Turkey Shoot

Turkey Shoot

Year: 1982

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: English

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith

ActionHorrorScience FictionEpic heroesGraphic violence and brutal revenge

Set in the year 2000, the film depicts a post‑apocalyptic world where an unspecified holocaust has forced survivors into brutal prison camps. Within the camps the authorities hunt inmates for sport. Paul, a recently captured prisoner, refuses to accept a quiet death and fights to survive and resist the savage regime.

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1

New arrivals at Camp 47

New arrivals Chris Walters, Rita Daniels, and Paul Anders are brought into Camp 47, each arrested for helping rebels, prostitution suspicion, or political dissent. The camp's brutal regime is immediately evident as Thatcher oversees harsh discipline. Chris narrowly avoids rape by guards Red and Ritter, underscoring the prisoners' precarious situation.

Camp 47
2

Barbaric punishments in the camp

Thatcher's wrath is exercised through brutal punishment. Ritter beats a petite woman to death on Thatcher's orders, and a male prisoner is forced to play a deadly 'football' game, ending with him burned when the gasoline orbs ignite. These acts establish the regime's lethal grip over the prisoners.

Camp 47
3

Turkey shoot selected

Thatcher and his VIP circle select five prisoners to be prey in a 12-hour hunt. Paul Anders, Chris Walters, Rita Daniels, and Dodge are initially chosen, with Griffin added after he starts a fight with Dodge.

Camp 47 and surrounding wilderness
4

Hunt begins: head start

With a three-hour head start, the prisoners are released at half-hour intervals into the wilderness. They quickly split up, each trying to survive while the guards monitor from a distance.

Three hours before the countdown begins Wilderness vicinity around Camp 47
5

Dodge falls early

Dodge is the first to be captured. Alph breaks off the pursuit, bites and chews on Dodge's toe, and then kills him with brutal blows. The hunt continues as the other prisoners scramble to stay alive.

Early in the hunt Wilderness
6

Paul eludes Thatcher’s sniping

Thatcher toys with Paul, firing near-misses from a sniper rifle to force him up a difficult rock formation. Paul manages to trigger a rock slide, which disrupts Thatcher's pursuit and buys him time to escape.

Mid-hunt Rock formation, wilderness
7

Griffin's bold move and demise

Griffin launches a bold move by jumping Red and taking his assault rifle. He is pinned down by Jennifer and Thatcher, arrows incapacitate him, and he is run over during the ensuing chaos.

Mid-hunt Wilderness near Camp 47
8

Rita's fate

Jennifer stalks Rita on horseback, traps her, and rapes and kills her. Rita's death demonstrates the guards' brutality and raises the survivors' resolve.

Mid-hunt Wilderness
9

Chasing Chris: field and fire

Mallory and Chief Guard Ritter corner Chris in a sugarcane field and attempt to smoke her out by setting the field alight. Paul intervenes, shoots Ritter in the groin, and they escape as Ritter burns to death.

Mid-to-late hunt Sugarcane field
10

Escape to the coastline

Ritter catches up to them, but Chris cuts his hands off with a machete and he bleeds to death. The pair realize they are on an island with no way out, and they vow to fight back.

Late hunt Coastline, then island
11

Uprising and capture of Tito's regime

Paul and Chris kill Tito and steal his buggy, arming themselves for a counterattack. They storm Camp 47 with a mounted machine gun and free the other prisoners, turning the tables on the guards.

During uprising Camp 47 and surrounding jungle
12

Air strike and the fall of the camp

The uprising prompts a RAAF bomber to destroy Camp 47. Prisoners raid the armoury, Chris destroys the communications center, Jennifer is killed by an explosive arrow, and Thatcher is blown apart by machine-gun fire as napalm engulfs the camp.

During destruction of the camp Camp 47
13

Escape into the mountains

With the camp in ruins, the rebels led by Paul and Chris rally the rescued prisoners and march into the mountains. They take supplies and prepare to continue resistance in the rugged terrain.

After the camp's destruction Jungle to mountains

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