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The film opens with two huge beefy guys fighting to the death, surrounded by Air Slave spectators who appear bored. Enter our hero, Neo... no, not that Neo... another guy. Neo meets an annoying C3PO ripoff named Klyton who informs Neo via telepathy that the wrestling death match is to weed out the biggest and strongest so there will be no rebellion (winner of said match is taken to the Power Station to receive his reward... death).

Present are a scientist named Dorn and his daughter, Deeja, who have devised a gizmo that allows a person to breathe the toxic air, thus freeing the Air Slaves from the Dark One's Power. After an attempted insurrection, Dorn is apprehended by a big mean robot henchman of The Dark One named Torque, who resembles a humanoid crayfish or a bigger, meaner cousin of Dr. Zoidberg. Neo, Deeja, Klyton and two brothers named Bray and Haim then go off to attempt to rescue Jorn and destroy The Dark One.

On the way, they meet a tribe of Amazons in "The Wastelands" of a perfectly clean and manicured Central Park. Here, Haim fights an Amazon named Nyla in the usual "Amazon bested by a warrior guy" routine. In the process, they rescue a big mute hunk named Kai; Nyla and Kai join in the adventure.

During all this, Jorn goes through a torture-interrogation administered by The Dark One's chief minion, Valaria...an attractive blond lady who speaks like a Franco-Germanic Elmer Fudd whose more wooden than a lumber yard.

What follows is tunnel of sock-puppet worms, some cheesy mutants, upside-down crucifixions before the world's worst matte painting, a Junior High School basement, lame-o traps with stupid names and a large fake spider leg.

Meanwhile, as all the above-mentioned silliness goes on, two guys back home at the Airslave's place, named Roan and Korla, come up with a plan to pretend to fuel the power station to weaken The Dark One and help our merry travelers.

In a nutshell, it all ends with them failing to rescue Jorn, (who's become "One with the Dark One" and is now an avocado) but succeeding in killing the Dark One and ending his reign.


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