The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Look at the plot of Dead End Drive-In you pretty much know what you got into is a 80s dystopian movie but to my surprise the movie actually far more deep and somehow go beyond than just a cheesy b-movie.The characters is your typical cliché rebel teenagers so the dialogue not that easy to hear(no offense to Aussie people btw) or interesting but what catch my eyes the most is the world around them and how it work is fascinating to me.It may come out a little bit boring to watch cause the majority of the runtime there nothing really happens so I only recommend this movie to hardcore b-movie fan

1995 AD. Following years of economic turmoil and social decline, the world is tearing itself apart. Punks roam the streets in packs, mugging at will, and stripping the cars of the dead. Jimmy (Ned Manning) is a young man who's looking to make his honest way among the madness. One night Jimmy takes his girlfriend Carmen (Natalie McCurry) to the Star Drive-In, but while they're making out, his car's wheels are nicked. It rapidly becomes apparent that this is just the start of an elaborate setup. The drive-in is in fact a huge concentration camp for controlling feral teens, who are systematically trapped there and fed on a diet of bad food and bad movies. Can Jimmy persuade Carmen to escape the system and break out with him? Arriving at the fag-end of the Australian New Wave, Brian "BMX Bandits" Trenchard-Smith's 1986 post-apocalypse teen flick strongly echoes the Mad Max series as well as cult classics like Night of the Comet and Repo Man, using the 80s consumerist boom as the basis for its social commentary. That commentary is broad and direct, but it's also laudable and eerily relevant at times. When a group of Asians are bussed into the compound, threatening to upset the white males' dominance, it's hard not to see parallels with the situation in the West today. While the film is heavy on allegory it's light on plot. The focus instead is on the apocalyptic atmosphere, gaudy production design, shambolic action, and crazy characters – and on these counts the movie delivers. This isn't a film about mass revolution, it's saying that freedom begins with the individual. The individual is Jimmy and he's unusual in teen cinema: conscientious and defiant from the start. All he lacks is the physical strength to survive in this post-apocalyptic madhouse. But then we see him use his ingenuity in a series of well- crafted action sequences, and we're rooting for him. Carmen is given less to do, ultimately serving a cautionary function: she represents the path of least resistance.If you can get beyond the ridiculous premise and you run with the barebones plot, there's much fun to be had with Dead-End Drive-In. It doesn't quite have the discipline and craft to bring it to the standard of the aforementioned cult favourites, but it's no shame to be one notch down.

Yes this movie stinks with 80s pompous acting and tackiness, yet from another perspective it becomes an interesting time-capsule into the resent past, and for someone who did not experience the 80s I watched the film with an anthropological curiosity. Though this film suffers from logical loopholes. They are easy to overlook since the plot holes are there for the purpose to present a socially satirical world. Overall the acting was fine and the message interesting, though what really stood out in this movie to me are the great set designs and first class cinematography. Also the story is engaging and the characters charming in a comic way. I recommend this movie to the already fans of the genre and to those who are like movies that are offbeat and satirical.

Ridiculous '80s ripoff of Mad Max set in a drive in. Not in the least bit scary or adventurous...just dated. The story involves a guy who takes his date to a drive-in movie. His tires are stolen by some cops (?!), so they can't leave. Turns out the place is some sort of government...forget it. This movie stinks.