Directed by Jack Smight
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Shout! Factory)
Military survivors of WWIII trek cross-country in supervans towards Albany, NY, where radio transmissions are originating. They encounter giant scorpions in the desert, pick up a pretty girl in Vegas and a teenage boy near the Rockies, find Salt Lake City overrun by cockroaches and then encounter a giant tidal wave in Detroit. The special effects are generally unconvincing, except for the ever-present psychedelic light show in the sky. The group of survivors have no chemistry, and aren't very smart either, nonchalantly getting out of their armored vehicles without even checking around first. The Stand, a TV mini series released years later, did a much better job depicting a post-nuclear America.
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