Analog Jones finishes its post-apocalyptic theme when we watch an Ozplotation classic in Turkey Shoot aka Escape 2000 aka Blood Camp Thatcher.
Quick Facts
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (The Man from Hong Kong, BMX Bandits and Leprechaun 3 and 4)
Screenplay by Jon George and Neill D. Hicks
Story by George Schenck, Robert Williams, and David Lawerence
Distributed by Roadshow Films Distributors
Released on October 14, 1982
Budget: $2.5 million
Box Office: $321, 0000 (Australia)
Rotten Tomatoes: – Tomatometer / 18% Popcornmeter
Starring
Prisoners
Steve Railsback as Paul Anders (Cockfighter, Walker Texas Ranger)
Olivia Hussey as Chris Walters (was married to Dean Martin’s son, who was a fighter pilot in the CA Air National Guard who died in a training flight crash)
Lynda Stoner as Rita Daniels
Bill Young as Griffin
John Ley as Dodge
Hunters
Michael Craig as Charles Thatcher (coincidentally Margaret Thatcher was UK PM at the time)
Noel Ferrier as Secretary Mallory (looks like a plantation owner that enjoys calling people “boy”)
Carmen Duncan as Jennifer
Michael Petrovitch as Tito (sadistic Ryan Day)
Steve Rackman as Alph (Donk in Crocodile Dundee and NWA Austra-Asia Tag Team Champion)
Guards
Roger Ward as Ritter (I thought this was the guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Gus Mercurio as Red (Whipmaster Ron Jeremy sideburns)
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