Prisoners of Ghostland
This is a much sillier remake of Escape from New York, with much less budget, as if it that is possible. Not for lack of ambition, they cram so much stuff into a small film.
The Governor’s grand-daughter escaped, and only badass Nic Cage in a sumo outfit can get her back. To avoid any funny business, his leather suit has an explosive collar, and explosives on elbows and testicles. Yes, Plissken booby-trap is not just time-based, but also has a magical rape-detection device. Anytime he gets horny for pussy, his balls will literally burst.
He was going to drive his black Supra, but abandons it at the last minute, replacing it with a kid’s bicycle. The Governor’s personal samurai drives it back to him. I think that scene was added because the car did not fit the tunnel he has to pass through, that would be hilarious.
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, Nic Cage and Nick Cassavetes robbed a bank, but Nick did not took his meds, to he murderized a bunch of people, and a kid. Killed the grand-daughter’s mother too. She is not really related to the Governor, just a preferred concubine, out of his hundreds of geishas.
Our hero quickly “trashes” his car, and gets taken to the other set, Ghostland, a cross between Mad Max 2’s oil rig and Back to the Future 3 (a massive clock).
On the Ghostland, the boss reads Wuthering Heights, while a bunch of guys literally hold the time back, by keep pulling on the clock hands. There’s the tech wiz, and a guy that hides beautiful girls in mannequins, to avoid troubles.
The girl escaped here all right, and is quickly found, but it’s Patty Hearst all over again, she wants to escape. Nic Cage takes her anyway, but is bonked by a phantom daimyo with a bus, led by some ghoul with aviators.
It’s the children of the atom, a atomic waste truck that crashed into a bus of criminals, they now roam that stretch of highway, attacking travellers.
Nic Cage is brought back to Ghostland, and does his rousing speech, while they prepare to drive off everyone with a neon bus and shit, but it seems that scene was cut, and Max and Furiosa attack the Town. Nic Cage saying “Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him well.” is a Last Action Hero-level one-liner. “Not to be!”
This is a small taste of all the wild shit going on. The silliness is through the roof. There’s a western guy that speaks fluent Japanese, and a Japanese guy speaking English, both cowboys. There’s also a lot of samurai, in Samurai Town.
There’s a big Make this Country Great Again logo behind the hero in the end, ha!
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