Mindwarp
Mindwarp
R | 25 May 1992 (USA)
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Revolting mutants hunt human outcasts and underground fighters (Bruce Campbell, Marta Alicia) in a future world of mind control.

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Evengyny

Thanks for the memories!

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Marketic

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

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Invaderbank

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Kien Navarro

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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groovybruceman

I thought this was a very well done movie. IT is very trippy. The acting from the supporting characters were eh, but the acting chops of both Bruce Campbell and Angus Scrimm were awesome. The movie takes place in I think they called it INworld where the rich and fortunate live and the outworld I guess? Any way the desert is very mad maxish.Who wouldn't like a WTF movie every once in a while, the ending especially is weird. You never know when the lead character is dreaming or what is real. The makeup is very good and the story is not that bad for Fangoria Magazine's first try. It is a very fun movie to watch, Bruce Campbell is excellent.

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virtualcomposer2000

Possibly the best possible post-apocalyptic scenario ever imagined. This film deserves all the credit for the Matrix trilogy, since the Matrix story is based (stolen?) on the very same idea. The Matrix trilogy is like a saturated version of this movie, with added salt and special effects.That's precisely why this film works. Because all the fighting/special timing effects hoopla in Matrix is essentially redundant with this version of the story.You get out of the Matrix, you are in for a very bad surprise: No Kungfu "savior" nonsense, after the exit. You are on your own. The outside world is brutal, relentless, and unforgiving.What's most interesting and satisfying, is that this mess has been created for your very own benefit: To make you understand to not ask questions you don't want to know the answers to. Terrific job.

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alexfromhorn

I never heard of that movie before. The fact that Bruce Campbell starred in it was also pretty shocking. And yes in fact it was a B-Movie. But I have to admit they used this low budget pretty well. The story is quite nice although the ending will probably confuse you. The main feeling is some kind of mixture between despair and being afraid, it's pretty brutal and heartless. The acting was good although the dialogs were a little too cheesy. Whoever made this flick had some nice ideas. And if you like post apocalyptic movies - this is one you shouldn't miss because it's really one of them better ones. Yeah just give it a try if you like cheesy B-Movie stuff like that.

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Paul Andrews

Mindwarp is set in the near future where most of the population lives underground & spend most of their time in a virtual reality simulator called 'Infinisynth' as Earth in reality is no more than a desolate wasteland (are you sure this is the future?). One such user Judy Apple (Marta Alicia) rebels & decides she wants out & experience the real world outside instead of a computer simulation. The Systems Operator detects her rebellious inclinations & to prevent any unrest he decides to give her what she wants & banishes her to the outside world. Once there she encounters a harsh landscape where she instantly runs into trouble as she is sucked underground by quicksand & is then rescued by mutated cannibals known as Crawlers. Luckily for Judy she is saved by Stover (Bruce Campbell) & he takes her in, unfortunately they are both captured by more Crawlers that night & taken into their underground caves in which they live. Stover is put to work & Judy has an unexpected meeting with someone from her past, they must find a way to escape. But even if they do where do they escape to...Directed by Steve Barnett I thought Mindwarp was an OK sci-fi horror mish-mash. The script by John D. Brancato & Michael Ferris starts off as a straight laced sci-fi taking place in a post apocalyptic world but then shifts into horror territory, the film takes itself pretty seriously & after a slightly slow start has a fairly decent pace. My biggest problem is that everything is decidedly average, the character's, the dialogue, the 'twist' ending, the set-pieces & the basic story are both undistinguished & left me feeling indifferent. Most of the film seems to take place in caves & the future civilisation is represented by one white room & a cup of green drink & their state-of-the-art technology looks dated even now! Check out that chunky green text on the monitors that a Spectrum ZX would be embarrassed about. There are a few decent scenes & it's OK to sit down with & pass 90 odds minutes but it's nothing special or outstanding in my opinion.Director Barnett does OK with obviously limited sets, the cave scenes which make up the majority of the film look like they were all filmed on the same set but from different angles. There is one good aspect to Mindwarp though as there is some pretty good gore scenes, there's slashed throats, machete's in heads, severed hands & arms, impalings, people chopped up by a huge propeller, a bit of cannibalism, mutants & scenes of some blood sucking leeches that burrow under people's skin.Technically Mindwarp is OK, the sets are limited but it's obvious that the filmmakers were working on a low budget. Apparently filmed in a place in Michigan called Gay, insert your own joke here. Horror icons Campbell & Angus Scrimm make appearances, Campbell is somewhat wasted in my opinion & isn't given much to do.Mindwarp was produced by the horror magazine Fangoria along with Children of the Night (1992) & Severed Ties (1992), I suspect that's why there's a fair amount of gore & why Campbell & Scrimm are in it. It's worth a watch if you have the time to spare but don't expect anything brilliant, not too bad but not that good either.

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