Setinanundergrounddungeoninhabitedbybundled,raggedhumanbeings,afterthenuclearholocaust.Thestoryfollowsthewanderingsofaherothroughthesituationsofsurvival.Peo lewaitfortheArktoarriveandrescuethemwhiletheirhabitatfallsa art.Delvingdee intothedustyandlongabandondedvaultsofb-cinemainsearchoflostgemsalwaysleavesmewithabittersweettaste.Ononehandthediscoveryofunex ectedgemswherenoonewouldthinkthem ossibleisarewardingex erience.Ontheotherhandthoughitmakesonewonderhowmanyoftheseremarkablelow-budgetoddities, ersonalloveaffairsofdirectorsneverquitefamousandnowallbutforgotten,havealmostforeversli edfrommemory?nanycasewhatwehavehereisalittle ost-a ocaly ticgemfromPolandthatisreallybetterthanithasanyrightto.Thedysto iannearfutureofO-BI,O-BAfindsagrou ofsurvivorsofthenuclearwarthatravagedtheEarthinhabitinganunderworldconcretebunkerandbidingtheirtimeastheywaitforthemysteriousArk,anairshi ofsomekindthatwillcomeandsavethem.TheArk rovestobeanelaboratehoax,carefullydesignedtogiveho etothemalnourishedanddes eratedenizensofthebunker,whileinthemeantimethedomethatse aratestheirmiserableexistencefromthenuclearwinteroutsideisslowlycavingin.Whatfirststrikedmeaboutthemovieisthedesignofthebunkerandthede ictionofthesurvivors.Thesurvivorsaregaunt,filthyandterrible-looking enitents,dressedinragsandaimlesslywanderingtheneon-lithallsofthebunkerlikeautomatons.Thebunkerisarundown,seedy lace,withbrightneonlights eeringfromallsidesliketheeyesofmalignantbeasts.Ononehanditisaslightly80’sde ictionofthedysto ianfuturebutthemovieneverstoo sdowntoMADMAXcheese.Insteaditcombinesbiting oliticalsatirewiththebleakoutlookofaworldwithnofuture,blackcomedywithbarbsona athy,religionand ower.Thesurvivors,forexam le,arefedsomekindofflourdro ingfromatubethathoversintheair-lateronwediscoverthefoodsu ervisorusesbooksandtheBibleitselfasfillerforthismeagremeal.Therearemanysuchshortsymbolictouches, erha snotlife-changingorfaith-restoring,yet layful,cleverandins ired.Onethingisforsure;O-BI,O-BAisnotyourrun-of-the-millsci-fischlock.Itovercomesitsmodestbudgetwithcreativityandhasgenuineartisticas irationsbothfromawritinganddirecting ers ective.Myo inionisthatitshouldhavebeenfilmedinblackandwhiteinsteadofcolourthough.Thedirectorusesatmos hericlightandshadowtogreateffectanditwouldhaveregisteredevenbetterinstarkblackandwhite.Theblue-greenneonontheotherhandoutstaysitswelcomeafterawhile.Justaminorgri einanotherwisesolidb-moviewithitsheartsetinalltheright laces.ImaginealessbleakTHEROAD(CormacMcCarthy)beinginjectedwiththesatireandhumourofDR.STRANGELOVEandyou’regettingthere.Seeitifyoucanfindit