Nearly New World: Wheels of Fire

We are coming in hot (think wearing leather pants in the desert
hot) for #SCI-FI-JULY Presents: Dystopian Summer 2: Dystopian
HARDER.  This week, we talk about WHEELS OF FIRE, a nearly
New World movie directed by the famous/infamous Cirio H Santiago
and starring Gary Watkins (Hunter), Laura Banks (Star Trek 2: The
Wrath of Khan) and Lynda Wiesmeier (Avenging Angel).  

If you haven't seen WHEELS OF FIRE you should know it's very
different from the grossly overlooked action/musical, STREETS OF
FIRE, starring Michael Pare and Diane Lane.  WHEELS OF FIRE
blends everything you loved about MAD MAX and THE ROAD WARRIOR
with a pinch of Lucio Fulci’s CONQUEST and a heavy dollop of
STRYKER.   WHEELS OF FIRE takes place in a post-apocalyptic
wasteland where shirts are optional, cars blow up at the
slightest provocation and some people are trying to build a
spaceship to reach a newly discovered planet.  Trace and his
sister, Arlie, find themselves on a crash course of bad decisions
that puts them in harm's way at every turn.  Sadly, Arlie
gets the worst of it and Trace lacks any sense of urgency to save
her.  Instead, he and his handy flamethrower blazes across
the sandy abyss getting into fights with everyone he meets until
he meets Stinger, a young, leather-strapped ingénue with a pet
eagle that sounds like a hawk.  As you might imagine, one of
us is not happy about this. 

Each of us gives our own Letterboxd description for WHEELS OF
FIRE and we spend an inordinate amount of time talking about the
Baldwin brothers.  More specifically, the brothers that
aren't named 'Alec'.  Can you name 12 movies off the top of
your head starring Stephen Baldwin?  We couldn’t
either. 

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