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Also known as ''Escape 2000'' (in the US) or ''Blood Camp Thatcher'' (in the UK), this [[Cult Classic]] 1982 Australian [[Exploitation Film|'ozploitation']] sci-fi action film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, of ''[[BMX Bandits]]'', ''[[Dead End Drive-In]]'', ''The Man from Hong Kong'' and ''Leprechaun 4'' fame.

The film is a [[Narm Charm|charmingly cheesy]], campy, over-the-top [[B-Movie]], that can be a lot of fun if you acknowledge it for what it is and [[MST3K Mantra|don't think too hard about it]]. Recommended for anyone interested in Australian cinema, or who enjoyed ''[[Mad Max]]''. [[Quentin Tarantino]] has cited both the film and its director as among his favorites.

 

 

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Jennifer's crossbow bolts, with explosive and pyrotechnic heads.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Averted when Chris finds that Griff has got his hands on a rifle and tries to hook up with him. Griff refuses as he figures they're all dead anyway and plans on killing as many hunters as he can. Of course the hero runs into a burning canefield to save [[Final Girl]] Chris, so it's not completely averted.

* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]

* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]

* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: Thatcher telling Anders about the hunt; it's obvious that Anders knows it's a set-up, and that [[Stepford Smiler|Thatcher realises this]].

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Alph

* [[Karmic Death]]: The two men who threaten Chris with rape both fall victim to [[Groin Attack|Groin Attacks]].

* [[Les Yay]]: Jennifer gives the female captives a [[Psycho Lesbian|hungry look]]. Chris looks scared; Rita [[Bi the Way|returns her gaze]]. When Jennifer finally catches Rita, she caresses Rita's breast with her quarrel.

* [[Make an Example of Them]]: A scene which impressed even [[Quentin Tarantino]] is [[The Brute|Ritter]] (played by [[Giant Mook|6ft, 3"]] Roger Ward) shadowboxing and then beating to death a tiny female inmate, picked at random as a 'lesson' to the [[New Meat]].

* [[Naive Newcomer]] / [[Wrongfully Accused]]: Chris is arrested when the police chase a man into her shop and start beating him. When she protests, they say he must have been seeking shelter there (why else would she defend him?) and haul Chris off for 'questioning'.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Thatcher when he discovers Secretary Mallory has been killed.

* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: Used for spying on prisoners and entertaining guests.

* [[Penal Colony]]: Re-Ed Camp 47 {{spoiler|turns out to be on an island, so there's no escape.}}

* [[Rape as Drama]]: So much so that [[Diamanda Hagan]] invented a [[Drinking Game]] -- every time a character threatens, indicates or suggests they're going to rape someone, take a shot.

* [[Regret Eating Me]]: Dodge after Alph bites off his little toe and eats it.

* [[Sentry Gun]]: Twin remotely-controlled 20-calibre guns are in the towers (actually they're [[AKA-47|7.62mm MG3's]]). The one time they're used they prove [[Awesome but Impractical|completely incapable]] of destroying a [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy|slow, red-painted unarmoured buggy]] and its blatantly-exposed occupants.

* [[Shower Scene]]: With equal-opportunity [[Fan Service]] as the inmates have a co-ed shower.

* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]

* [[Villain Ball]]: Lampshaded by [[Diamanda Hagan]].

'''Hagan:''' "Oh, that was fast. Fuck-up achieved." }}

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?]]: [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher]] as the name of the chief villain. Plus the rhetoric of the Re-Ed camp seems aimed more at rebels against society's petty rules than political opponents of the regime; an obvious [[Take That]] aimed at the ever-popular "get tough on delinquents" rhetoric of politicians.

[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]

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