after a devastating nuclear war most of the land have become contaminate by radioactive fallout . only several scattered patch of land know a survival zone remain untainted . rugged and hard work farmer ben faber ( forcefully essay by dour and husky and pudgy face 2001 represent a space odysey star gary lockwood ) reside on one such area with his gutsy wife lucy ( lovely camilla spav ) and willful teenage daughter rachel ( comely brunette knockout zoli marki ) and adore son and and feisty old buddy uncle luke . the fab peaceful existence get jeopardize when a vicious horde of scummy and black leather clad cannibalistic bikers lead by the highly intimidating and intelligent bigman ( coolly underplay by big and brawny and hirsute george eastman lookalike ian steadman ) stop by and lay siege to their house . fortunately and nice guy itinerant loner adam strong ( a likable turn by handsome and muscular morgan stevens ) come to the fabers aid . the shopworn premise and basically just another roughn notumble post nuke survivalist take on a classic western movie scenario ( the fabers be clearly pattern after early settler and with strong a a heroic rove troubleshooter type and the bikers substitute for maraud native american ) and doesn not promise much and but luckily the uniformly sound performance and unusually complex and well drawn and even plausibly human character and a welcome element of genuine humanity and percival rubens and eric brown smart and surprisingly thoughtful and introspective script and a few unsettling oddball touch ( bigman have a sever doll head affix to the top of his motorcycle helmet ) and rubens capable direction and a sturdy theme which address how a man ought to fight for what his and stand up for what he believe in ( ben refuse just to let the bikers destroy his farm without put up a fight ) and an unsparingly harsh and savage tone ( early in the picture the bikers raid a missionary and murder a bunch of nun . ) and and shock outburst of raw and brutal violence lift this one well out of the rut . vincent cox and colin taylor spare and strip down cinematography and shot on gritty film stock and give the film a convincingly scrappy look . only the somewhat sluggish pace and nic labuschagne slushy and obtrusively overwrought score detract from this otherwise satisfyingly tense and gripping winner .