20 Mad Max Rip Offs You Need To See

Conflict between the Pan-American Alliance (good guys) and the Eurac Monarchy (bad guys) has reduced the earth to a “garbage-strewn radioactive desert” and rendered the population sterile, but as luck would have it, the world’s last fertile woman has been located in Manhattan, and it’s up to a laconic loner to find her and save humanity.

Yes, it’s Mad Max meets Escape From New York, and with its one-eyed cyborgs, claw-handed former schoolteachers and man-ape hybrids, 2019 throws in all kinds of colourful characters for the sake of an entertaining show.

Originality may not be the pictue’s strongest suit, but it makes up for it by being pure no-think escapism. The crummy logic, bad dubbing and 80s fashions mean the cheese factor is in the stratosphere, but that’s all part of the fun, and for a no-budget knock-off, it really delivers.