Deathlands: Homeward Bound
| Deathlands: Homeward Bound | |
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| Based on |
Homeward Bound (novel) by James Axler |
| Written by |
Gabrielle G. Stanton Harry Werksman |
| Directed by | Joshua Butler |
| Starring |
Vincent Spano Jenya Lano Colin Fox Alan C. Peterson Traci Lords |
| Theme music composer | Christopher Lennertz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Derek Rappaport |
| Cinematography | Bruce Worrall |
| Editor(s) | Joshua Butler |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Amber Light Films Inc. Kinetic Pictures |
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| Original network | Sci-Fi Channel |
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Deathlands: Homeward Bound is a 2003 television film based on the Deathlands series of books. The Sci Fi Pictures film, released May 17, 2003, on the Sci Fi Channel, stars Vincent Spano and Traci Lords, and was directed by Joshua Butler.
Earth is devastated by a nuclear war in 2084. The sky is red from chemical waste, and what was once the United States has become "Deathlands" inhabited by mutants. Communities ruled by powerful survivors are called "villes", and the one known as Front Royale had been ruled by a good man who is killed by his wife, Lady Rachel Cawdor (Traci Elizabeth Lords). His son, Harvey Cawdor (Alan C. Peterson), kills one of his brothers and partially blinds his young brother Ryan Cawdor (Vincent Spano), who then escapes.
After spending 20 years in the wastelands, the one-eyed Ryan returns to Front Royale accompanied by his girlfriend, Krysty Wroth (Jenya Lano); the teenage mutant Jak Laurent (Nathan Carter); and weapons specialist J. B. Dix (Cliff Saunders) to face his stepmother and brother and avenge his father's murder.
Justin Felix of DVD Talk called the telefilm "a low-budget mish-mash of elements from Dune and The Most Dangerous Game", and that although it was "one bad movie" it was "moderately entertaining" and something that could be appreciated by fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He said the film is "so bad that it's actually entertaining if you want to laugh at movie-making ineptitude."
Hal Erickson of Rovi made note of the popularity of the book series upon which the film is based, and that the film seemed aimed at long-distance truck drivers.
The film premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel on May 17, 2003, and was released on video in Argentina in 2005. It has its United States DVD premiere in February 2008. It worldwide release under different titles: Campos de Morte in Brazil, Deathlands in Argentina, Deathlands, le chemin du retour in France, I gi ton nekron in Greece, La tierra de la muerta in Spain, and Pusztító atomcsapás in Hungary.
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