Water Wars

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Water Wars
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Jim Wynorski (uncredited)
Written byMike MacLean
Produced byexecutive
Roger Corman
StarringMichael Madsen
Production
company
One Four Seven Productions
Distributed by New Horizons
Release date
  • 2014 (2014)
Running time
78 mins
CountriesUnited States
Philippines
LanguageEnglish

Water Wars, also known as Road Raiders, [1] [2] is a 2014 American post apocalyptic-science fiction film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and Jim Wynorski and starring Michael Madsen, Kevin Stapelton and Monica Leigh. It was Santiago's last film, with the director falling ill and dying during filming in 2008. [3] [4] Santiago was replaced by executive producer Roger Corman with Wynorski; however, the movie took a number of years to be completed and released. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Premise

In the future, people war over water.

Cast

Production

The movie was made for Roger Corman's New Horizons. It was shot in the Philippines in 2008. [8] Michael Madsen took the role in part due to a recommendation from Quentin Tarantino that the actor work with Santiago. [9] The movie was one of a number of postapocalpytic films made by Santiago. [10] [11] It used elements and footage from earlier Santiago films such as Stryker and Wheels of Fire [12] , to the point that the film has been called a remake of the first. [13]

Reception

The B-movie French website Dark Side Reviews stated, "Water Wars remains a very funny post-nuke in the second degree, far from the better representatives of the genre, certainly, but still kitsch and entertaining enough". [14] As other later films by the director, the film is noted for the presence of special effects (unusual for Santiago). [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Philippines is in his heart". The Philippine Star. 15 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "ROAD RAIDERS (2011): Set Videos: Cirio H. Santiago, Michael Madsen | FilmBook". 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  3. ↑ Nanarland. "Cirio H. Santiago - la biographie par Nanarland". www.nanarland.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  4. ↑ Vince (2020-10-01). "Cirio H. Santiago - Unbekannter Meister des B-Films". Actionfreunde (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Water Wars 2014". Crappy movie reviews. September 2021.
  6. ↑ "My Chat With BLOODFIST Director Terence H. Winkless". Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot. 13 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "Cirio Santiago: Exploitation film-maker who worked with Roger Corman and influenced Quentin Tarantino". The Independent. 22 October 2008.
  8. ↑ "Jen Rosendahl picked for American B-movie". GMA Network. 25 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "Hollywood actor Michael Madsen is a Beat poet at heart". PEP. 19 August 2010.
  10. ↑ Ayres, Jedidiah (1 October 2019). "One Hero, No Tomorrow: The Post-Apocalyptic Films of Cirio H. Santiago". We Are the Mutants.
  11. ↑ Leavold, Andrew (2014). "Bamboo Gods and Bionic Boys: A Brief History of the Philippines' B Films" (PDF). Plaridel.
  12. ↑ "A Tank-load of 1983 Low-Budget Future Wasteland Fun". Zeke Film. 2017.
  13. ↑ Tudor, Jim (2017-01-16). "STRYKER (1983) – Blu-ray Review – ZekeFilm" . Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  14. ↑ Cherycok (2013-04-12). "[Avis] Water Wars, de Cirio H. Santiago (2011)". Dark Side Reviews (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  15. ↑ "One Hero, No Tomorrow: The Post-Apocalyptic Films of Cirio H. Santiago". We Are the Mutants. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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