City Limits (film)

City Limits
Year	1984
Directed by	Aaron Lipstadt
Produced by	Warren Goldberg Rupert Harvey Barry Opper
Written by	Aaron Lipstadt Don Keith Opper James Reigle
Studio	Film Ventures International
Cast	Kim Cattrall Rae Dawn Chong James Earl Jones
Run time	86 minutes

For the episode, see MST3K 403 - City Limits.

Plot

In a dystopian future, rival biker gangs battle for dominance in the ruins of a major city. An idealistic social worker attempts to relocate the gang members, while a greedy young CEO tries to exploit the gangs for profit.

The Sunya Corporation comes under attack when a noble young outsider unites the warring biker gangs and convinces them to team up with a grizzled old survivalist and fight back.

Cast

• Kim Cattrall as Dr. Helen Wickings
• Robby Benson as Carver
• Rae Dawn Chong as Yogi
• James Earl Jones as Albert
• John Stockwell as Lee
• Darrell Larson as Mick
• John Diehl as Whitey
• Tony Plana as Ramos
• Dean Devlin as Ernie
• Joanelle Nadine Romero as Woman in Desert

Notes

• Actor/stuntman Kane Hodder (who later played the murderous Jason Voorhees in four of the Friday the 13th films) appears in a small role.
• Mitchell Froom (who has produced albums by artist like Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello and Suzanne Vega among others) co-wrote the soundtrack to this movie.
• "Sunya" is Sanskrit for "emptiness".

MST3K Connections

• Actor and stuntman Gene Lebell (border guard) also portrayed a brawler in Master Ninja I and was a stuntman in Mac and Me.
• Visual effects supervisor Robert Skotak was also visual effects technician for Lords of the Deep.
• Stuntman George P. Wilbur was also a stunt gaffer and portrayed a walker man for Parts: The Clonus Horror.
• Stunt driver Bruce Paul Barbour was stunt double for Lee Van Cleef in Master Ninja I and Master Ninja II, stuntman in The Incredible Melting Man, and stunt driver in Werewolf (in which he also portrayed a partygoer).
• Assistant editor Domonic Muir was also a visual effects technician for Being from Another Planet.

Critical Response

• Leonard Maltin wrote: "BOMB. Disastrous sci-fi followup by the team that made Android, an incoherent mess set 15 years in the future after a plague has devastated the planet, leaving roving youth gangs warring in Mad Max fashion. Most of the plot is expressed in tacked-on narration by Jones."

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Rae Dawn Chong

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