Battletruck

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Battletruck
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harley Cokliss
Written by	Michael Abrams Irving Austin John Beech Harley Cokliss
Produced by	Lloyd Phillips Rob Whitehouse
Starring	Michael Beck Annie McEnroe James Wainwright
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Michael Horton
Music by	Kevin Peek
Production company	Battletruck Films
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date	May 14, 1982 (1982-05-14)
Running time	91 minutes
Countries	New Zealand United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million[1]

Battletruck (also known as Warlords of the 21st Century in the U.S. and Destructors in Italy) is a 1982 New Zealand post-apocalyptic science fiction action film co-written and directed by Harley Cokliss and starring Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, John Ratzenberger, and Bruno Lawrence.

Set in the aftermath of a devastating series of wars referred to as the Oil Wars, the plot is a futuristic tale of a community fighting against a local warlord in the lawless rural countrywide. A co-production between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, it was filmed on location in New Zealand and starring a number of local actors, and was part of a wave of similarly-themed films made in the wake of the success of the Mad Max series.