Mutant War

Part "Spacehunter," part "Bronx Warrior," and all low-budget-ridiculousness. I'm not going to defend "Mutant Hunter" as a good film, because it is not, but I did find myself quite enjoying it's cheesiness. This sequel to "Galaxy" finds out Han Solo-wannabe hero wandering a post apocalyptic earth destroyed by aliens, where he helps a young woman free her sister from an evil warlord, genre regular Cameron Mitchell. It's all quite dumb, but this sequel features more (badly done) special effects than its predecessor, which adds to its entertainment value, as well as more monster/alien make-up, loads of obvious matte shots, and a bunch of enjoyably silly looking miniature space ships. As with the first film, this sequel feels like a bunch of friends got together to make a movie they were all really excited about, and although they lack the scrappy talent of say Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell when they made the original "Evil Dead," writer/director Brett Piper and star Matt Mitler make up for their lack of talent with enthusiastic effort. Overall, this one is strictly for aficionados of bad 80s sci-fi.