[1] Two of the highest-ranked bounty killers in the Thrice Burned Lands, Drifter (Matthew Marsden) and Mary Death (Christian Pitre) team up to exterminate a party full of corporate criminals.
A crowd has gathered at the entrance to welcome the heroes, and while Mary basks in her fans’ adoration, Drifter meets a gun caddy for hire named Jack LeMans (Barak Hardley).
Drifter's distress over this news attracts the attention of Mary, who enters with a cart full of dead executives.
She's curious to know why he'd make such a big deal out of a small-time collar, telling him “He must be your snitch.” Just then, Jack springs out of Mary's cart.
After the bounty killers leave, Daft Willy receives a new death warrant on his Council-Comm printer.
Mary sees through Greg's scheme and kills him and his bodyguard with her signature go-go boot spur-kick-to-the-throat move.
Although they are grossly outnumbered, the bounty hunters eliminate their attackers while arguing about whether or not Mary gets to tag along to see the Council.
Jack tells Drifter she won't be a problem because he modified the car's boosters while they were in Harry's Saloon.
Back in Drip Rock, a slick Corvette stingray enters the town square, now littered with the bodies of several yellow ties.
He relays the information about the bounty killers to his boss, a severe business woman in yellow stilettos by the name of Catherine (Kristanna Loken).
Van promises to track down the bounty killers and “keep the killing alive.” Later that night, Drifter explains to Jack that he's a wanted criminal and that he should take off.
Suddenly, out of the darkness, Drifter is approached by a skull-faced assassin who holds a knife to his throat who is revealed to be a Gypsy.
Mocha interrogates Drifter, wanting to know the location of Nuri, a Gypsy girl who escaped their camp many years ago.
“She mentioned the name Drifter.” Mocha, not happy with Drifter's refusal to give up any information, orders another Gypsy to burn him with her fire wands.
Drifter explains how he first met Mary many years ago when she lived her life as a Gypsy named Nuri.
Nuri approached him while he was in the company of a prostitute Estelle (Mindy Robinson) and demanded he teach her how to be a bounty killer.
They climb atop a Gypsy coach (an Airstream trailer pulled by three motorcycles) and make their escape from the camp.
She makes sure Mary leaves with her chest-plate armor, telling her “Sometimes it pays for a girl to be practical.” Jack and Drifter pull the Gypsy coach up to a small shack in the middle of what appears to be a junkyard.
Just then our heroes are captured and surrounded by another group of yellow-ties including Van and Catherine, who we learn was once married to Drifter.
Jack, now a quick and precise gun caddy, assists Drifter and Mary as they unleash their fury upon the employees of Second Sun.
Mary, now in a new black leather get-up, comes down the stairs and hops into her new cherry-topped death machine, a gift from Jack to make up for blowing up her old one.
The feature film's tone was influenced by Ice Pirates, Six String Samurai, and Death Race 2000.
Although explicit themes of retrofuturism were eventually dropped, as these were believed to be too confusing for audiences to understand, the film's setting still makes use of the aesthetic; for example, the cars are all from the 1970s, and much of the technology is analog.
Although the crew were fond of practical effects, they did not have the opportunity to make extensive use of them due to the fast production schedule.
[8] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "Cheerfully gory, derivative and silly, Bounty Killer aspires to nothing more or less than trashy fun for genre fans, and [...] delivers on that modest but admirable score.
"[9] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "It's all utterly silly and derivative but also undeniably entertaining.
[11] Miriam Bale of The New York Times wrote, "Watching this movie feels like viewing a very long, expensive car commercial and waiting for the real film to begin.
[15] Nick Schager of The Dissolve rated it two out of five stars and wrote, "Bounty Killer proves a derivative science-fiction saga with even less flavor than the characters' rare favorite beverage, Pabst Blue Ribbon.
"[16] Gabe Toro of Indiewire rated it C− and wrote, "It's a film that plays equally to both sides of the political spectrum, and it feels like pandering either way.
"[17] Bill Graham of Twitch Film wrote, "With a silly brand of inventive and violent humor crossed with the freedom of the post-apocalyptic setting, Bounty Killer is a hell of a good time that never takes itself too seriously.