The survivor burnt up with hatred and a seething desire for vengeance, undergoes a programme of ruthless training at the hands of an ex-cop.
The hunted becomes the hunter ... the Final Executioner.
A man and a woman (possibly husband and wife, the relationship is never explained) are forced to take a train ride to start this one off. They are prey for the decadent (often barely dressed) hunter class that rule this post-apocalyptic world (we love a good-old Mad Max style post-apocalyptic adventure, especially when the budget is low).
They are cast out into the wilderness and given a head start to make the chase more interesting. They get caught and she gets killed. The man eventually escapes with a bullet wound and is found and cared for by an ex-cop, played by Woody Strode (yes, that's Woody Strode from Once Upon A Time In The West!).
He is trained in the fine arts of dodging swinging weights, crawling under barbed wire and leaping/rolling through flames, none of which have any bearing on his mission of vengeance. After driving a car through a mass brawl he moves on to take out the one-time hunters at their country house. None of this part of the film stands out because quite a lot of it was filmed in the dark, and all you can see is the odd flash of blade or gunfire.
This isn't the most fun we've had with this sub-genre, but it has its moments. The training montage in which the protagonist gets put through hell, seemingly just for Strode's character's pleasure is particularly enjoyable. There is a chase scene against two motorbikes, with one rider slowing down and stopping to allow the chaser to catch up. Also, there are some great hairstyles.
D. C.
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