![]() It is about nuclear war and the resultant breakdown of our North American collective society, and like those prospects it isn't pretty, easy to stomach or even make sense of. Unlike the Mad Max films or even the Italian ripoffs of the genre Max created, DEF-CON 4 has no presumptions about being a parable, having any kind of a message or examining some sort of social phenomenon. ![]() For that reason alone it actually stood out from the pack by actually daring to present it's viewers with exactly that which it aspired to. Yes it's tacky, low budget and amoral - perhaps one of the most amoral movies of the Reagan years of home video rental. I agree with another comment stating that this movie was unfairly dismissed at the time of original release. ![]() Let's get it out of the way first thing: The critics of the 80s like Leonard Maltin and Siskel/Ebert who sadistically maligned DEF-CON 4 as a wretched exercise in scum & sleaze were WRONG.
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