Raiders of the Sun

Raiders of the Sun

They don't take prisoners. They take lives.

R 1992 · 80 min · ★ 4.4 · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and control. Yet among them rises a new warrior, destined to shape the aeons which will follow -- a man who stops at nothing to achieve his ends, and for whom courage is the only commodity

Directed by Cirio H. Santiago · Written by Frederick Bailey

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