If the 80s were anything as far as movies goes, it was a decade of imitation. How many imitators did movies like Halloween and Conan "inspire" in the 80s? Another influential movie that would see a number of imitators was The Road Warrior. From Escape from the Bronx to 2019: After the Fall of New York, there were scores of mainly Italian post-apocalyptic rip-offs. Some good, some bad, but Warrior of the Lost World is easily one of the worst of the bunch. Plainly put, it's a dreadful movie. Forget about a plot – the movie doesn't have one. Characters we don't know (much less care to know) drive around on ridiculously modified motorcycles, cars, and trucks shooting at each other while dressed like some sort of Cyndi Lauper/New Wave wannabes. It's pathetic.Warrior of the Lost World "stars" Robert Ginty, Donald Pleasence, and Fred Williamson. Ginty is The Rider – a character with marbles in his mouth who spends most of the movie with his nausea-inducing, talking motorcycle. One of the lone highlights of the movie is when the motorcycle gets crushed by a rather large truck (not to fear – much to my dismay, the motorcycle reappears later in the movie). Pleasence is obviously in it for a paycheck. By the looks of things, his scenes were filmed separately and probably shot in a day at the most. Williamson does what he always seems to do – make goofy faces at the camera. His character, like the rest of the movie, is utterly pointless.There's really only one way to stomach something as bad as Warrior of the Lost World – catch the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the movie. It's not the best episode, but it sure beats watching the movie on its own. While I've rated the movie a 1/10, I'll give this episode a 3/5 on my MST3K rating scale.

Here we go again: A devastating nuclear war destroys civilization as we known it. In the wake of the holocaust an evil empire called the Omega Force takes power. It's up to cynical and apathetic maverick loner anti-hero the Rider (flatly played by a visibly bored Robert Ginty) to help a group of peaceful folks overthrow cruel despot Prossor (a typically nasty Donald Pleasence). Writer/director David Worth whips up one doozy of an amusingly awful dud: we've got poky pacing, ineptly stage action scenes, tin-eared dialogue, and extremely clumsy use of strenuous slow motion. Ginty makes for a singularly charmless and underwhelming protagonist. The supporting cast doesn't fare much better: the gorgeous Persis Khambatta as the feisty Nastasia, Harrison Muller as the kindly McWayne, Fred Williamson in one of his standard macho dude roles, and Janna Ryan (Chocolate in "Rats: Night of Terror") as a ferocious Amazon babe Ginty fights with. Giancarlo Ferrando's garish cinematography, the hideously tacky 80's punk clothes, make-up and hairstyles, and Daniele Patucchi's cheesy blaring synthesizer score add considerably to the plentiful unintentional hilarity. Better still, Ginty comes equipped with a funky motorcycle that even has a wisecracking talking computer that's just like the car in "Knight Rider;" this supremely annoying comic relief character speaks in an irritating high-pitched squeaky voice and says such choice crummy lines as "bad mothers," "whoopee," "bite this," and "giddy up." Other sidesplitting highlights include a cave full of grotesquely disfigured mutants, a draggy S&M nightclub act, and Ginty vigorously mixing it up with a bunch of rowdy brutes. A total riot.

MST3K had a great time riffing this. The movie is very good material, and I think it's a real classic in it's genre(crappy low-budget Nineteen Eightyfour motorcycle Mad-Max ripoffs).The movie is a great example of "so bad it's good". We have a lot of ridiculous action, which is good, since many movies like these try to have some sort of "story" which just takes time and bores you to insanity. Warrior throws that crap out of the window and concentrates on what's important.There is a computer, Einstein(credited as "itself"), who wins the "Most annoying computer of all time"-prize without even trying. Seriously, I'd take HAL before this one. There's Ginty, referred to as "Paper Chase Guy", who is the best mumbler ever to play hero, and best of all, there's MEGAWEAPON, a huge truck with flamethrowers and spikes.This movie is awful. But unlike Mad Max, it doesn't try to take itself seriously. It's good fun and a good MST3K episode. Watch it!

I first saw this movie on MST3K, and it was my all time favorite. Even without the wiseass robots this is damn funny. I mean, from the stoner motorcycle, to Donald Pleasance as the blue print for Mike Myer's Dr. Evil character, to Robert Ginty's unbelievably wooden performance....oh man this is a great movie!!!! This and another Fred Williamson feature, Warriors of the Wasteland are the greatest of all the crappy Italian Mad Max knockoffs of the early to Mid 80s!