Rotten
An insufferably one-note, postapocalyptic "satire" set in the aftermath of the nuclear destruction of the U.S.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
National Lampoon Presents The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell
2006 · 1h 30m · R
Action, Comedy
Directed by
Jonny Gillette
,
Kevin Wheatley
Overview
Based on the concept of "New America" in the year 2097, two decades after a nuclear apocalypse, Tex Kennedy, two robotic ex-secret service agents, and a female cannibal journey to find a famously dangerous area known as the "Threshold of Hell" to gain access to a radio tower to unite the survivors of the apocalypse.
Director and cast
- Jonny Gillette Director
- Kevin Wheatley Director
- Kevin Wheatley as Tex Kennedy
- Paul Whitty as Quincy the Robot
- Chandler Parker as Yul the Robot
- Jamie Bullock as Cannibal Sue
- Bill English as Benjamin Remington
- Jane Seymour as President Lauren Coffey
- Katherine Flynn as Allison
- Kat Coiro as Veronica
- Tony Hale as Remington Biographer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Funnier on paper than in reality, this self-impressed film has the stop-and-go pace of a student driver.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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