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Radioactive Dreams [VHS]

John Stockwell (Actor), Michael Dudikoff (Actor), Albert Pyun (Director, Writer) Rated:
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Format: VHS Tape
IMDb5.5/10.0
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February 25, 1987 		—
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Contributor Albert Pyun, Tom Karnowski, Michael Dudikoff, Michele Little, Lisa Blount, George Kennedy, Demian Slade, H. Frank Dominguez, John Stockwell, Sue Saad, Christian Andrews, Hunter Johnson, Moctesuma Esparza, Norbert Weisser, Hilary Shepard, Michael Thomas Slifkin, Paul Keller Galan, Don Murray, Roger Holzberg See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 34 minutes
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Albert Pyun
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 34 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 25, 1987
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ John Stockwell, Michael Dudikoff, Michele Little, Lisa Blount, Don Murray
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Vestron Video
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ H. Frank Dominguez, Hunter Johnson, Michael Thomas Slifkin, Moctesuma Esparza, Roger Holzberg
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6302038251
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Albert Pyun
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RoyalGadgeteer
5.0 out of 5 stars Do you like Fallout?
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2020
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If you like the Fallout series of games, it's the movie to watch. Plain & simple.
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Michael Mccarty
3.0 out of 5 stars The Music Is Fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2012
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I wrote some of the music for this film, so I may be a wee bit biased.
It's a fun little film, not a big budget, great film, but some of the music is fantastic! #;-D)=
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Redpawn3
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Film For Mondo Nerds
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2023
Two solid versions. The comedy version and the darker, longer, alternate scenes, dialogue, music contained in the Japanese released version.

There’s real magic here.
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DBCi
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good premise, uneasy editing
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021
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While this movie is very straightforward, almost blunt in its premise simplicity, the overall product is lessened by choppy editing. While the meat of the movie take place over the course of one day, it is not clear how much time is or is not passing; It seems to be night through most of it. Screen time that could be used to establish characters or motivations is wasted on three (possibly four) musical interludes, where soundless characters move through the world set against a quasi-expository song.

While I don't think it should be overloaded with exposition, it also lacks simple characterization. Every "faction" is presented without pomp or circumstance, and near the end when they're all turning on each other, it is very, wery unclear who is shooting who.

If it sounds like I hated it, I didn't. I quite like it and was giggling through most of it. Just, be ready to move through an unclear narrative at breakneck speed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2004
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This is a great movie about 2 boys who hide underground after a nuclear war reading mystery novels they then a turn into detectives from the underground 15 years later.It's a must see!!
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Grey Fox
5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best "after the apocalypse" movies EVER.
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016
Delivered quick. Good condition. This is one of my all time favorite movies.
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Muzzlehatch
2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but unsuccessful mix of sci-fi, noir, comedy & rock&roll
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2011
Director Albert Pyun has made some 45 films - many straight to video - over a career spanning slightly less than 30 years. You'd have to be a very serious devotee of shlock, in particular fantasy-sci-fi exploitation type stuff, to have seen or even heard of more than a handful of them. I've seen maybe half a dozen and the only one that I'd argue for being close to "good" is his first, 1982's THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER which along with the same year's CONAN THE BARBARIAN helped to beget the short-lived but fairly large barbarian/sword and sorcery film genre.

Anyway I'd heard some good things about this, Pyun's second film, and certainly the concept was intriguing: a couple of young guys (Michael Dudikoff and John Stockwell) survive nuclear apocalypse living underground in a makeshift bomb shelter constructed by two men who may or may not be their fathers (George Kennedy and Don Murray), are abandoned as children, but survive and emerge 15 years later or so into the post-apocalyptic world to search for their daddies. They've absorbed the world of hard-boiled fiction (why? who knows) and they go by the monikers Marlowe Hammer and Philip Chandler. As the travel the wastelands in an old car with a trailer full of gasoline, they encounter one Miles Archer (Lisa Blount) and a bunch of mutants. They try to befriend/help Archer but find out quickly that she's no friend, and soon as they enter "Edge City", they find out that everybody who's anybody is looking for a special key, to the world's one remaining nuclear weapon - a key which they happen to have. Chaos, lots of fighting, and lots of rock and roll (yes, this turns into a punk-rock musical) ensue.

This has some interesting ideas I guess, and it's always a pleasure to see George Kennedy even if he's just got a few short scenes, but ultimately it's a chaotic mess that goes nowhere, and Dudikoff and Stockwell have the charisma of cardboard. It didn't help matters that this Cinemascope film can only be found panned & scanned on a crappy old VHS, either - the big fight scenes in the last half hour in particular become absolutely incoherent and impossible to follow - not that any of the characters or the plot are well developed enough that you're likely to care. For devotees of 80s cheese only I'd say, and even for them I'd warn against this ugly, washed-out tape. Rent it maybe, and hope for a better-looking DVD someday if you like it.
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Littlebip
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2015
Not as cool as it sounded from description; dated, but good.
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Chris G
5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD, Great service by seller
Reviewed in Germany on February 25, 2022
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This is a very good quality DVD. If one likes Radioactive Dreams and has a region-free player, I say go for it. It is available at a good price and quality is predictably superior to VHS copies of the film.
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Richard Weninger
3.0 out of 5 stars grauenhafte Bildqualität
Reviewed in Germany on September 23, 2013
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Bildqualität ist derart schlecht, als ob eine alte VHS Kassette unbearbeitet auf DVD gepresst wurde; das sollte heutzutage nicht passieren!
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uwe1808
4.0 out of 5 stars Kult
Reviewed in Germany on December 4, 2019
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Was hab ich mir in jungen Jahren angetan?!? Es ist und bleibt aber ein Kultfilm. Das einzige was ich zu bemängeln habe ist die schlechte Bildqualität.
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Thomas Grotevendt
5.0 out of 5 stars Ein Klassiker
Reviewed in Germany on November 22, 2017
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Uralt schrill, klasse Musik. Guter Film aus alten Zeiten gut gemacht mit Inhalt
Hat mir sehr gefallen, gucke ich mir immer wieder gerne an.
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E. Stelling
4.0 out of 5 stars Ein alter Kultfilm
Reviewed in Germany on June 24, 2016
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Ich habe lange gehofft, das dieser Film aus den 80er Jahren mal ins Fernsehen kommt. Da das nie passierte, habe ich mich gefreut, dass es den Film endlich auf DVD gibt. Ich hatte ihn zwar etwas brutaler in Erinnerung, aber naja, damals sah ich die Welt noch anders. Zu erwähnen ist natürlich auch die gute Filmmusik von z.B. Sue Saad.
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