Aftershock (1990)
5/10
"What did she do? Swallow a dictionary?"
9 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
An alien woman Sabina comes to a post-apocalyptic planet Earth to learn about the human race. The world is run by a fascistic military regime who hunt down anyone who rebels against authority and kills them. Am not sure what she learns. There is a lot of action in the film mainly set in one location, the familiar ruins of an industrial plant, which entails lots of running around by the dramatis personae. The plot is routine and sometimes head scratchingly odd. What distinguishes the film and makes it worth seeing is the awesome cast. In what other film could you see John Saxon, Russ Tamblyn (charmingly overacting), Matthias Hues, Chuck Jeffreys, Michael Berryman, Richard Lynch and Gerald Okamura? Fine actors all.

Right at the end of the film Sabina demonstrates that she has telekinetic powers that were never seen before and is only used as a deus ex machina to help the good guy beat the villain. It would have come in handy earlier all the times she was in peril!
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