Damnation Alley - Jack Smight - (1977) DVD

Okay first of all, forget the egghead, moviegeek, fanboy rumblings you will read about this movie. They are taking things way too seriously. This is my all time favorite "B" movie. Bar none. This movie has it all, cheesy effects (I will say that the weather effects were beyond top notch, though), classic acting (come on Jan-Michael Vincent and Paul Winfield? It doesn't get any better!), and a great "B" storyline.

In the film, a band of World War III survivors from the 123rd Strategic Missile Wing in the California desert set out across a devastated America in an armored, 12-wheeled "Landmaster" vehicle in search of a faint radio signal from Albany, New York. Along the way, they encounter freak storms, ragged survivors, and yes, those infamous "killer cockroaches."

George Peppard, Jan-Micheal Vincent, and Paul Winfield head off on a road trip to stop a home made porno from reacing George's girlfriend in...wait...that's not right. Oh yeah, they go to Albany, NY-the last bastion of civilization (snicker snicker) And on the way they meet many strange settings...well George and "Hard Livin'" Jan-Michael do...Paul gets offed by a bunch of blood thirsty cockroaches - see I told you the only thing to survive would be "B" actors.

They soon meet up with a slu.. I mean a woman of questionable repute in Las Vegas and a young man who I believe to be that possum looking kid from deliverance. After running into the local branch of NRA in a secluded Ozarkian setting they make their final run to the promised land - Albany, NY.

I won't give away the ending but I do recommend you see this classic "B" film.

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