The Domestics

I'm only 20 minutes in and I'm hoping the wife gets killed. The husband is her doormat. Let me explain... A post apocalyptic world run by murderous gangs but the couple are living in a relatively safe area. However to 'save their marriage' they're going on a road trip to see her parents 😐. Because that's your concern when your trying to stay alive right? Your marriage. Holy jayzus! She constantly needs reassurance from her husband and her mother she's trying to contact and visit.. Now she's crying saying she doesn't want to die and wants to go home...what a surprise. And she wears headphones listening to music when things get stressful and gives her husband/chauffeur/bodyguard/lifesaver attitude.. a pure liability. She shouldn't be allowed outside the house never mind cross a war zone.

I'm not a fan of post apocalyptic movies by any means Mad Max being the exception ( I hated The Road ) it's a genre I find almost always a bit depressing, but I had so much fun watching this movie! Just sit back empty your brain and enjoy, it's a 6 from me.

I don't know anything about the director Mike P. Nelson except that he was clearly inspired by movies that I loved when I was young. There is no doubt in my mind that he was inspired by The Warriors (1979) from Walter Hill and by Mad Max (1979) from George Miller. By The Warriors for the narrating radio voice that warns about the different gangs operating in different sectors, and by Mad Max for the apocalyptic view of the world and the customized vehicles. I couldn't stop thinking about that while watching the movie and apparently I'm not the only one since I read another review thinking the same. I loved The Warriors, and I still do after all those years, so to me it was easy to like The Domestics, because in a way it brought back those memories. But The Domestics was just inspired by it, for the rest it's a totally different movie and story. I can get that people don't like it. Those people would probably not like The Warriors and Mad Max either. But if you did like those I'm sure you will like this one as well. The acting was certainly not bad for a so-called B-movie. I'm aware that the story doesn't make much logic sometimes but I was not expecting that either with this kind of post-apocalytic story. I's just a bit of easy entertainment, the kind I like everynow and then.