The Asylum is a company that burst onto the scene in the mid-2000s as a driving force in mockbuster cinema. Their output has been dependent upon knockoffs of well-known movies. From 2006’s Snakes on a Train up to the more recent Android Cop from 2014, they have been taking blockbuster movies and producing their own low budget versions for a quick buck. They have produced other movies as well. The most popular movies to come from The Asylum are the successful Sharknado franchise, which isn’t based on any mainstream movie. Yet, the mockbusters are still the backbone of the company.
This year saw the release of Road Wars, a play on the movie Mad Max: Fury Road. The name seems more derivative of The Road Warrior than the newest installment in the franchise. Road Wars depicts a futuristic wasteland reminiscent of that in the source franchise. A group of survivors led by Dallas (John Freeman) discovers a man named Thorne (Cole Parker) in the desert. With his help, they attempt to survive hordes of zombies because why wouldn’t there be zombies. Also in the desert wilderness are other, crueler groups of people. To add a little more depth to the story, Nakada (Chloe Farnworth) is dealing with the loss of her partner Kevin (Phillip Andre Botello) who has been infected with the zombie virus. There are twists and turns, but that about covers the story.
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The Asylum is a company that burst onto the scene in the mid-2000s as a driving force in mockbuster cinema. Their output has been dependent upon knockoffs of well-known movies. From 2006’s Snakes on a Train up to the more recent Android Cop from 2014, they have been taking blockbuster movies and producing their own low budget versions for a quick buck. They have produced other movies as well. The most popular movies to come from The Asylum are the successful Sharknado franchise, which isn’t based on any mainstream movie. Yet, the mockbusters are still the backbone of the company.
This year saw the release of Road Wars, a play on the movie Mad Max: Fury Road. The name seems more derivative of The Road Warrior than the newest installment in the franchise. Road Wars depicts a futuristic wasteland reminiscent of that in the source franchise. A group of survivors led by Dallas (John Freeman) discovers a man named Thorne (Cole Parker) in the desert. With his help, they attempt to survive hordes of zombies because why wouldn’t there be zombies. Also in the desert wilderness are other, crueler groups of people. To add a little more depth to the story, Nakada (Chloe Farnworth) is dealing with the loss of her partner Kevin (Phillip Andre Botello) who has been infected with the zombie virus. There are twists and turns, but that about covers the story.
