Set in an unde)rgro<und d$>)ungeon _) inhabi#t.ed b%y bundled *#(, ragged h* 'uma*
,n beings,@!\ after t
;h*)+:e n=uclear holocaust.' The sto+)"ry follows the w:-!anderings )=of a% hero t\"h[^]_,rough" the  situ[`ations\ @ of survival. P,eople wait for<=^ the Ar(]k $to arrive @;and rescue;_\ 
them wh!:ile their habitat f:]alls apart.　　De= lving deep into th( e dusty an]"d long ab`*ando%nded vaul_ts of b-cinema in se@(arch< of lost gems always leav"/<-es me with a*
@/bittersw"eet tast-e. On on?%e hand t>he discovery of unexpected gems whe
(re n?o o:):ne$& w$ould $$t(hink .^ them possible^_( is a rewarding expe ]&r>]ienc^!e.   On the$> other han d though it makes o=ne wo'-nd/$#er @.!how@ m>!any of these remark@able low-b\))udge*(t odd )ities, per-$#sonal lov
?&e* affairs of directo=.ll b,*ut for]>go:+.tten, have almost":.f;$orev($er slipp+ 'ed from @memo!ry　#　n =,any case what we = ha?(\top<(ian near:+/ f-u\-ture ;
of =>+O-B*I, O-BA finds )]^a [=group o\f =su<>rvivors of t$*%h^&#_\e nuclear w_&/ar t?hat)$ r_%]avaged the$- Eart :h inha/,)biting^: %.* \an underwo+$+rld conc `rete bunker and biding the.!ir tim.e as# they w=ait for the myster,/ious Ark, +>%.an# air ship of som',e:' kind that #wil&-l co;:me and sav e th)+em. The .Ark p_@rov/*es to& be<) an^?*& elaborate: h"
"`oax, c)arefully d.!!esign^^*ed to give>  `=hope[] to the m[$[aln- ^o+"urished and desperat.@e denizens of"#the bu!`nker,  while+ " i)(.n t"%he (!meantime(+ t'_,he /`!d*_om%e ,/th&at s eparates their[ miserab le )*- ex<<_(
istence from the   n&-!/uclear wi""nt.e-^r=@ outside is slowly c(,aving in.　　What :! f$%"] irst striked me ab!out" the +
movie is $t:he design of the bunker_ and t]he depiction :< of t-.he surv!-+iv/"ors. T_he  s$)urvivors_=\ ?$ =a<;re gaunt/, f?%ilthy and t?!errible-;^lo'
o])king penitent+?s, dressed in rags and aimlessly wa<nder@ing the ne/o_-&n-]lit ha[lls of the b: ;unker li=&ke autom- ato,
ns. T he bunker i\_s a r["%undow
 n, seedy- place, with `
\)brigh:#t neo`[ n lights peering from a#"ll sides (like th@+e eyes of
@= malign-ant^ beast'$s.　/[ ^　On one> ( &h-&and it\> is:( a slightly .(<80's d, epic/+'tion of th %e dy+ st>-_opian future but the movie neve\.r stoops  down  to \"M\A/ D'' MAX "+$cheese$. Inst"ead it co\mbines biting political satire with th
#'e &:bleak $? `)outl \=;oo>(k of a world with no future, ^*black comedy with b]=:arb=s ,on a%pa-/::thy, religion and$  [&)power. T&h/<#[e survi(-;>[v<o\[/isor uses (-mill s@;`c\i-fi s)chlock. It ov-@ercomes its mode^st budget with crea ) tiv^ity/ an! d has genu:(`ine +&ar
-tistic #aspirations b in star k black and w_< hite. %%Th,e b'lue-green neon on th..e oth+' er hand ou -ts+(+tays its :>welc$ome after a)- ] whi<#le./ Just;[ a minor* & gri[? pe in an_ other;wi%_#se '-?so?;lid b-mo^\vie w'#.ith its hea: rt set in a=[ll the righ t places.+<　　Imagin?e a less .$b!

leak ^&THE ROAD (Co>_rmac McCart.&`hy) bei*;ng injected )=with the satire and hu- .*mour of DR.STRANGELOVE and you're getting`: :]'there. %*See+&< it:
if 
_you# can > find it.