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When yours or the lives of others are at stake, you need every possible advantage you can get. Not having a weapon when facing an armed opponent is a grim prospect. Learning to use everyday items in these violent confrontations allows you to even the odds, even if just a bit.

If someone attacks you with a link, would you rather be holding nothing or a monkey wrench? What if they pull a gun? Try and keep steady aim as someone throws a monkey wrench at your head. Being able to effectively use items around your environment, or ‘weapons of opportunity’ as the military calls them, to assist you in defending yourself could mean the difference between life and death.

A Marine should be ready and able to use anything around him to serve as a weapon. This may mean throwing sand or liquid in an aggressor’s eyes to temporarily impair his vision so that damage can be done to his head with a rock, e-tool, helmet, or anything readily available to the Marine. In a confrontation, a Marine must use whatever it takes to win or face the genuine possibility of losing his life.

– Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Handbook

Not every weapon of opportunity is going to be as apparent as a wrench or hammer. We will cover how you can begin to recognize and discover these weapons based on function. Then we will go a bit into usage and how some martial arts approach this topic. Afterward, you should be better at thinking about using the items around you in a life-saving manner.

Learn to Recognize Aspects of Weapons

Any port in a storm; any weapon in a fight.

What is the difference between a sharp letter opener and a knife? It depends on the knife and the opener, of course, but I have seen letter openers much scarier than your average everyday carry folder knife. Both items can stab, cut, and lacerate a foe – that much is readily apparent.

Other things lying around may not be as obvious, but can be just as effective. Beer bottles, shovels, a vase, a coffee mug, a fork, a barbell, ANYTHING! If it can stab, cut, bludgeon, defend, or scare, it can be useful.

While it is impossible to describe how every possible weapon in your environment can be utilized, we can categorize weapons of opportunity by primary use. Doing this allows us to think about them based on their end function rather than their specific identity. An example would be that I’d smash a bad guy with a nice overhand strike the same way with a chair leg as I would a hammer or frying pan.

To that end, we have broken up Weapons of Opportunity into the following Categories:

Cutting

This is an item that can lacerate a foe. These tools will hopefully operate similar to the blade edge of a knife. These items will often not stop a motivated attacker unless a primary area is targeted. Strike at the face, neck, or wrist since most other regions will only do superficial damage.

Examples: Knives, letter openers, Exacto knife, broken glass, broken plate or CD, old-style shaving razor, license plate edge, etc.

Stabbing

These are perhaps the easiest for an untrained person to use effectively. Stabbing the tissue of the opponent’s body can be useful in quickly hampering their ability to operate.

In the movie, The Bourne Supremacy, Jason Bourne uses a pen to stab at the neck and hand of an opponent wielding a knife. This is an excellent example of how even the most basic item can help you survive. These items are useful in attacking an opponent’s eyes, neck, inner arm and hand, torso, groin, and inner thighs.

Examples: Knives, letter openers, Exacto knife, broken glass, corkscrew, screwdriver, fork, pencil/pens, scissors. Even a toothbrush getting jammed in your eye is going to ruin your day.

Bludgeoning

Channel your inner caveman. These items can be wielded as clubs and are useful for striking your opponents head, collar bone, groin, knee, and especially their weapon hand.

In that same Bourne Supremacy fight scene, the hero uses a rolled-up magazine to hit the opponents knife hand away before he grabs for that pen. Obviously, your first choice will likely be a baseball bat, or golf club (I mean ‘club’ is literally in the name) but nearly anything can be used to add weight to your strikes.

Examples: Coffee mug, brick, frying pan, extinguisher, flashlight, sticks or pieces of wood, baseball bat, golf club, a shoe, a laptop, a beer bottle, fire poker, a chair, etc.

Projectiles

Everything from a baseball to an ax can be thrown as a way to fight back. It starts to sound ridiculous when you list everything, but you can be sure that grown men have been killed by a tire iron being flung into their skull.

Also, don’t forget throwing sand in their eyes, hot coffee, boiling soup, etc.

