Plot: New York, year 2012. After some kind of catastrophe, only a few people survive in the city. With barely enough to eat, they form different clans who fight against each others. Carson, a lone warrior, joins the more civilised of them.
Comments: This one made it to the "good movies" board, but barely. Robert Clouse, from "Enter the dragon" fame, wrote it and directed it at a time when this kind of post-apolyptic films (think "The Omega man" or "Soylent Green") were popular. The reason why is that on paper it could have been a far more thoughtful film, considering it deals with one of the last remnants of civilisation, the comune led by Max von Sydow, and how it tries to surive in an increasingly difficult environment.
Instead, Clouse prefers to focus in the action department. Things be said, he does it quite well. The fights are numerous, and although the coreography is not exactly at Hong Kong level, Yul Brynner manages to make it very credible. For a man in his 50s, he is remarkably lean and agile, and his efficient, lethal movements fit the context well.
And well, at least the film manages to provide an exiting climax in the abandoned NY subway, and the final fight against the main villain is well staged, even if the ending is quite far fetched. Carson, if I were you, I'd wait for that guy to let go or throw the axe at him, rather than cutting my own hand.