Synopsis
Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
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Cast
- George PeppardMaj. Eugene Denton
- Jan-Michael VincentTanner
- Dominique SandaJanice
- Paul WinfieldKeegan
- Kip NivenLt. Tom Perry
- Jackie Earle HaleyBilly
- Robert DonnerMan / Guard
- Seamon GlassMountain Man #2
- Roger CreedMountain Man
- James R. ParkesMountain Man
Recommendations
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- 70
IGN
It's a pretty awesome, ambitious and sometimes very cheesy, apocalyptic sci-fi actioner. It just doesn't hold a candle to Star Wars, its cinematic big brother. - 70
IGN
It's a pretty awesome, ambitious and sometimes very cheesy, apocalyptic sci-fi actioner. It just doesn't hold a candle to Star Wars, its cinematic big brother. - 58
The A.V. Club
Mostly the film just feels too skimpy. The first third is largely taken up in establishing the nuclear devastation of Damnation Alley’s world, leaving just an hour for the heroes’ perilous road trip across lands infested with what Peppard calls “killa cockroaches.” By the time the action really gets cranking, the movie is half-over. - 58
The A.V. Club
Mostly the film just feels too skimpy. The first third is largely taken up in establishing the nuclear devastation of Damnation Alley’s world, leaving just an hour for the heroes’ perilous road trip across lands infested with what Peppard calls “killa cockroaches.” By the time the action really gets cranking, the movie is half-over. - 30
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A series of implausable adventures, everything from killer cockroaches to world-tilting flash floods, punctuate this otherwise stupid action picture about Third World War survivors. [16 Nov 1977] - 30
Variety
Damnation Alley is dull, stirred only occasionally by prods of special effects that only seem exciting compared to the dreariness that proceeded it. What's worse, it's dumb, depending on its stereotyped characters to do the most stupid things under the circumstances in order to keep the story moving. - 30
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A series of implausable adventures, everything from killer cockroaches to world-tilting flash floods, punctuate this otherwise stupid action picture about Third World War survivors. [16 Nov 1977] - 30
Variety
Damnation Alley is dull, stirred only occasionally by prods of special effects that only seem exciting compared to the dreariness that proceeded it. What's worse, it's dumb, depending on its stereotyped characters to do the most stupid things under the circumstances in order to keep the story moving.
