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DEFCON-4

DEFCON-4

The last defense. The last hope. The battle for the future of the world has begun.

1985 1h 28mScience FictionThrillerAction

Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.

2.2/5

TMDB score· 60 votes

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Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. The woman stays by the remains of the the satellite but is soon caught by evil punks who have taken power.

The vibe

dystopiapost-apocalyptic futurecanuxploitation

Behind it

Paul DonovanPaul DonovanDirectorDigby CookDirectorChristopher YoungChristopher YoungComposerDouglas ConnellCinematographyLes KrizsanCinematography

Cast

Lenore ZannLenore ZannJ.J.
Maury ChaykinMaury ChaykinVinny
Kate LynchKate LynchJordan
Kevin KingGideon Hayes
John WalschWalker
Tim ChoateTim ChoateHowe
Jeff PustilLacey
Donna KingAlice
Alan MacGillivrayBoomer
Florence PatersonMrs. Boyd
Karen KennedyWWN Newscaster
Ken RyanKen RyanNewscaster

Director

Paul Donovan, Digby Cook

Writer

Paul Donovan

Release date

15 Mar 1985

Runtime

1h 28m

Budget

$1.8M

Box office

$1.1M · 0.6× its budget

Studio

Salter Street Films, New World Pictures

Language

English

Country

Canada

Where to watch · US

fuboTVShout! Factory Amazon ChannelMore

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