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Turbo Rider's armor and wrist weapon, he sets off to rescue Apple. At the same time, Frederick, a champion arm-wrestling cowboy, is captured while attempting to rescue his brother. After cutting off Frederick's right hand, Zeus throws him into an arena with Apple. The Kid arrives to intervene, but his wrist weapon fails to fire due to a low charge. He is then captured and thrown into the arena, where he, Frederick, and Apple defeat Zeus' warriors and escape.
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tortured to death, he reveals their location to Zeus, who sends his henchmen. The Kid and Apple evade capture during the chase, but Apple is decapitated by Skeletron, Zeus' lead henchman. The Kid attaches Apple's head to a new robot body and falls unconscious to the graveyard's toxic fumes. He later wakes to find that Frederick, who now has a robotic hand, has rescued him; Frederick says Apple could not be reactivated. They return to Zeus' camp to kill him.
321:. The film follows the adventures of a teenage comic book fan turned superhero in an alternate 1997 post-apocalyptic Earth where water is scarce. He teams up with a mysterious girl and an arm-wrestling cowboy to stop a tyrannical warlord. Epic Pictures Group released the film in the United States on August 28. 354:
discs he keeps under Turbo Rider's armor. Using the wrist weapon, he blasts Zeus and his remaining henchmen. However, Zeus rises and reveals himself also to be a robot, a corporate model designed to ruthlessly conquer all competition. The Kid blows him up by shooting explosives that Frederick brought
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As The Kid teaches Apple his rules on how to survive in the Wasteland, they grow closer, and The Kid develops a crush on her. When one of Zeus' henchmen kidnaps Apple, she urges him to flee. He narrowly avoids capture when he accidentally discovers the remains of the real Turbo Rider. After taking
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The Kid reveals that Zeus killed his parents for their water when he was a child. Although Frederick and The Kid defeat many of Zeus' henchmen, The Kid is about to be killed when Apple shows up and rescues him. Upset at his men's incompetence, Zeus shoots The Kid, Apple, and Frederick. The Kid is
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The Kid discovers that Apple is a robot after seeing her survive a gunshot during their escape. She tells him that she is a friendship model. Because of damage to her circuitry, they contact Bagu, who directs them to the robot graveyard, where they can find spare parts. When Bagu is captured and
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version of 1997, a society lives in a land nicknamed "The Wasteland" that is littered with trash and ruled by a sadistic and tyrannical overlord named Zeus, who uses a device to grind captives into water. The Kid, a teenage comic book fan, scavenges the wastes on his BMX bike to trade with junk
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On September 28, 2016, a sequel to the film was officially announced. One day before the announcement, Le Matos released the official music video for their track "No Tomorrow", which serves as a prequel to the original film.
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is a magical can't-miss experience that's like a Saturday morning cartoon turned into an apocalyptic 80s fever-dream. A stunning visual masterpiece that redefines the phrase 'low-budget filmmaking'."
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After The Kid buries Apple, Frederick invites him to stay and help him deliver water to the people of the Wasteland. The Kid declines and rides off to explore the wastelands.
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is an absolute blast and deserves all the love and praise that it's been given! I loved every second of it and it’s one of those movies that I want to watch over and over."
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captures the wildly discordant dreams of any budding movie lover when they were 10, creating one of the funniest works of sandbox cinema made to date.
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along with them. Apple dies while protecting The Kid from the blast. The explosion reveals a fresh water source underneath the site.
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may be aimed at adults, but its infantilizing vintage fetish makes an otherwise cute action-adventure a bad blast to the past."
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awarded it five out of five stars, saying, "Funny, gory, hugely enjoyable and – most importantly – shining with spirit,
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A video game adaptation of the film was developed by game studio Outerminds and launched on April 9, 2024.
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is here to play, and he's loads of fun." We Got This Covered awarded it four out of five stars, saying, "
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eyes the past through an entertaining – albeit surprisingly gory – postmodern lens." On
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is a wild success. Everyone involved should be thoroughly proud of themselves."
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on January 26, 2015. Epic Pictures Group released it on August 28, 2015.
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played in 31 cinemas across the United States and grossed $ 67,069.
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dealer Bagu. After trading for water and his favorite comic book
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François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell
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said, "The Final Word: There’s no two ways around it,
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François Simard
Anouk Whissell
Yoann-Karl Whissell
Ant Timpson
Munro Chambers
Laurence Leboeuf
Aaron Jeffery
Michael Ironside
Epic Pictures Group
Sundance
post-apocalyptic
superhero film
François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell
Munro Chambers
Laurence Leboeuf
Michael Ironside
Aaron Jeffery
Romano Orzari
post-apocalyptic
View-Master
Munro Chambers
Evan Manoukian
Laurence Leboeuf
Michael Ironside
Edwin Wright
Aaron Jeffery
Romano Orzari
Orphée Ladouceur
Steeve LĂ©onard

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