Examples: Glas bottles, nail gun, brick, rock, coffee mugs, books, phones, frying pan, hammer, a shoe, etc.

Non-Rigid Items

Some items are useful in defending against a weapon but are not great at striking. While a good offense may always be the best defense, a defense is better than no defense. If someone is coming at you with a knife, trying to wrap the blade or his hand up in a towel or even your shirt can be better than nothing. Same goes for your belt. There are also other ways to employ these items.

Examples: towels, shirts, belts, thick trash bag, bed sheet, etc.

Remember to Think About Range

If your attacker has a knife, you will want to keep your distance. Items like a baseball bat, fire poker, or shovel work great for that. At close range, items like a pen or pair of scissors will allow you to hold them close and attack their weapon hand and primary areas (like eyes, neck, and groin) more effectively. If you are facing a firearm and you are unable to escape, then you must close the distance.

Using Any and Every Item as a Weapon

As has been made clear, the usage of a weapon will be highly dependent on its function. While it may not be possible to train with every possible item, some martial arts have developed methods for teaching large swathes of tools at once.

Some of the images we used earlier were from the Marine Corps Martial Arts training book sections on weapons of opportunity. In that book, it is stressed to the Marines that certain basic strikes will work the same whether it is a club, a knife, a bottle, etc. They practice striking using their helmets, shovels, and other odd shaped objects. It becomes more about how you universally use your body rather than the specific item.

Marines will have sparring matches with each other using rubber knives, sticks, odd-shaped staffs, rubber rifles and more to help their motor skills adapt to different weights and balances.

Another art that has a storied history in this sort of training is Kali, also known as Escrima. This is a blade and stick art from the Philippines full of concepts that transcend into using many types of weapons of opportunity.

Matt Damon trained quite a bit in Kali when prepping for his role in the Bourne series and it shows heavily in certain scenes. The scene where he uses a rolled-up magazine to fend away from a knife is a perfect example of both Kali techniques and everything we have been talking about in this article.

Kali is a complicated art but uses simple movements – movements that apply to objects as general as a baseball cap. Other martial schools such as Krav Maga and Jeet Kune, as well as many military units, will often spend time cross-training Kali for this reason.

There is so much more than just the Filipino arts though. Many fighting styles will help your body better understand itself, allowing you much greater overall versatility when wielding items. The trick is to build your own motor skills. Work on your balance, strength, and dexterity to help you better adapt to anything.

Warrior Mindset

Survival requires having the will to fight, especially if you are about to do so at a disadvantage. Remember why you want to live, and remember the brutality of what survival has entailed throughout history.

I recently had a knife pulled on me in Thailand. While I wasn’t the instigator, it was still a dumb situation to have found myself in – alone, unarmed, and facing a drunk man with a knife.

Realizing my situation, I quickly (though much too slowly in retrospect) took off one of my shoes with the intention of striking the knife hand with it should he attack. In the end, we both walked away, but it reminded me that I may really have to save my own life with nothing but a shoe one day, and I re-upped my training.

There are hundreds of scenarios that don’t end peacefully and people end up having to use their shoe (or whatever else) to thwart an attacker. Here are some examples to help put your mind in the right place:

• A woman used a pair of car keys to defend herself from an attack.
• In this case, a man defends himself and his son from a knife attacker with a baseball bat. This shows that a bat itself can be intimidating enough to thwart an attack.
• An 11-year old used a decorative machete on his wall to defend his home from an intruder.
• Although he was charged for murder, this event shows the effectiveness of items like a pool cue.
• During a terrorist attack in London, the unarmed police were forced to flee from multiple ISIS sympathizers with long blades attacking a crowd. When armed police finally arrived, they saw bakers throwing bread crates, and men continuing to throw drinks and chairs at the attackers even while being stabbed and cut. The defenders are credited with saving multiple lives of those who chose to flee. While a knife attack may not seem extremely deadly, A similar attack in China that lacked the same active resistance ended with 33 dead and 130 injured.

