Battle trucks!
A look at the evolution of some of the most iconic vehicular monsters on TV and film
Modern post apocalyptic and sci-fi movies often feature a vehicle as the central figure or playing a pivotal role and we take a look at those vehicles spanning over 40 years.
All of these vehicles were real life props and driveable, some survive to this day.
(P.S I haven't included and Fury Road / Furiosa vehicles as we have these covered already on the site)
Feel free to leave a comment if we missed any below
- 1971 - Peterbuilt Tanker (Duel)
- 1976 - ARK II
- 1977 - The Landmaster (Damnation Alley)
- 1981 - The Tanker (Mad Max2 : The Road Warrior)
- 1982 - Battletruck
- 1983 - The A Team van
- 1983 - Goliath (Knightrider)
- 1984 - Baker Boys Rig (Razorback)
- 1986 - Happy Toys truck (Maximum Overdrive)
- 1986 - APC (Aliens)
- 1987 - The Highwayman
- 1987 - Monster (Terminus)
- 1987 - Monster truck (Rolling Vengeance)
- 1992 - Mobile Lab Unit (Universal Soldier)
- 1999 - The Herkimer Battle Jitney (Mystery Men)
- 2001 - HALO Warthog (HALO Landfall)
- 2003 - Monster truck - (Monster Man)
- 2005 - Dead Reckoning (Land of the Dead)
- 2007 - Freightliner FLD 120 (Resident Evil Extinction)
- 2008 - Dreadnought (Death Race 2000)
- 2012 - Weyland RT01 (Promethius)
- 2014 - Toyota Hilux (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead)
- 2023 - Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)
- 2023/2007 - Optimus Prime (Transformers)
May I suggest you the two trucks from the french movie 'Terminus' (1987)? Here is a critic, to set the scene a little bit: www.shockcinemamagazine.com/terminus.html
ReplyDeleteThe flick is a mediocre madmaxploitation vehicle (!) for the french rockstar Johnny Hallyday, but the battletrucks are quite interesting IMHO. You got the locomotive-like "Monster", fully equipped with self-driving AI, proto-GPS and coffee-maker. Then the elusive "Little Brother", a semi with stealth capabilities. Check for instance www.reddit.com/r/carslife/comments/yf4m12/futuristic_truck_from_terminus_movie/
Thanks and added
DeleteThe trucks from Rolling Vengeance (87) and Monster Man (03) are worth a look.
DeleteAwesome , added thanks
DeleteWar rigs from mad max fury road and furiosa
ReplyDeleteYes we have those covered in the Fury Road and Furiosa lists
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