Scorched Earth (2018) Reviews

• Award for the Most Hilarious Premise in Winter 2017/2018

  Tweetienator2018-02-03

  Almost the whole humanity was killed by climate change and catastrophes related to those changes and after billions are dead a few guys and gals still driving cars are threatening the climate and therefore hunted down by bounty-hunters - wanted dead or alive. Well, that's a well-dumb-crafted premise I must admit :D What more to say!? Movie is so so but only if you are a BIG-time fan of the (pos)apocalyptic genre. No new The Road, The Book of Eli or Mad Max etc. here. Tastes like a C-Western, good enough to kill some spare time with nothing else to do. Only for die-hard fans of the genre who must watch 'em all.

• Neutrally ok.

  collinsburns572018-02-07

  Watchable, giving the plots partly similar to both Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" and "Pale Rider" with a bit of Mad Maxish's enemy wasteland cars. Though none of the editing scene to scene were irritating throughout. The actors are average but not imposing enough with the exception of Gina's acting, she is certainly suited for more kick-ass heroine roles in movieland.

• Good 'B' Movie

  stevendbeard2018-02-03

  I saw "Scorched Earth", starring Gina Carano-Deadpool, Fast & Furious 6; John Hannah-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D._tv, The Brendan Frasier Mummy movies; Ryan Robbins-Van Helsing_tv, Falling Skies_tv and Dean S. Jagger-Game of Thrones_tv, Travellers. This is a 'B' movie-that was made in 2016, thank you credits-about a post apocalyptic future that looks like a cross between a western and Mad Max. Gina plays a bounty hunter that likes to ride a horse and drag her catches behind her in a coffin while Ryan is the bounty that likes to drive vehicles and swing a sword around in the air. There are some vehicles with gun turrets mounted on top. Dean is Ryan's right hand enforcer and John is Gina's friend and he also helped train her. John is also a doctor, which comes in handy when Gina gets beat up. Gina also has a past connection to John, which 'Makes this personal'. As you might guess, there's not much new here, but if you are a Gina fan-I am and have been since Haywire-you might enjoy it. It's rated "R" for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 36 minutes. I would buy it on DVD-I'm a Gina fan, remember?-but if you are not, it would be alright as a rental.

• Gina needs more good scripts and bigger budgets.

  sullyfaucher2018-02-02

  Gage is a bounty hunter in the future where silver powder for breathing masks and water tablets are the commodities needed to sustain life. John Hannah plays a former hunter now a doctor due to injury. They have good chemistry and are even a bit funny. The action is great as Gina kicks ass everywhere she goes. Her sister was taken when Gage was younger and has nightmares about the incident so that when she goes after the guy who is the largest bounty, she finds out that he is the one who took her sister. The acting is good, all are believable and give good performances. I'd never seen any trailers and was surprised when I found this one and was not disappointed. It won't win any Oscars but was a good watch. I gave it a ten because at 3.7 of a rating, I felt it was unfair. Gina may be an ex MMA fighter but she's developed into a pretty good actress. I agree with the other reviewer that Gina needs better scripts and bigger budgets.

• Oh Dear. Do they really still make movies like this?

  dubwize2018-02-03

  This is 2018. To sit through this felt like I was back in the 1980's. If it was made back then it would have been a great movie, however this is the 21st century and movies need more than over extended low grade long winded dialogue scenes and cheesy acting. As Megatron from Futurama says: "That was so terrible I think it gave me cancer."