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Aftershock (1990 film)

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A group of rebels, led by Col. Slater, seek to end the fascist rule. Willie (Jay Roberts, Jr.) and Danny (Chuck Jeffries) are two of those being held as troublemakers in prison. An alien, Sabrina, who has been observing the planet since the war, decides to visit Earth and unintentionally involves
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Sabrina ultimately ends up in prison with several of the rebels, including Willie and Danny. Sabrina explains, in broken English, that her people intercepted a NASA probe and misinterpreted the data on the probe as Earth having an idealist society. She had traveled to Earth hoping to find ways to
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herself in the battle between the rebels and the fascists. She is captured by the security forces and is questioned by Oliver Quinn (John Saxon), who is the leader of the paramilitary. As she does not fully understand English, she is unable to answer any of Quinn's questions.
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Sabrina is captured by a bounty hunter, (Chris De Rose), who gives her to Quinn. She again escapes. As the rebels regroup and Sabrina gets their computers working, they stage an attack on the fascist forces. Sabrina returns home as the rebels vow to continue to fight.
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In order to return home, Sabrina must get back to her landing site to use an energy cycle to return to her planet. After Sabrina, Willie, and Danny break out of the prison they head to the rebel's headquarters. Quinn is planning an assault on the rebel base.
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world. The society is fascist and the citizens have a bar code tattooed on them. They no longer openly question their leaders. A radio host called "Big Sister" supports the efforts of the fascists, while paramilitary groups patrol the city
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Creature Feature gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, praising staging of the martial art fights and the performance of Russ Tamblyn, but found little else to like Kim Newman found the movie to be cheap and repetitive.
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gave the movie one of four stars, calling in a collection of post-apocalyptical clichés, although it noted that the cast was better than in many movies of this genre.
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Released on VHS in 1990 and on DVD in 2001. As of September 2020, the movie is available to stream on
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Schwartz, Carol; Banks, Michelle; et al. (1997).
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Elizabeth Kaitan
John Saxon
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