Remember, a knife may kill you in one blow, or it may take over 50 wounds (and you may yet live like this woman). Don’t give them a chance for a clear and accurate strike.

• This man defended himself from a knife attack with a toilet plunger.
• This man stopped a synagogue shooting by simply yelling and charging the shooter with extreme force.
• This man hit a shooter over the head with a vacuum when his gun jammed.

The list could really go on for pages and pages, but you get the idea. This is not a rare occurrence. Weapons of opportunity save lives all the time, and with a little bit of forethought and mental preparation, you could be ready to do the same should the SHTF at the worst possible moment.

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It finally happened. You’ve been preparing for a disaster like this for years, and now it’s actually here. The shit is officially hitting the fan. So what should you do?

When the SHTF, many people will be glued to their TV’s, smartphones, or radios (unless the disaster is an EMP). While all those people are frozen in shock, you need to leap into action. Time is of the essence. If you and your family are going to survive, there are some things you need to do right away.

What things, you ask? That is the topic of this video by City Prepping. He lists ten things you should do right after the SHTF.

Here’s his list:

1. Establish Communication With Your Family
2. Assess the Situation
3. Get Home or To Your Bug Out Location
4. Secure Your Location
5. Observe OPSEC
6. Blend In As Much As Possible
7. Gather As Much Intel As Possible
8. Avoid Large Crowds
9. Focus on Bugging In for 2 to 4 Weeks
10. Decide the Next Steps

The video below goes into much more detail, explaining how to actually do these things. Be sure to watch it.

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Collecting rainwater for drinking purposes may seem simple enough, but there are many ways it can go wrong – some of which can actually be quite dangerous.

If you would like to start collecting rainwater in a way that is both safe and effective, make sure that you avoid these common rainwater collection mistakes.

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Mistake #1: Using the Wrong Container

While there are plenty of containers that are capable of holding water, not all of them are suitable for collecting and storing drinking water. Some containers may leach dangerous chemicals into your water, while others are not opaque enough to block out the sunlight – which could encourage algae growth.

Dark colored plastic barrels are ideal for collecting rainwater, but many other containers will work so long as they are large enough, opaque enough, and not coated with any chemicals that could leach into your water.

Mistake #2: Forgetting to Make Sure it is Legal in Your Area

Believe it or not, collecting rainwater is not completely legal in all fifty states. Several states have decided that rainwater is community property and not something that can be taken by rainwater collectors. In other states, collecting rainwater is legal, but there are certain restrictions. In Kansas, for example, you may be required to apply for a permit before you are able to collect rainwater.

If you want to make sure you stay on the right side of the law, check your state’s laws and regulations regarding the collection of rainwater before you begin.

Mistake #3: Not Collecting Enough

Most people don’t realize how much water they use until it becomes scarce. It takes a lot of water to survive, even if you start skipping showers and laundry day. If you are building a rainwater collection system for the purpose of disaster survival, be sure to calculate how much water you are going to need and how much your system is going to collect.

If you don’t, you may end up with a system that does not collect nearly enough water for you to live on. The more that you are able to collect, the better – in a disaster scenario, there is certainly no such thing as having too much drinkable water.

Mistake #4: Not Letting the Rain Rinse Your Roof Before Collecting It

When the rain starts to pour, many people start collecting it right away. However, it is essential to let the rain rinse your roof for at least ten minutes before you start collecting it.

The reasons for this are obvious when you think about it. Dirt, plant material, feces, and all kinds of other debris gather on your roof, which means it will gather in your water too if you don’t give the rain a chance to wash it away.

Mistake #5: Not Purifying Your Rainwater Before You Drink it

In theory, rainwater is completely pure and safe to drink. However, that assumes it doesn’t come in contact with anything before it lands in your collection barrel. In reality, your rainwater may be coming into contact with all kinds of unsavory things on its way down your roof and into your barrel.

The chances of getting sick from drinking rainwater that you collect may be slim – much slimmer than drinking water from an unknown stream or pond – but there is still a chance. To avoid this risk, all you need to do is purify your water supply. It’s a simple precaution that could save you from a lot of misery and one that may even save your life.

