Death Run story

movie: Death Run (1987) · 1987

A young couple wake up from suspended animation 25 years after an apocalyptic nuclear war.

13 total · 6 major · 7 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
boyfriend and girlfriend major Paul and Jenny woke up in a post nuclear war world and got into trouble with a biker gang.
Messiah complex major The biker gang leader was called the Messiah and he took his name seriously.
nuclear holocaust major The story is set 25 years after an apocalyptic nuclear war.
nuclear weapons major The story is set 25 years after an apocalyptic nuclear war.
post-apocalyptic dystopia major Paul and Jenny woke up in a post nuclear war world to find their region was run by a biker gang.
romantic love major The young lovers Paul and Jenny. Hero and Barbara fell for each other.
cannibalism minor Some cannibals cooked Jenny and ate her.
coping with having been raped minor Being raped by the Messiah left Jenny traumatized.
coping with the death of a lover minor Paul was never the same again after his girlfriend Jenny was dismembered and eaten by cannibals.
humanoid mutant minor Paul and his party were attacked by a party of grotesque mutants.