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★★★☆☆ Resembling a neon-drenched, coming-of-age version of Mad Max (1979), Brian Trenchard-Smith's Dead End Drive-In (1986) has all the familiar Ozploitation trappings. There's gratuitous nudity, sporadic bursts of violence and some truly outrageous stunt work (including the most astounding car jump ever committed to film). Yet, amongst all, it's also a strange and surreal commentary on apathetic, aimless 80s youth culture. Set in a future society on the brink of collapse, buff young meat-head Crabs (Ned Manning) borrows his brother's prized '57 Chevy to impress a girl he's taking to the local drive-in.

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Arrow Video will be revisiting 80's Australian exploitation when it finally releases Brian Trenchard-Smith's cult 'Dead End Drive-In' onto DVD here in the UK. Based on a short story by Peter Carey and adapted by writer Peter Smalley director Smith put the whole project together in a short 35 day shoot as 'an allegory for the junk values of the eighties'. The Ozploitation classic lands on DVD here in the UK from 8 April. The flick stars Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Wilbur Wilde, Dave Gibson, Sandie Lillingston, Ollie Hall, Lyn Collingwood, Nikki McWaters, Melissa Davis and Margi Di Ferranti. The DVD release comes complete with a special collectors edition booklet and you can check out the DVD artwork below....