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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: A few of the supporting characters are played by New Zealanders, most notably Bruno Lawrence as Willie, and no effort is made to explain their accent.
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* GeneralRipper: Colonel Straker is not a man you want to annoy. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first scene]] has him encountering two survivors with access to a secret fuel depot, and after asking them where it is listens to their attempts at misdirection for about a second before [[MakeAnExampleOfThem stabbing one in the heart and telling the other one to quit the funny business]].
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* GeneralRipper: Colonel Straker is not a man the last guy in the world that you want to annoy.fuck with. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first scene]] has him encountering two survivors with access to a secret fuel depot, and after asking them where it is listens to their attempts at misdirection for about a second before [[MakeAnExampleOfThem stabbing one in the heart and telling the other one to quit the funny business]].
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* CargoShip: The Battletruck's driver considers the huge rig his baby. [[spoiler:It [[OffingTheAnnoyance gets him killed]] when he tries to warn Straker that they are pushing the engine too hard in the final chase.]]
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* CompanionCube: The Battletruck's driver considers the huge rig his baby. [[spoiler:It [[OffingTheAnnoyance gets him killed]] when he tries to warn Straker that they are pushing the engine too hard in the final chase.]]
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* CargoShip: The Battletruck's driver considers the huge rig his baby. [[spoiler:It [[OffingTheAnnoyance gets him killed]] when he tries to warn Straker that they are pushing the engine too hard in the final chase.]]
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* CoolCar: The town's mechanic rigs an armored VW Bug for Hunter to use in the climactic battle.
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* GeneralRipper: Colonel Straker is not a man you want to annoy. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first scene]] has him encountering two survivors with access to a secret fuel depot, and after asking them where it is listens to their attempts at misdirection for about a second before [[MakeAnExampleOfThem stabbing one in the heart and telling the other one to quit the funny business]].
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* VehicularAssault: Colonel Straker commands an armoured big rig, in search of fuel at any cost - even if it means running down anything in its way or murdering civilians. In the end, [[spoiler:Straker kills his driver in a fit of anger, because he is [[BadBoss too arrogant to be warned]] that the motor is overheating. Straker attempts to take the wheel himself, but is incapacitated by the main protagonist, leaving the truck [[DeadFootLeadFoot driverless]]. The end result? The truck flies over a cliff and [[EveryCarIsAPinto combusts big time]].]]
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* VehicularAssault: Colonel Straker commands an armoured big rig, in search of fuel at any cost - even if it means running down anything in its way or murdering civilians. In the end, [[spoiler:Straker kills his driver in a fit of anger, because he is [[BadBoss too arrogant to be warned]] that the motor is overheating. Straker attempts to take the wheel himself, but is incapacitated by the main protagonist, Hunter, leaving the truck [[DeadFootLeadFoot driverless]]. The end result? The truck flies over a cliff and [[EveryCarIsAPinto combusts big time]].]]
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* DeadfootLeadfoot: [[spoiler:Straker kills his driver in a fit of anger, and attempts to take the wheel himself, only to be incapacitated by Hunter. The Battletruck ultimately meets its [[EveryCarIsAPinto obvious end]].]]
* RidiculousFutureInflation: The opening scene features an abandoned petrol station with a faded sign reading, "GAS FOR LESS - ONLY $59.99 A LITRE - WHILE IT LASTS". {{Justified|Trope}} in that the film takes place in a ''Film/MadMax''-style dystopia where [[TerminallyDependentSociety dire oil shortages]] have led to the collapse of civil society.
* TheTriple: After the villains have just seized a village:
-->'''BigBad:''' ''[to TheDragon]'' Tell the men to [[UnusualEuphemism Inventory and Requisition]].\\
'''TheDragon:''' ''[to his MookLieutenant]'' Tell the men to Inventory and Requisition.\\
'''MookLieutenant:''' ''[to everyone else]'' LOOT! LOOT!
-->'''BigBad:''' ''[to TheDragon]'' Tell the men to [[UnusualEuphemism Inventory and Requisition]].\\
'''TheDragon:''' ''[to his MookLieutenant]'' Tell the men to Inventory and Requisition.\\
'''MookLieutenant:''' ''[to everyone else]'' LOOT! LOOT!
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* VehicularAssault: Colonel Straker commands an armoured big rig, in search of fuel at any cost - even if it means running down anything in its way or murdering civilians. In the end, [[spoiler:Straker kills his driver in a fit of anger, because he is [[BadBoss too arrogant to be warned]] that the motor is overheating. Straker attempts to take the wheel himself, but is incapacitated by the main protagonist, leaving the truck [[DeadFootLeadFoot driverless]]. The end result? The truck flies over a cliff and [[EveryCarIsAPinto combusts big time]].]]
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* AfterTheEnd: Following a series of wars over depleting petroleum reserves, the world has completely gone to shit, with the Mesopotamia Basin reduced to a radioactive wasteland due to limited nuclear exchange, oil fires burning out of control throughout the Middle East, food riots breaking out regularly, most major cities under martial law, much of the American countryside a lawless wasteland, and large groups of citizens fleeing the cities to find food and fuel.
