One of a cycle of "Mad Max"-type films which were labeled as rip-offs of the second film in the Mad Max series, Mad Max 2 : Le Défi (1981). These "Mad Max"-type films, many of them coming from Italy, included Stryker (1983), Le camion de la mort (1982), Les Guerriers du Bronx (1982),
Les Guerriers du Bronx 2 (1983), Les Nouveaux Barbares (1983), 2020 Texas Gladiators (1983), Le dernier combattant (1987), Les Exterminateurs de l'an 3000 (1983), and America 3000 (1986).
The film takes place in 2025.
The two pinball machines seen in the bar are Harlem Globetrotters On Tour(Bally) and Star Gazer(Stern). The latter is being played by a background actor.
Contrary to popular belief this film was actually made and released three years before The Running Man 1987 when it comes to a futuristic game show of hunters vs single combatant in a fight to the death