Deathlands: Homeward Bound (2003)

The year is 2104. For the past century the world has been ravaged by war and disaster. Radiation colors the skies and a red chemical mist hangs over miles of lifeless land. Government as we know it has been destroyed. Civilization has devolved to a time of feudal states and martial law. Welcome to the New Reality. Across the former United States of America now known simply as Deathlands powerful tyrants have set up makeshift kingdoms oppressing and enslaving the remaining survivors of the 21st century... except for a heroic few. Ryan Cawdor his beautiful mutant girlfriend Krysty Wroth the deadly J.B. Dix and the lethal albino teenager Jak Laurent are the hope for a reborn future. Nomadic by nature they roam Deathlands in defiance of all who would take away their freedom.System Requirements:Running Time: 86 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/ESCAPE FILMS Rating: NR UPC: 014381399929 Manufacturer No: ID3999NCDVD Product Description

Homeward Bound

This is the bottom of the barrel for "B" movies. It doesn't come close
to the acutal book by Axler. Whoever wrote the screenplay should find
another occupation. None of the actors come close to representing what
the lead characters actually look like or act like their respective
characters in Axler's Deathland series. July 4, 2008

Deathlands wannabe Movie

Being a huge Deathlands reader mark, I was extremely excited to finally see a Deathlands movie come out.

But alas, it failed miserably on so many areas.

Actually the actors who portrayed Ryan Cawdor and Krysty Wroth were good, and actually dressed and looked the part. The other ones who played Jak Lauren and J.B. Dix were terrible.

Even with a low budget, this easily could have been a classic B-movie post-holocaust action/adventure movie. It actually showed promise at times, but failed miserably at its very core. Too bad. This long running action series could still be made into a hot Hollywood production hit if it were made right. And it actually would not cost that much to produce.

But if you are not a harcore fan like myself, you might see it in a different light. As I can tell from some of the positive reviews here.


April 17, 2008

good movie but

DeathLands HomeWard Bound movie is a fair movie but it left out to main people it left out Doc Tanner, and Lori Quinn they played a big part in the book but they where not in the movie and Krysty Wroth was good in the movie but her red hair was not seen doing anything in the movie when there is danger or not . And Jak Lauren was good in the movie but he wore a football jersey and had short curly while hair in the book he had long white hair and he had his jacket with throwing knifes that was not in the movie Ryan and JB were about the same as in the movie and book everbout else was the same in the movie like they where in the book so the movie was good butthey should had Doc Tanner and Lori quinn February 15, 2008

Deathlands

If you are a fan of the Deathlands SciFi/Adventure novels penned by James Axler, then you are going to be reluctantly satisfied with this film. It is very low budget, but I am thankful that the powers that be even attempted to make a film adaptation of the Deathlands series. Yeah, it has lots of room for improvement, but at least it was made. Vincent Spanno did a great job as Ryan, and the rest of the cast was well received. The cinematography has a lot to be desired, and the lighting in particular throughout the film was poor. The red filter used for the outdoor shots was extremely annoying. Yes I know they were trying to visually convey the radioactive skyline, but it really took my attention away from the story. The script was well done, and the acting above par. As a 20 year +/- fan of the Deathlands series, I give it a 4 outta 5 star rating. Thanks SciFi for finally releasing this on DVD for the fans! SciFi Channel rocks! February 2, 2008

I'm so excited it's coming out on DVD!

I loved this movie and have been wishing more people saw it when it was on Sci Fi. Really happy to see it on DVD. January 15, 2008

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