A quick 90 minutes for a silly end of the world science fiction film. Damnation Alley has a low rent cast consisting of George Peppard, Jan Michael Vincent and Dominique Sanda. Sanda was a French actor who had worked with Vittorio de Sica and Bernardo Bertolucci. Seven years later she was stuck in crap like this working for studio hack Jack Smight, I wonder what happened to her career?
The real star of the film was the armored personnel carrier the "Landmaster." It's kind of amazing this goofy thing even ran at all since it looks like it was made out of leftover corrugated boxes. The plot of this film has the three actors driving down some corridor of the United States that doesn't have high levels of radiation in search of other people after the end of World War III. They pick up a kid on their journey because in films like this there is always a kid that tags along.
The film definitely has a late 70's vibe to it with it's optical printer special effects of the sky on fire and the large fake scorpions that wander around the desert. The film is also known for Peppard's famous line, "This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches."
But perhaps I am being a little two hard on this film. Damnation Alley does meet the 10 year old boy requirement when it comes to movie viewing. It has a cool car gizmo, monsters and enough action to keep their interest. The film does move along and it doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is, a "B" movie.
91 minutes.
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