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The Killing Edge

  • 1984
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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The Killing Edge (1984)
Sci-Fi

In a post-nuclear-war wasteland, a man searches for his family while trying to avoid deadly killer robots.In a post-nuclear-war wasteland, a man searches for his family while trying to avoid deadly killer robots.In a post-nuclear-war wasteland, a man searches for his family while trying to avoid deadly killer robots.

  • Director
    • Lindsay Shonteff
  • Writer
    • Lindsay Shonteff
  • Stars
    • Bill French
    • Mary Spencer
    • Paul Ashe
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    54
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lindsay Shonteff
    • Writer
      • Lindsay Shonteff
    • Stars
      • Bill French
      • Mary Spencer
      • Paul Ashe
    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Bill French
    • Steve Johnson
    Mary Spencer
    • Woman
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    • Youth - Lenny
    Al Lampert
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    Matthew Waterhouse
    Matthew Waterhouse
    • Knife Man
    Aiden James
    • Dying Man
    Juliette Grassby
    • Sarah Johnson
    Nigel Plaskitt
    Nigel Plaskitt
    • Man from labour camp
    Francis Howard
    • Paul Johnson
    Chris Plume
    • Lone Man
    Michael Barton
    • Dead Terminator
    Daniel Gratton
    • Boy Victim
    Steve Dugantis
    • Terminator
    Nigel Hughes
    • Terminator
    G. Oldacre
    • Terminator
    Alan Markham
    • Terminator
    Stanley Reeve
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    Michael York
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      • Lindsay Shonteff
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    10snowdome_v

    A great film, i'd recommend it to anyone.

    The Killing Edge has very little plot, and not much thought or money put into it. But this is a brilliant film when viewed as a spoof. Statements like "How about you Ted, fancy a shave?" and "But first Ted i'll shoot you, you little b@#!€£" both directed at a teddy bear make this a very funny and enjoyable movie. There are some classic fight scenes including a near showdown at the end in which everyone gets shot about 20 times and live. I won't spoil it by giving away the plot(if you can call it a plot) but if you can get hold of this film you are extremely lucky.
    1thepotplants

    I've waited 15 years to say this...

    I saw this movie about 15 years ago. It has stayed with me ever since.

    I specifically joined IMDb, for the sole pleasure of bitching about this film. Well this film and Battlefield Earth, which by comparison is a marvel of cinematographic brilliance.

    My brother (Gary who will never be forgiven for this and I intend to name and shame publicly.) chose this film and we saw it with friends.

    It has become our benchmark for how completely rubbish a film can be. No really... this one pushes the envelope...

    After 15 years I still feel I was unfairly robbed of 1.5 hours of my life. We sat there staring in disbelief like rabbits staring into an oncoming cars headlights, instead of trusting our instincts and turning it off after the first 5 minutes.

    My comments above show more plot and character development and generally a better story line that this film. This film should win any contest for bad taste gift. Should only be bought as a gift for people you don't like.

    Utterly utterly cr@p. I'm p1ssed that I can't give it a zero or a minus score. Did I mention this was all time worst film I have ever seen? I have enjoyed TV commercials more than this film.

    This film truly deserves legendary status.

    edit 10/01/2011: now ~20 years. And my opinion hasn't changed. I am simply stunned that this isn't on the "top 100 worst films ever" list.
    1winterinside

    The worst film I've ever seen

    This film is so unutterably terrible that it remains the best (worst) example of a bad film I have ever seen. Worse than American Ninjas 3 with its rubber knives & awful acting, worse than Sickle even (The Slaughterhouse Massacre with its stupid archetypal characters, wafer thin plot & shameful acting) - why, it's EVEN worse than The Thin Red Line (for which I still want compensation for the hours of wasted life & trauma.) The only reason to watch this film is for comparative purposes - if it's anywhere near The Killing Edge, it isn't worth the time you'll take to watch it. SO bad is this film, in fact, that 10 years after having seen it it remains like the North Star in my discussions on films with my best mate - i.e., well at least it was better than The Killing Edge

    So go on, watch it. It's like THAT tape in The Ring - once you watch it, things will NEVER be the same.
    acs0592

    Really bad

    It really is unreal how bad this movie is. It's only 1 hour and 20 minutes long, but it feels like 2 and a half hours long. The dialog is terrible, and maybe 10 pages of script in the entire movie. The plot revolves around a survivor of the nuclear holocaust looking for his family. "The Terminators" are killing anyone who is still alive. Gunfights and special effects are terrible, the budget was obviously realllllly cheap, and it shows. Everyone wears ragtag stuff, and it was filmed at about 5 locations. A field, a forest, a home, a supermarket, and a freeway underpass. Pretty much wherever they could film for free.

    No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Avoid at all costs
    1kmpuggy

    The worst film ever made

    What the reviewer (thepotplants) said, is spot on, exactly the same.

    Me and a friend watched this years ago, back in the mid 90s and it has stuck with us ever since, you say to me what's the worst film you have ever seen, it will be this. It is so bad it is laughable, the acting is comical, the plot? i don't even know what the plot is as the film is that bad you cant even bother with it as you watch in awe at how terrible everything is about this film.

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      The film which is a science fiction film about robots in a post-apocalyptic world was released the same year as another science fiction film which is about a robot from a post-apocalyptic future whom travels back through time to kill a young woman - The Terminator (1984).

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    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Killing Edge - Super Gau Terminator
    • Production company
      • Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions Limited
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      • 1h 30m(90 min)
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