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* VehicleTitle: ''Battletruck''.
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* PopStarComposer: The film's score was composed by Australian prog-rock musician Kevin Peek and mostly performed by the Japanese rock band Eastern Orbit.
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''Battletruck'', also titled ''Warlords of the 21st Century'', is a 1982 New Zealand post-apocalyptic film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Creator/MichaelBeck, Annie [=McEnroe=], James Wainwright, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/BrunoLawrence. Set in the aftermath of a devastating series of wars known as the Oil Wars, it tells the story of a community fighting against a local warlord in the lawless rural American countryside. The film was part of [[FollowTheLeader a wave of post-apocalyptic films]] created in response to the success of the ''Film/MadMax'' series.
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''Battletruck'', also titled ''Warlords of the 21st Century'', is a 1982 New Zealand post-apocalyptic film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Creator/MichaelBeck, Annie [=McEnroe=], James Wainwright, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/BrunoLawrence. Set in the aftermath of a devastating series of wars known as the Oil Wars, it tells the story of a community fighting against a local warlord in the lawless rural American countryside. The film was part of [[FollowTheLeader a wave of post-apocalyptic films]] created in response to the success of the ''Film/MadMax'' series.\n
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* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler;The film ends with Hunter riding into the sunset on horseback, promising Corlie and the others that he will return in due time.]]
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* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler;The [[spoiler:The film ends with Hunter riding into the sunset on horseback, promising Corlie and the others that he will return in due time.]]
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''Battletruck'', also titled ''Warlords of the 21st Century'', is a 1982 New Zealand post-apocalyptic film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Creator/MichaelBeck, Annie [=McEnroe=], James Wainwright, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/BrunoLawrence. Set in the aftermath of a devastating series of wars known as the Oil Wars, it tells the story of a community fighting against a local warlord in the lawless rural American countryside. The film was part of [[FollowTheLeader a wave of post-apocalyptic films]] created in response to the success of the ''Film/MadMax'' series.
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* AfterTheEnd: Following a series of wars over depleting petroleum reserves, the world has completely gone to shit, with the Mesopotamia Basin reduced to a radioactive wasteland due to limited nuclear exchange, oil fires burning out of control throughout the Middle East, food riots breaking out regularly, most major cities under martial law, much of the American countryside a lawless wasteland, and large groups of citizens fleeing the cities to find food and fuel.
* BigBadassRig: The titular Battletruck is a tank-like armoured semitrailer truck owned by Col. Straker which serves as his base of operations.
* CoolBike: Hunter owns a high-tech, armoured Suzuki bike that serves as his primary means of personal transport.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: [[spoiler:When the Battletruck is run off a cliff and into the nearby ravine, it goes up like a tinderbox.]]
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Col. Straker was a decorated U.S. Army officer before the Oil Wars, and now he's a post-apocalyptic warlord in the same vein as [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Lord Humungus]].
* PostPeakOil: When the world's petroleum reserves began to dry out, it resulted in a worldwide conflict that left society in ruins. The few survivors cling to what little oil remains, which is now a precious commodity fought over by mercenaries and warlords.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler;The film ends with Hunter riding into the sunset on horseback, promising Corlie and the others that he will return in due time.]]
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''Battletruck'', also titled ''Warlords of the 21st Century'', is a 1982 New Zealand post-apocalyptic film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Creator/MichaelBeck, Annie [=McEnroe=], James Wainwright, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/BrunoLawrence. Set in the aftermath of a devastating series of wars known as the Oil Wars, it tells the story of a community fighting against a local warlord in the lawless rural American countryside. The film was part of [[FollowTheLeader a wave of post-apocalyptic films]] created in response to the success of the ''Film/MadMax'' series.
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* AfterTheEnd: Following a series of wars over depleting petroleum reserves, the world has completely gone to shit, with the Mesopotamia Basin reduced to a radioactive wasteland due to limited nuclear exchange, oil fires burning out of control throughout the Middle East, food riots breaking out regularly, most major cities under martial law, much of the American countryside a lawless wasteland, and large groups of citizens fleeing the cities to find food and fuel.
* BigBadassRig: The titular Battletruck is a tank-like armoured semitrailer truck owned by Col. Straker which serves as his base of operations.
* CoolBike: Hunter owns a high-tech, armoured Suzuki bike that serves as his primary means of personal transport.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: [[spoiler:When the Battletruck is run off a cliff and into the nearby ravine, it goes up like a tinderbox.]]
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Col. Straker was a decorated U.S. Army officer before the Oil Wars, and now he's a post-apocalyptic warlord in the same vein as [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Lord Humungus]].
* PostPeakOil: When the world's petroleum reserves began to dry out, it resulted in a worldwide conflict that left society in ruins. The few survivors cling to what little oil remains, which is now a precious commodity fought over by mercenaries and warlords.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: [[spoiler;The film ends with Hunter riding into the sunset on horseback, promising Corlie and the others that he will return in due time.]]
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