Welcome to Woop Woop is like "Mad Max: Beyond Thuderdome" meets "After Hours". Rod, a con man from New York, high tails it to the Outback to dodge his captors, only to land himself in a new world of trouble. With one stop at a gas station, he picks up a hitchiker who, unbeknownst to him, becomes his new wife. And this lands him a one way ticket to the most backwards autocratic communal called Woop Woop, which was unofficially incorporated by the survivors of a an asbestos mill that fell and the town, ignored by it's corporate malfeasors.
Rod is in a giant, hot hell hole filled with the weirdest residents who have called it home their entire lives. And now, he's got to figure out a way to get past "Daddy," the self-appointed head of Woop Woop, and get beyond the walls alive. Woop Woop don't take kindly to deserters.
You'll notice similarities to Bartertown--Rod, like Max, is inadvertently thrust into a very aggressive communal type of isolated existence. Daddy-O even resembles Aunty Entity (and the movie even contains a Mad-Max like chase scene). Likewise, the movie draws similarities to Scorcese's "After Hours" given the kind of weirdo's Rod meets up with, baffled by their audacity and just how absolutely twisted they are. More importantly, in that these are crazy people that he can never seem to get away from.
The movie is pretty funny because you're forced to witness something of an isolated civilization built on seemingly modern technology, but used in a different fashion (you'll see what I mean when you watch it) and the story contains some political undertones, as well. It's well worth a try if you don't mind indy movies from the land down under. Bottoms up!
Rod is in a giant, hot hell hole filled with the weirdest residents who have called it home their entire lives. And now, he's got to figure out a way to get past "Daddy," the self-appointed head of Woop Woop, and get beyond the walls alive. Woop Woop don't take kindly to deserters.
You'll notice similarities to Bartertown--Rod, like Max, is inadvertently thrust into a very aggressive communal type of isolated existence. Daddy-O even resembles Aunty Entity (and the movie even contains a Mad-Max like chase scene). Likewise, the movie draws similarities to Scorcese's "After Hours" given the kind of weirdo's Rod meets up with, baffled by their audacity and just how absolutely twisted they are. More importantly, in that these are crazy people that he can never seem to get away from.
The movie is pretty funny because you're forced to witness something of an isolated civilization built on seemingly modern technology, but used in a different fashion (you'll see what I mean when you watch it) and the story contains some political undertones, as well. It's well worth a try if you don't mind indy movies from the land down under. Bottoms up!