Following a world war fought with biological agents, it is believed that all men and most women on the planet have been killed. The Reverend Mother (Sheila Howard) aims to prevent human extinction by creating a race of superwomen through controlled sperm banks. The effects of the war have left the world a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Unbeknownst to most, the Reverend Mother orchestrated the elimination of surviving men to seize global power.
A pregnant woman named Keela flees the breeding facility and goes on the run with Phoenix, a sand tracker who rescues her. Although the Reverend Mother desires only female offspring, the breeding facility's leaders oppose this female-only policy. Eight years after giving birth to a male child, the Reverend Mother's forces capture the boy and abandon Keela and Phoenix to die.
However, they are rescued by a bounty hunter named Neon. Moreover, they encounter a man who may be the last male on Earth. The group of women fights to save the male child by assaulting the Reverend Mother's fortress.[2]
It debuted on VHS in 1988 with the title Phoenix the Warrior.
Echo Bridge Entertainment released it on DVD in the US on November 6, 2007.[3]
As of July 2023, it is available for streaming in the Amazon service.[4]
Reception
TV Guide found the plot to be skimpy but still recommended the film.[5] Patrick J. Mullen of As Vast as Space and as Timeless as Infinity wrote that, while he found the premise interesting, the movie did little with it.[6]
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