Survival Zone

Survival Zone
Survival Zone
Directed by	Percival Rubens
Written by	Eric Brown; Percival Rubens
Produced by	David Dalling; Frank Evans ; Percival Rubens
Starring	Gary Lockwood; Camilla Sparv; Morgan Stevens; Zoli Marki
Cinematography	Vincent G. Cox; Colin Taylor
Music by	Nick Labuschagne
Distributed by	Commedia Pictures Inc.
Release date	1983 (U.S.);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	South Africa
Language	English

Survival Zone is a 1983 South African post-apocalyptic action-thriller directed by Percival Rubens and starring Gary Lockwood, Camilla Sparv, Morgan Stevens, and Zoli Marki.

Plot

In the near future of 1989, the world has collapsed during a nuclear war and the few survivors must make do as best they can. Ben Faber operates a family farm and is isolated from world events. They live a reasonably happy life until they are besieged by a brutal and cannibalistic motorcycle gang who want to eat men and reproduce with the women. The family is forced to protect themselves with the weapons found in the house. Concurrent with this they have given a mysterious stranger shelter.^[1]

Cast

Gary Lockwood .... Ben Faber
Camilla Sparv .... Lucy Faber
Morgan Stevens .... Adam Strong
Zoli Marki (Zoli Marquess) .... Rachel Faber
Ian Steadman .... Bigman Bigman

Background

Survival Zone is a low-budget "B" film inspired by the Australian film Mad Max 2. Screenplay, direction and production by Percival Rubens with a screenwriting assist by Eric Brown.^[2]

Reception

In Creature Feature, John Stanley found the movie predictable, giving it two out of five stars. However, he did find that the movie offers surprising philosophical take on life after an apocalypse.^[3]