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Deathlands: Homeward Bound

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

Being a huge Deathlands reader mark, I was extremely excited to finally see a Deathlands movie come out.

But alas, it failed miserably on so many areas.

Actually the actors who portrayed Ryan Cawdor and Krysty Wroth were good, and actually dressed and looked the part. The other ones who played Jak Lauren and J.B. Dix were terrible.

Even with a low budget, this easily could have been a classic B-movie post-holocaust action/adventure movie. It actually showed promise at times, but failed miserably at its very core. Too bad. This long running action series could still be made into a hot Hollywood production hit if it were made right. And it actually would not cost that much to produce.

But if you are not a harcore fan like myself, you might see it in a different light. As I can tell from some of the positive reviews here.

I've read this book and many more in the series. I don't know why others in the series have not been made into movies. This movie followed the book somewhat but lacked the fire of the book. The movie was slow and rather bland. If you have a choice buy the book and not the movie.

If you are a fan of the Deathlands SciFi/Adventure novels penned by James Axler, then you are going to be reluctantly satisfied with this film. It is very low budget, but I am thankful that the powers that be even attempted to make a film adaptation of the Deathlands series. Yeah, it has lots of room for improvement, but at least it was made. Vincent Spanno did a great job as Ryan, and the rest of the cast was well received. The cinematography has a lot to be desired, and the lighting in particular throughout the film was poor. The red filter used for the outdoor shots was extremely annoying. Yes I know they were trying to visually convey the radioactive skyline, but it really took my attention away from the story. The script was well done, and the acting above par. As a 20 year +/- fan of the Deathlands series, I give it a 4 outta 5 star rating. Thanks SciFi for finally releasing this on DVD for the fans! SciFi Channel rocks!

EVEN if you are a big fan of the series.

IF you take a flyer on it, as I did as a Vincent Spano and Traci Lords fan, this will be one of your regrets as you take your last breath.

Still, if you like Spano or Traci Lords, it is interesting to see them. Spano spends most of the movie in a full length brown leather coat that had more of a pimp dressing gown look than anything approaching Keanu Reeve's. Traci Lords WAS scary but then I think we always knew that. Jeny Lano was at least eye candy in a yoga tube halter, but that was all the skin you ever imagined in this could-have-been.

Best to wait for a solid REDO. Rated ONE so YOU don't waste your $1 plus shipping.

I was a Deathlands fan for years, that is until Axler died and the series was taken over by a mostly inept series of ghost writers so it was with interest that I watched this movie when it first aired on Scifi. Better then the usual Scifi channel offering with some very impressive camera work and if the story isn't "good" in the traditional sense at least I was entertained. There are certain drawbacks the biggest for me was no Doc Tanner but the characters that survived the adaptation process were executed faithfully enough.

Is the movie going to win any awards? Dear god no but those of you decrying this movie as a horrible adaptation and a fraud should remember that in spite of its many problems at least it got produced.

I am a big Deathlands fan. I was excited to see a Deathlands movie till I saw the movie. the actors did ok at best. should have had different actors for most of the parts. Spano did not fit for Ryan Cawdor. JB Dix was totally different than as the books describe. Jak Lauren was farthest off of all. Doc Tanner and Lauri Quint were totally omited. the movie drags out too long for a low budget flick. I would like to see a real Hollywood production of this or any of the Deathlands books.

This is the bottom of the barrel for "B" movies. It doesn't come close
to the acutal book by Axler. Whoever wrote the screenplay should find
another occupation. None of the actors come close to representing what
the lead characters actually look like or act like their respective
characters in Axler's Deathland series.

This movie (and I use that term lightly) is a great waste of time. I watched it in totality and that's 90 minutes of my life I'll never get back. I have read the entire Deathland series - twice. This dreck has nothing in common w/ that James Axler series of the same name. The red filter made the outside shots unwatchable, and the poor acting made the rest of the scenes unwatchable. The script bore no resemblence to any of the books and the action was akin to all the clowns getting out of a car at the circus. God this thing was terrible. If you get this DVD somehow (and I hope you haven't bought it) it's only good to hang from your rearview mirror to keep off the radar. Please, please don't buy this crap. Spend the money on the book of the same name and read it - you will be much better for doing it. Don't waste your time on this DVD.

DeathLands HomeWard Bound movie is a fair movie but it left out to main people it left out Doc Tanner, and Lori Quinn they played a big part in the book but they where not in the movie and Krysty Wroth was good in the movie but her red hair was not seen doing anything in the movie when there is danger or not . And Jak Lauren was good in the movie but he wore a football jersey and had short curly while hair in the book he had long white hair and he had his jacket with throwing knifes that was not in the movie Ryan and JB were about the same as in the movie and book everbout else was the same in the movie like they where in the book so the movie was good butthey should had Doc Tanner and Lori quinn

I loved this movie and have been wishing more people saw it when it was on Sci Fi. Really happy to see it on DVD.