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3	''Guns of the Apocalypse'' is the thirteenth film by Creator/ChristopherRMihm and the thirteenth film in the Film/{{Mihmiverse}} SharedUniverse. It is described as a "post-apocalyptic-spaghetti-Midwestern."
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5	Set sometime after the events of ''Film/TheLateNightDoubleFeature'', an unnamed man returns to Earth from the colony on Alpha Centauri to find an Earth devastated by nuclear war. Forced into a world of danger and bloodshed after he saves a scientist and a gifted child from a horde of radiation-scarred mutants. Though he would prefer to stay hidden until he can escape to a new life, something about the child -- and the murderous "Death Dealers" hunting her -- makes him realize he has no choice but to protect her or risk being responsible for the potential extinction of the human race.
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7	!!This film provides examples of:
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9	* AfterTheEnd: Set two years after a nuclear war destroyed most of the Earth.
10	* CreatorCameo: Christopher R. Mihm provides the voice of The Unnamed Man.
11	* CreditsGag: No critters were harmed (or cooked into stew) in the making of this film.
12	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Hope kills the Reverend and saves the Unnamed Man with her powers, but the Unnamed Man sacrifices his chance to escape the Earth so that Hope and Faith can have a better life in the off-world colony.]]
13	* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: WorldWarIII scenario.
14	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The title says it all.
15	* GenreMashUp: It's a SpaghettiWestern set after the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
16	* {{Homage}}: To TheFifties SciFiHorror and {{Spaghetti Western}}s.
17	* HunterOfMonsters: The Unnamed Man.
18	* MeaningfulName: Several.
19	** The girl who represents the last, best hope for humanity is named Hope.
20	** The scientist protecting Hope is named Faith.
21	* MonstrousCannibalism: The mutants have turned to this.
22	* {{Mutants}}: Two variations.
23	** Most of humanity has become the flesh-eating zombie mutate variant after the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
24	** Hope is revealed to be a Mutant with HealingHands powers.
25	* NukeEm: The world was destroyed by a nuclear war.
26	* ShoutOut: Several.
27	** The general tone largely mimics ''Film/TheLastManOnEarth'', with a protagonist struggling for survival while fighting an increasingly futile battle against the mutants that threaten to overtake him.
28	** The protagonist is a NoNameGiven scientist simply known as The Unnamed Man, like in the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy''.
29	** Douglas Sidney's Reverend seems to be an imitation of Burton Gilliam.
30	* TransformationHorror: With few exceptions, mankind has been warped into flesh-eating mutants following WorldWarIII.
31	* WorldWarIII: Destroyed most of the planet and mutated most of the survivors into savage zombies.

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