Crash and Burn
A lowly courier joins a besieged television station's desperate stand against an authoritarian corporation, a killer synth, and a lethal thermal storm.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- bleak
- pulp
- retro sci-fi night
- cult movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a formulaic, poorly acted dystopian genre exercise with weak dialogue.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Unicom governs the post-collapse world by banning computers and robots while presenting control as economic security.
The television station staff must endure a robot attack while an incoming thermal storm threatens the building and its occupants.
A Unicom Synth penetrates the station, kills its manager, and exposes the corporation's technological reach.
The story takes place after a worldwide economic collapse in a dystopian southwest threatened by a thermal storm.
Films like Crash and Burn, and why
Hardware
shared dystopian science fiction, post-collapse society, and hostile machines
Class of 1999
shared low-budget post-apocalyptic action, android menace, and claustrophobic survival tension
The Terminator
shared cyberpunk dystopia, authoritarian control, and human resistance against artificial intelligence
Death Machine
shared post-apocalyptic thriller atmosphere, technological paranoia, and siege-like survival structure
Movie Details
- Director
- Charles Band
- Release Date
- 1990-06-04
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 4.3 / 10 (50)
Cast
- Paul Ganus
- Megan Ward
- Ralph Waite
- Bill Moseley
- Eva LaRue
- Jack McGee
- Elizabeth Maclellan
- Katherine Armstrong
- John Davis Chandler
- Kristopher Logan
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Full Moon Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Crash and Burn about?
- A lowly courier joins a besieged television station's desperate stand against an authoritarian corporation, a killer synth, and a lethal thermal storm.
- What is Crash and Burn like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Crash and Burn as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Crash and Burn violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Crash and Burn as brutal.
- What did critics think of Crash and Burn?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a formulaic, poorly acted dystopian genre exercise with weak dialogue.
- Which films are like Crash and Burn?
- Films with a similar feel include Hardware, Class of 1999, The Terminator, and Death Machine.
- How long is Crash and Burn?
- Crash and Burn runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch Crash and Burn?
- In United States, Crash and Burn streams on Amazon Prime Video, Full Moon Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel.
