The plot takes place in 2019, following a nuclear holocaust, where two loners among the remains of the starving human race protect a group of pilgrims from a vicious gang bent on genocide.

A ruthless gang called "The Templars" constantly raid settlers in an attempt to exterminate everyone in order to purge the Earth.

The budget was incredibly small but I'm quite proud that I succeeded in making a movie shot on the outskirts of Rome.

[1] Variety felt that Casterllari made a mistake in using slow motion opposed to George Miller's exciting high-speed action scenes, finding that the films car chases "look to be occurring at 25 mph".

[1] In Phil Hardy's book Science Fiction (1984), a review found the film to be too derivative of Mad Max 2.