''Blue World Order'' is a 2018 Australian martial arts
science fiction film
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set in a post-apocalyptic world.
Plot
The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which civilization has crumbled. A massive
electromagnetic pulse
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has killed all children on the planet with the exception of Molly (Billie Rutherford), the daughter of Jake Slater (Jake Ryan). Slater is also the only man immune to a virus released by the film pulse.
Production
Matthew Reilly
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was the executive producer, with Ché Baker and Tim Maddocks as producers. It was directed by Ché Baker and Dallas Bland; and was written by Baker, Bland and Sarah Mason.
The film was largely shot around
Canberra
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, Australia.
Cast
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Billy Zane
William George Zane Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor. His breakthrough role was in the Australian film ''Dead Calm (film), Dead Calm'' (1989), a performance that earned him a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association, ...
as Master Crane
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Bruce Spence
Bruce Robert Spence (born 17 September 1945) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor. Spence has amassed over 100 film and television credits and has also acted in theatre.
Career
Spence won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 197 ...
as Whippett
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Jack Thompson as Harris
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Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter (born March 25, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American novelist, essayist, and film critic.
Life and career
Hunter was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. His father was Charles Francis Hunte ...
as MadCap
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Jake Ryan as Jake Slater
* Bolude Fakuade as Marion Connors
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Kendra Appleton as Clare
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Andy Trieu
Andy Minh Trieu (born 10 December 1984), commonly known as Andy Trieu, is an Australian host, actor and martial artist. He is a three-time Australian Champion Martial Artist.
Early life
Trieu was born in Canberra to Vietnamese parents. He att ...
as Tech
* Barbera Hastings as Brooke "Babbling Brooke"
* Bryant Evans as Bearded Scientist
* Billie Rutherford as Molly
* Nathan Lee as Shu Yang
* Leah Baulch as Anesthetic Nurse
* T.K. Bell as Frozen Man In Vest
References
External links
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2018 science fiction action films
Films set in the future
American post-apocalyptic films
Films shot in Australia
2018 martial arts films
Australian science fiction action films
2018 films
2010s American films
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