The film stars professional wrestler Roddy Piper as Sam Hell, one of the last remaining fertile men in a post-apocalyptic world populated by both humans and mutant amphibians.

Sam Hell, a nomadic scavenger, is recruited by the provincial government to serve as a human stud—they tracked him down by following a trail of pregnant women left in his wake from his travels, and have determined that he is one of few remaining fertile men in existence.

Despite their rocky start and Spangle's initial cold demeanor, the pair grow closer during the journey and eventually fall in love.

[1] Jackson presented New World with a script he had written with Randall Frakes titled Hell Comes to Frogtown describing the concept as The Road Warrior meets Planet of the Apes and after responding positively to the pitch initially agreed to finance the film as a non-union $150,000 production.

[1] Once the project moved to the feature division, executives expressed skepticism that the film's action and stunt sequences could be achieved for $500,000 and increased the budget again to between $750,000 and $1 million.

[6] DVD Talk gave the film three out of five stars, writing, "Rowdy Roddy Piper has to save the world by diddling beautiful babes and squashing six-foot mutant toads with crummy attitudes.

"[7] Jason Cook of The Spinning Image rated the film a score of six out of ten stars, writing, "Cheap and cheerful its narrative lulls and directorial shortcomings are glossed over by a winning central performance and a smattering of witty dialogue.

"[8] Creature Feature gave the movie 2.5 stars, finding that while it is a Mad Max ripoff, it does so with a sense of style and has the ability to laugh at itself.