Unremittingly grim tale of life after a nuclear bomb is dropped on New York. Biehn still looks remarkably youthful as the building supervisor forced to shelter some of the building's other occupants in his well-provisioned basement nuclear shelter.It probably comes as no surprise that the community slowly descends into a Lord of the Flies/Mad Max/Apocalypse Now madness. It's a decent and involving addition to the genre.
But it's not without its problems. There are plot holes a plenty e.g. the basement seems incapable of storing sufficient amount of food and water for the occupants' extended stay and it's not clear where they get their electricity. Some plot developments are never satisfactorily explained and only seem to be there to ramp up the tension. Lastly, some characters are well drawn, while others are completely bland.
Lastly, be warned the cover is hardly representative of what's on screen.
Verdict: OK base-under-seige tale.
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