She-Wolves of the Wasteland, also known as Phoenix the Warrior and She Wolves of the Wasteland, is a 1988 American post apocalyptic film directed by Robert Hayes and starring Persis Khambatta, Kathleen Kinmont and Peggy McIntaggart.
Synopsis
After a world war fought with biological agents, it is thought that all of the men and most of the women on the planet have been killed. The Reverend Mother (Sheila Howard) seeks to save the human race from extinction by creating a race of super women by controlling sperm banks. The effects of the war have left the world a post-apocalyptic wasteland. While it is not generally known, the Reverend Mother arranged for the surviving men to be killed as a means of taking power over the entire world.
A pregnant woman named Keela escapes from the breeding facility and goes on the run with Phoenix, a sand trapper who saves her. While the Reverend Mother only wants female children born, Keela's child is male as the leaders of the breeding facility disagree with the female only policy. Eight years after giving birth to a male child, the forces of Reverend Mother capture the male child and leave Keela and Phoenix for dead.
However, they are saved by a bounty hunter named Neon. In addition, they meet the man who may be the last male on Earth. The group of women battle to save the male child by attacking the fortress of the Reverend Mother.
Cast
Releases
It debuted on VHS in 1988 with the title Phoenix the Warrior.
Echo Bridge Entertainment released it on DVD in the US on November 6, 2007.
As of July 2023, it is available for streaming in the Amazon service.
Reception
TV Guide found the plot to be skimpy but still recommended the film. Patrick J. Mullen of As Vast as Space and as Timeless as Infinity wrote that, while he found the premise interesting, the movie did little with it.