Christian Pitre stars in Bounty Killer (2013) as Mary Death. The movie’s plot details are shallow enough to require little imagination. Essentially, post-apocalyptic wild-west styled wasteland where bounties are collected on the greedy heads of the pre-waste corporate capitals, whom instigated much of the destruction. Add muscle cars and bounty collectors dressed in short club… Read more »
Pamela Anderson (Canada, 1967 July 1) starred in Barb Wire (1996), based on the comic book published by Dark Horse Comics. From Wiki, taking place in 2017 during the Second American Civil War, Pamela’s character owns a pub and moonlights as a mercenary. I don’t want to copy and paste but it took me two… Read more »
The character of Wichita was played by Emma Stone (USA, 1988 November 6) in the post-apocalyptic zombie comedy Zombieland (2009). Synopsis from IMDB, A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement… Read more »
Adrienne Barbeau (USA, 1945 June 11) as Maggie in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York (1981). The Wiki synopsis: The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security prison. Ex-soldier Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is given 24 hours… Read more »
One of our favorites is an actress we like as much as we can’t pronounce her name, Malgorzata Foremniak (Poland, 1967 January 8) stars as Ash in the Polish-Japanese film Avalon (2001). Avalon is a scene-fiction dystopian drama. In a future virtual reality game Ash fights to advance in levels for money in the real… Read more »
This one is going to have to go to the character of Sam, instead of Regina, for looking plausibly ridiculous instead of just ridiculous. Sam was portrayed by Kelli Maroney (USA, 1960 December 30) in Night of the Comet (1984). There is a decent synopsis on Wiki, essentially the tail of a comet wipes out… Read more »
This week’s actress Mila Kunis (Ukraine, 1983 August 14, 1983) starred in The Book of Eli (2010). From Wiki, “a nomad in a post-apocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the West Coast of the United States. The history of the… Read more »
It’s the end of the week, and so it’s Femme Fatale Friday. This marks the sixth week of the Aftermath Girls blog. Before Tank Girl was release, rumor was she got the part because she was the first actress willing to shave the side of her head for the role. Lori Petty (USA, 1963 October… Read more »
Our first United States born Femme Fatale, Scarlett Johansson (USA, November 22, 1984) starred in The Island (2005). From Wiki, “It is described as a pastiche of “escape-from-dystopia” science fiction films of the 1960s and 1970s such as Fahrenheit 451, THX 1138, Parts: The Clonus Horror, and Logan’s Run.” While this is true at the… Read more »
Years before Sex in the City and a year after appearing in Star Trek VI, Kim Cattrall (England, 1956 August 21) appeared in Split Second (1992) alongside Rutger Hauer. This sci-fi action movie blends satanic astrology with an alien monster in a future literally flooded with too much rain. While you barely see her pickup… Read more »
Rhona Mitra (England, 1976 August 9) in Doomsday (2008). This action movie centers around a quarantined section of the UK, where the British work to prevent a potentially world compromising disaster. The Internet Movie Firearms Database lists her using four firearms in this film: Neostead 2000, Vektor CP1, Vektor CR21, & a Walther P38. The… Read more »
Asia Argento (Italy, 1975 September 20) in Land of the Dead (2005). The movie centers around a surviving city compound in a world overrun by zombies. The Internet Movie Firearms Database lists the H&K G36C and M1911 as the only two firearms she used in the film.