Sons of Steel (1989)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Gary L. Keady

Writer:

Gary L. Keady (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Musical

Plot:

In a futuristic Australia, a scheme to blow up the Sydney Opera House is discovered. The only way to stop it is to send an agent back in time to prevent the plotters from hatching it. |

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Independent Film

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Rob Hartley	...	Black Alice
Roz Wason	...	Hope
Jeff Duff	...	Secta
Dagmar Bláhová	...	Honor
Ralph Cotterill	...	Karzoff
Elizabeth Richmond	...	Djard
Wayne Snell	...	Ex
Machs Colombani
Mark Hembrow	...	Mal
Sharlie Wetherill	...	Stained Class
Gordon Wood	...	Police trooper Dicks
Wendy Dys	...	Meg
Raquel Suarstzman	...	Prissy
Michele Vaughan	...	Voluptuous
Jos O'Neill	...	Robert; android

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Big Island Pictures

Quotes:

Black Alice: Tell me which lab Hope's in or I'm gonna feed you to your giant vibrator here.

Soundtrack:

Rock n Roll Reck

Enormous fun

I have enjoyed showing this film to groups of friends for years who came to love it for the same reasons I do. It's fun! It's a time-travel, pre/post apocalyptic, anti-nuke musical with a few truly inspired moments. Yes, it's low budget and rough as guts, yes, some of the acting is weak or just plain weird. But the heart of the movie is its anarchic spirit, for it truly defies description. You get the impression that the people making it had a great time and that enthusiasm is infectious. Certainly I find it way more enjoyable than a slew of over-hyped, over-expensive, Hollywood block-busters that at heart have less originality to them than this low budget Aussie flick. Sit down with an open mind and a sense of fun and I think you'll enjoy this film.