Warlords Of The 21st Century (1982)

[bodieci5]

Otherwise known as Battletruck over here in the UK. It was a pretty good Mad Max 2 rip-off with The Warriors' Michael Beck as the main hero Hunter and James Wainwright as evil badass Straker. Taped this off TV when I was 12.

[commandorulez]

I love this movie! I remember watching it on video disk when I was a little kid. My brother recently bought the VHS from the local video store. This one and Mega Force are classics.

[bodieci5]

Oh, yes, Megaforce. The one with Barry Bostwick, Devon off Knight Rider and Persis Khambatta, right? I remember that was sometimes shown in either the morning or afternoon on Sundays while Warlords would be screened at night.

It's a pity Michael Beck never became a big name. He had presence and if chance was a fine thing, he could have been a believable action star like Mel, Bruce or even Peter Weller, but he reminds me of Street Hawk's Rex Smith.

[commandorulez]

He was good in Mega Force, good in Warlords of the 21st Century and Great in The Warriors.
Didn't he also do a television show called Houston Knights with Michael Pare?

[bodieci5]

Feb 5, 2009 18:39:12 GMT -5 commandorulez said:

He was good in Mega Force, good in Warlords of the 21st Century and Great in The Warriors.
Didn't he also do a television show called Houston Knights with Michael Pare?

I believe he did.



Michael Pare was another guy with great potential. He was good in Streets Of Fire and The Philadelphia Experiment. Could have been a James Dean-type Hollywood action hero.

I remember watching the beginning of a TV movie back in the early '90s where Beck screams this lady's name before trying to kill her. She escapes and his character talks in this Southern hick accent.

[commandorulez]

Pare was awesome in Bad Moon. What ever happened to Michael Beck? He and Jan Michael Vincent seemed to have fallen off of the map.