SHE

The film, set in a land of warring tribes 23 years after a nuclear war, follows Tom and his friend Dick, whose sister Hari has been captured by a powerful tribe called the Norks. Tom and Dick set out to find and rescue Hari, attempting to avoid dangerous tribes along the way. They are captured by a matriarchal clan called the Urechs, led by "She" (Sandahl Bergman). The two manage to escape. She's forces track them down, but She decides to help them in their quest after hearing a prophecy from a local seer about a man she is destined to meet. She and her lieutenant Shanda join Tom and Dick on their travels.

They encounter many other tribes, each led by their own post-apocalyptic 'god', with the encounters usually ending in a battle. Each tribal ‘god’ has an army of mutants with special abilities apparently granted by the nuclear radiation. One god-pretender, Godan, can levitate his enemies, but is betrayed by his second-in-command, a woman in red who is upset that Godan has taken She as a lover. The heroes also face a tutu-wearing giant, toga-wearing werewolves, high society vampires, mutants bandaged like Egyptian mummies, and a man named Xenon whose can create clones of himself from severed parts of his body. The group becomes separated and make their way separately to the Nork fortress.

After being captured by the Norks, She, Tom, and Dick, all masked, are forced into a gladiator combat melee with a group of Nork applicants. Fortunately, after dispatching the other combatants, the three recognize each other and stop the fight. Hari, who has been made the concubine of the Nork leader, rushes to their side. The Nork leader considers this an affront, and tells the party that they may leave, but that as punishment his forces will attack and enslave the Urechs the next day.

They are released, but She decides to mount an ambush of the Nork forces on a bridge before the Norks can get close to Urech lands. Tom, Dick, and Hari aid her in setting numerous traps. When the Nork forces arrive, the party faces wave after wave of combatants. As the Norks finally begin to overwhelm them, they are rescued when Shanda and a squad of Urech warriors arrive and rout the remaining Norks. Finally victorious, the group celebrates. Dick and Shanda, She’s second-in-command, have fallen in love, and Dick elects to stay with the Urechs. Tom and She silently decide to love each other from a distance. As Tom takes a barge with his sister Hari to other faraway lands, She pensively watches then depart.

After defeating the Norks in a climactic ambush with the help of Urech warriors, the group is victorious. Tom and Hari leave for other lands, while Dick remains with Shanda and the Urechs, and Tom and She part with mutual but distant affection.

The film concludes with the main characters overcoming overwhelming odds and cementing alliances among surviving tribes. The separation of Tom and She underscores the bittersweet nature of victories in harsh worlds, while Dick's new life with Shanda hints at the formation of new communities from chaos. Love, loyalty, and hard-won peace are fleeting but cherished in this wasteland.