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Radioactive Dreams is a 1985 post-apocalyptic sci fi-comedy film about two young men who have spent the last fifteen years holed up in a fallout shelter with nothing but 1940s noir fiction and other memorabilia. Finally out, they decide to live out their dreams of being detectives in the new post-nuclear world of mutants and cannibals. The film was directed by Albert Pyun, and stars Michael Dudikoff, Don Murray, and Lisa Blount.
[edit] PlotA nuclear war breaks out in 1996, expending the world's entire nuclear arsenal, except for one missile. Two children, Phillip Chandler (John Stockwell) and Marlowe Hammer (Michael Dudikoff), are abandoned by their fathers in a fallout shelter in a cave cut into the side of a wooded mountain. The pair grows up in the shelter, with 1950s detective fiction and swing music as the guiding force in their cultural development. Fifteen years later, on April 1, 2011, Marlowe finally succeeds in digging to the entrance of the cave. The pair give each other haircuts, dress in suits, and go to rejoin the world. Philip narrates their adventure on their first day out:
Marlowe hopes to find their fathers, but Phillip is disgruntled that they never returned, and presumes that they are dead. The mountain is now a wasteland devoid of trees. The first people they come across are a trio of "mutants" burned by radiation chasing a beautiful woman, Miles Archer (Lisa Blount). They rescue Miles, who kisses Marlowe to distract him while stealing his gun. This backfires somewhat, as she inadventantly drops the two activation keys to the last remaining nuclear missile. In an echo of nuclear deterrant policies, the possessor of the sole remaining missile has ultimate control over the world. Miles leaves, and the pair are almost immediately set-upon by a biker gang of bald women in bright red wigs. After that encounter they discover the keys, which bear the names of their fathers. This excites Marlowe, but disturbs Phillip. They rescue another young woman, Rusty Mars (Michele Little), from a duo of armed children who Phillip nicknames "disco mutants" based on their attire. She takes a liking to Phillip, and leads the two of them to Edge City which is plagued by gang warfare. Rusty takes them to a dance club, where they are captured by her cannibalistic companions. They intend on stealing the nuclear keys as well as feasting on the young men, who are a rarity of uncontaminated meat. Although Rusty helps them escape and apologises, Phillip has lost his trust in her. Just after they part ways the pair meets up with an affiliate of Miles' who also demands the keys. After he is dispatched Miles appears and take the young men to the other end of town to her hideout. Outside, a concert is being performed (a cameo by singer Sue Saad). It is there that they discover the purpose of the keys. Miles threatens to kill them to regain the keys, but they escape. Rusty has followed them to the hideout, but is attacked by the child gangsters. The pair chase them away, but Phillip is still upset with her. He goes to shoot her, but is out of bullets. After Rusty apologises again for lying to him and originally handing him over to the cannibals he says, "That was a million years ago, and I got a short memory. In fact, I don't even remember who you are". The pair resolves to rid the city of the gangs and prevent them from getting the keys. They go to an abandoned warehouse, using themselves as bait, in the hopes that the conflicting gangs will kill each other before killing them. For the most part, the plan works. It is revealed, however, that the bosses of the child-gangsters are in fact Phillip and Marlowe's fathers. Before he dies, Phillip's father tells him that the past does not matter. In the end, the only gangster left standing is Miles, who has the keys. She shoots at them, missing, but startles Marlowe into firing his gun, which kills her. The film ends with Phillip letting go of the sullen angst which he had nursed since the disappearance of his father fifteen years earlier, and adopting Marlowe's "silver-lining look on life". The two demonstrate Marlowe's tap-inspired "post-nuke shuffle" to the crowds of the city. In the closing narration, Phillip explains that they plan to set up shop as detectives, but that first he will go find Rusty and see if he can repair his relationship with her. Of the keys, he says that he and Marlowe hid them in a secret location, because "you never know, in a tight jam a nuclear missile just might come in handy". [edit] SoundtrackMost of the songs featured in the film are pop-rock with mild punk elements. The exceptions are Zim Bim Zowie, a swing number, and also a tune in the American Songbook style, played on a phonograph during the scene when Phillip and Marlowe prepare to leave the fallout shelter (It is the only song not featured in the soundtrack).[1] [edit] Songs
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