interest, definitely has a drive (no pun intended) and wants some purpose in life. Jimmy and his older brother live with their Italian mother who looks down upon Jimmy as a runt of the family. The older brother works for a towing truck service, which seems like a fairly active enterprise in the broken down, near future scape. Jimmy is intent on becoming physically strong and has a steadfast attitude at that.One night, Jimmy and his girlfriend Carmen end up taking Jimmy's brother's 56 Chevy to a drive-in movie theater. Little do they know, that this theater is essentially a prison camp, where the youth "hangs around" until being processed. Jimmy being the self righteous and determined lad, decides to take matters in his own hands by finding a way to escape. That is the film, in a nutshell.So, what's the point, you may ask? I'd say the film is a tame comment on oppression, governmental control and expected obedience. If there is something, that's even remotely unique about this film, it would be the social commentary regarding misguided youth. The young people at the drive-in do not seem to particularly mind being in that enclosed environment, as many were lost in their lives before entering, and are seeking some form of guidance. Essentially, those who want to be free are the enemy, whilst those who are accepting enslavement are the innocent. That's pretty much the point of the film...
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