Water Wars

Water Wars
Directed byCirio H. Santiago
Jim Wynorski (uncredited)
Written byMike MacLean
Produced byexecutive
Roger Corman
StarringMichael Madsen
Production
company
One Four Seven Productions
Distributed byNew Horizons
Release date
  • 2014 (2014)
Running time
78 mins
CountriesUnited States
Philippines
LanguageEnglish

Water Wars, also known as Road Raiders,[1][2] is a 2014 American post apocalyptic-science fiction film directed by Cirio H. Santiago and Jim Wynorski and starring Michael Madsen, Kevin Stapelton and Monica Leigh. It was Santiago's last film, with the director falling ill and dying during filming in 2008.[3][4] Santiago was replaced by executive producer Roger Corman with Wynorski; however, the movie took a number of years to be completed and released.[5][6][7]

Cast

Production

The movie was made for Roger Corman's New Horizons. It was shot in the Philippines in 2008.[8] Michael Madsen took the role in part due to a recommendation from Quentin Tarantino that the actor work with Santiago.[9] The movie was one of a number of postapocalpytic films made by Santiago.[10][11] It used elements and footage from earlier Santiago films such as Stryker and Wheels of Fire[12], to the point that the film has been called a remake of the first.[13]

Reception

The B-movie French website Dark Side Reviews stated, "Water Wars remains a very funny post-nuke in the second degree, far from the better representatives of the genre, certainly, but still kitsch and entertaining enough".[14] As other later films by the director, the film is noted for the presence of special effects (unusual for Santiago).[15]

References

  1. ^ "The Philippines is in his heart". The Philippine Star. August 15, 2010.
  2. ^ "ROAD RAIDERS (2011): Set Videos: Cirio H. Santiago, Michael Madsen | FilmBook". March 17, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Nanarland. "Cirio H. Santiago - la biographie par Nanarland". www.nanarland.com (in French). Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  4. ^ Vince (October 1, 2020). "Cirio H. Santiago - Unbekannter Meister des B-Films". Actionfreunde (in German). Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "Water Wars 2014". Crappy movie reviews. September 2021.
  6. ^ "My Chat With BLOODFIST Director Terence H. Winkless". Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot. March 13, 2009.
  7. ^ "Cirio Santiago: Exploitation film-maker who worked with Roger Corman and influenced Quentin Tarantino". The Independent. October 22, 2008.
  8. ^ "Jen Rosendahl picked for American B-movie". GMA Network. July 25, 2008.
  9. ^ "Hollywood actor Michael Madsen is a Beat poet at heart". PEP. August 19, 2010.
  10. ^ Ayres, Jedidiah (October 1, 2019). "One Hero, No Tomorrow: The Post-Apocalyptic Films of Cirio H. Santiago". We Are the Mutants.
  11. ^ Leavold, Andrew (2014). "Bamboo Gods and Bionic Boys: A Brief History of the Philippines' B Films" (PDF). Plaridel.
  12. ^ "A Tank-load of 1983 Low-Budget Future Wasteland Fun". Zeke Film. 2017.
  13. ^ Tudor, Jim (January 16, 2017). "STRYKER (1983) – Blu-ray Review – ZekeFilm". Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  14. ^ Cherycok (April 12, 2013). "[Avis] Water Wars, de Cirio H. Santiago (2011)". Dark Side Reviews (in French). Retrieved November 11, 2024.
  15. ^ "One Hero, No Tomorrow: The Post-Apocalyptic Films of Cirio H. Santiago". We Are the Mutants. October 1, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2024.
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