| Steel Dawn | |
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| Directed by | Lance Hool |
| Produced by | Conrad Hool Edgar Bold Lance Hool |
| Written by | Doug Lefler |
| Starring | Patrick Swayze Lisa Niemi Anthony Zerbe Brion James Christopher Neame |
| Music by | Brian May |
| Cinematography | George Tirl |
| Editing by | Mark Conte |
| Distributed by | Vestron, Inc. |
| Release date(s) | November 6, 1987 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Steel Dawn is a 1987 American post-apocalyptic feature film, with elements of western science fiction.
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An enigmatic swordsman named Nomad (Patrick Swayze), wanders through the remains of a post-World War III world. He travels the desert, in search of his mentor's killer, the assassin Sho (Christopher Neame).
The war itself is never described, but there are hints that a new government rose soon afterwards. Nomad had a position of privilege as a soldier and as part of the elite guard assigned with protecting the upper heads of the new government. Since firearms are no longer available, edged weapons have been revived as the standard fighting tools. The elite guard mastered the use of swords and carried them in an unusual, upright fashion. Eventually, the post-war government collapsed as well and Nomad retired to run a farm with his family.
Nomad runs into a group of settlers in the town of Meridian. Damnil (Anthony Zerbe), a local landowner, and his gang are attacking the town to gain a monopoly on the local water supply. Nomad stays at a local farm owned by Kasha (Lisa Niemi) who is Nomad's love interest (and real life wife). Nomad teams up with Kasha's foreman Tark to become Meridian's "peacekeepers" to defend the town against Damnil and his forces, as well as giving him the opportunity to revenge his mentor's death at the hands of Sho.