Se; ]`t in a.=;n undergrou
#nd dunge$ _on inhabited by 
b+undled, ragged_ h+]uman being]`#s,;^ after `,the nuclear?@ holocaust  . The story follows the wand\[e rings o!=f a hero through t* @he] situatio,?ns of survival.:
People wait fo:_r the Ar: k% to _+arriv;$%e @-a`*nd [=r!esc;_#,ue them while th(eir hab*itat]+^ falls apart.　^#　D%elving d\e-ep into.+`- the/- *!dusty and lon/ g aban/.donded v?au?[lts o;;f b-cinema in+$ )?search of lost _$gems always leaves me wit,h a bittersweet taste. On =/*=one ha@ nd the  discove/ry of unexpected gems where
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 no o[)n. e? would\-^ t]`hink them . possi+ ble is a r`\ ewardin, g experie.nce. On the /\.ot_h@er [:hand though it makes one wonde#r how many o-![=f th@^=ese rema( rkab %le low-budget#) oddities, per\sonal# [ love affairs of d)`i, rectors$ @never = =@qui
*te^#. f \amous and now all but forgotten, have almost forever s^ lipp%)?:ed fro(@m mem?o=,ry　　n any case@ what we h`ave he -* r%%:e is a :(li*#ttle post-a,!?$ p`!
ocalypt
=?ic ge)m from Po_$l=
]a `nd that is rea#:lly ;better [[]than$% it  (`h%=as . any ri% gh];t =to.  The): dys-to/#pian near_\ future of O-BI, :.O].-B#A f+
in]?ds a ^-: group o f surviv+ o_rs of the nuclear war th_!at =rava@
^ged the E; _art[=+*h inh#=$-abiting an underworld co:$[ncrete bunker and bi;#.`d;^^ing t/h)]eir time as they wai]t f/?or the mys(`_:terious Ark, an air$ ( :ship o!f; some kind that %wil`,l come!
] and save the\ m _. The A^rk proves #to be @\an ?.elabora`-te hoax^`,  carefully desig+$ned /to g .*,ive ^hope--+ ! to, ]=the malnourishe_d %_;an*,d d*esperate den
%izens o#f the*% bunk]er, while i:n,, )?]t;;#he meantime ?.:the dome that  separat_%es t+ heir +miserabl$e/* ex;+istenc#e]$+ from /t+;;he nu +:clear win;=ter ou+].tside is slowly cav_/in
.g in.　　Wh@$!,at fir/` s[^t]! striked,) me about the movi)_e i**s the ?design /o/:f.[ the bun)]ker an:d the ^depiction of the )/survi-]v+(,ors. The]` su ^rvivors#]% *?are gaunt, fil*t(hy an%#d ter*ribl
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!e_.-looking p
enite,nts=@],  dres)#`sed !:in r=]ags and aim#/less/`ly wandering the neon-`-lit#!% halls o\(f#_ the bunker like aut@)`omatons. The bun[%ker @is_ a r(_und@own, s#-[ e#)
(e dy plac:-e, wi
th bright `neon lights p?@eeri*ng from all sides li ke the eyes of ma,. li?gnant be\[a(st^`
/s.　　O])/^n one hand it is a slightly 80's $depi #!ction$ o* f the dys #-topi an future but the movie ne!-ver s /)toops _^]down to MAD (@M()!AX cheese. I(nstead it combin$/ +es biting political satire w-ith the bleak o)%utlook of# a -wor,@-ld [ with no futu)]re,+( b /`;l(*)ac(k comedy with barbs o=,n apath)y, religion a%];nd power#. The survivors, for example,; are fed some +ki]nd:; of fl$(our! d[ropping from a tub@e that +
hov:!e#`(rs in the ai#r ^ #- l;ater on we discover the food @s=uperv_iso.\r #(,uses books and t/he Bibl==;e itself as, % fil:ler for thi;s meagr#@e m#.ea!]\l.$
];There ^are+/ m;_*\!any such _\\shor.@t+$ _ symbolic; /touche_^s,@!@] perh_aps not lif):e-chan(gi:ng or f! ,aith-restoring _, yet playfu
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l, clever\[ and .;inspire\]d. 　　On@ )e thing is \,/for sur% e; O-BI, O-BA is ^#not *[\y(our run-of `-the-m=[%ill sci-fi schl+ock.*?^` It overcomes ]`_` it/%^;.s mode$st budget with creati%]@(vity and h\!,as genuine artistic aspiration ?s both from a writing and d+*irecting perspective. My: opi%*nion is that it ##shou#-l]@d have been filme]! d --in bl$ac
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k ? and w..hi`=te instead of col#^our,: tho@$^@ugh. $ T$he director uses atmosp; )h^,eric li/^+ght an;d shadow t\o `great effec t and
/ it would h/ave register`^e^(:d eve
[n better in; stark b -lack and whit^e. The blue-gr e^ e
# ?n$% neon on/ the other ? hand*( o?utstays its#% wel,!c$ome after a while. Ju$st a minor gripe- :$=.in( an _othe]rwise s^/olid [ `b]#-mov:ie with its h$*eart+: set :+in all the ri:^:ght pla$#ce!?;+s.　　Im_ag :ine a less /`ble$ :ak TH:[E ROAD! (Co*rmac Mc+C\arthy) being i,$ njected with#^  the \$satir:?e and`^ humour of DR.STRANGELOVE and yo;@u're gett: ing there. See*@ it i#^+f yo=$#u can find i%[t.