make in 1985 when the whole world live under the shadow of the bomb and the cold war look like it would never end . it quite ironic that this film and others before it echo the fear of the whole planet but not long after it release the political climate start to change and it seem the threat of nuclear war would finally be go . start on april 1st 1986 and no and it not a joke . in fact not only be it not a joke it the day the world end with nuke aplenty go off . fast forward 15 year from that nightmare to april 1st and 2001 and we be introduce to a couple of people live underground who survive the bomb . mainly the story be about phillip and marlowe and however that pun be intend a they be 2 guy who dream of become private investigator so it a post apocalyptic film noir . it so noir the movie even start in black and white but it immediately change to colour once the guy leave their shelter and drive into the outside world . i know i recognise the face of phillip ( john stockwell ) and it be because i remember him play the role of best friend dennis in the horror movie christine and the guy play marlowe ( michael dudikoff ) appear to be the world great bit part actor have be in nothing of any importance . the helpful trawl tell you the guy be phillip hammer and marlowe chandler ( ignore how their bill in imdb . com and it wrong ) and they would grow up in a shelter full of 40 memorabilia and sleazy detective novel hence the stupid noir style name . we also learn about a power struggle over 2 key that could fire the last nuke leave on earth . the pi rescue a damsel in distress ( who also happen to have one of those key ) from some mutant and agree to get her to the close phonebooth ( like the telephone infrastructure will have survive ww3 or be rebuild in 15 year . ) but a those mutant be deal with by some unseen force it appear the damsel may have both of the key . we discover her name be mile archer ( isn not mile a man name . ) and a radio bulletin let u know she be be chase by criminal . she make her phone call and bail on her rescuer have see something that scar her but not before rob marlowe and drop the key in their car . the film then pretty much degrades into mad max meet the keystone cop and pretty much stay there . the guy discover the key and the name on the case that contain them be dash hammer phillips father and so they set off to discover if he be alive or not . after a bizarre encounter with disco mutant and a girl call rusty mar they finally enter edge city and the close thing to civilization . they walk around like a complete of complete rube and you can tell they be go to either be constantly get in or out of danger . it appear rusty betrays phillip to sternwood and the leader of a local gang for the key and he be tell he will be sell for meat a the resident of edge city be all cannibal . there be a great deal of escape and rescue and capture and betrayal to the point where it just get plain annoying . we have mutant sewer monster and more disco mutant which get phillip and marlowe separate ( for no real good reason other than to allow marlowe a brief moment of glory a he rescue phillip from the disco mutant before they meet back up with mile who take them back to her place . phillip discover a book on warhead arming and launch code and finally realize exactly what the key be for and why they be in such high demand . ( his flashback to his childhood be extremely inaccurate a it a very well know fact that look directly into a nuclear blast burn out your retina so he should actually be blind ) . set off in 40 outfit that fit them perfectly ( steal from the disco mutant and thats what be inside the 2 package they be carry ) phillip and marlowe sucker the gang follow them into a trap in the hope they will all kill each other in the confusion . there a nice twist about the identity of 2 of the mutant leader which be follow by an extremely pointless battle scene ( why bother fight for something you already have . ) which end up with the key in mile possession . there an even more pointless mexican stand off and an unusual outcome with a very weak and incredibly open end . i assume it be leave so open to allow a sequel if this have be any kind of success so judge from the lack of sequel it probably wasn not . the film be pretty boring and there be lot of period of nothing happen intersperse with rapid paced action that doesn not last long then a bit of dialogue to follow and the cycle continue from start to finish . it a pretty good example of how not to make a movie and it only real redeeming feature be it 80 soft rock sound track full of artist no one have ever hear of .