Mistake #6: Purchasing a Rainwater Collection System

Unless you have loads of money to throw away, purchasing a pre-made rainwater collection system is a waste. Making your own rainwater collection system is fairly simple, and the instructions for doing so as well as the supplies you will need are both cheap (if not free) and readily available.

Pre-made rainwater collection systems, meanwhile, can cost upwards of $1000. There’s simply no real reason to spend that kind of money for something you can do yourself in a day’s time. In fact, with a little time spent searching, you can likely find all of the supplies you need – including collection barrels – for little to no cost at all, and building your collection system once you have the right supplies is a simple project.

Mistake #7: Not Using a Collection Screen

If you plan to use the rainwater that you collect for any purpose other than watering your garden, a collection screen is essential. Simply putting a fine, wire mesh screen over your collection barrel will allow the water to pass through while blocking out unwanted debris such as leaves, dirt, bird poop, and more.

If these things don’t sound very appetizing, be sure to put a screen over your collection barrel. In addition to a mesh screen, you can also use fabric sheets or even a layer of cooking oil to filter the water that goes into your barrel.

Mistake #8: Not Setting up a System for Getting Your Water Out

Sure, it’s possible to dip water out of a collection barrel using a cup or other small container, but there are more efficient ways to access the water you collect. Installing a spigot on your collection barrel is something that doesn’t take a lot of time, and it will likely save you a lot of time and hassle in the future.

If you want to really boost the amount of water that you are able to withdraw, you can even install a pump in your barrel. Small pumps are not as expensive as you might think, and they can make drawing large amounts of water from your barrel a breeze. Either way, just know that there are better ways to go about getting your water than dipping it out of the top of the barrel.

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In 1961, Business Week magazine posed the question that was on many Americans’ minds: “to dig or not to dig?” President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union were sparring, and a nervous world watched as the superpowers loomed on the brink of nuclear war. Publications as diverse as Yale Review and Good Housekeeping ran articles on fallout shelters.

As an article in Time Magazine put it, “At cocktail parties and PTA meeting and family dinners, on buses and commuter trains and around office watercoolers, talk turns to shelters.”

Fast forward nearly 60 years, and people still talk about shelters. While we may have replaced the term “fallout shelter” with the term “doomsday bunker” or simply “bunker,” we still struggle to find ways to keep ourselves and our families safe during and after a catastrophic human-made or natural disaster.

Is building a doomsday bunker a good idea? Let’s look at the pros and cons.

Doomsday Bunker Pros

A Place Of Safety – While some people advocate having a remote bug out location away from your home, traveling that distance in a time of quick upheaval could be a serious problem. You may have little or no warning, and roads may not be accessible. Building an underground shelter near your home means you can get to a place of safety quickly and easily.

Storm Protection – A doomsday bunker can offer below-the-ground protection from severe weather events such as hurricanes and tornadoes, which are becoming more commonplace these days.

Fire Protection – Sometimes fleeing by foot or by vehicle is not an option with a fast-moving fire. An underground bunker could save your life in this quickly-changing and deadly situation. (See below for the con of this one.)

More Privacy – While some communities offer public shelters for their residents, many people panic at the idea of being cooped up in close quarters with a bunch of strangers.

Storage for Food and Supplies – You can stockpile food, clothing, ammunition, medicines, and supplies in an underground bunker all year round. Properly constructed and insulated underground bunkers can provide stable temperatures and humidity.

Peace of Mind – Knowing you have a plan for your family’s whereabouts in the event of an emergency can lower your stress levels.

Doomsday Bunker Cons

Now, let’s examine the other side of the issue. In certain scenarios, doomsday bunkers could actually cause more harm than good. Consider the location of your shelter carefully. Two important don’ts to keep in mind are:

• Don’t build a shelter below sea level or on a flood plain or flood fringe, otherwise, you could be in serious danger of water damage or even drowning.
• Don’t build in areas with fault lines or where earthquake activity occurs.

Here are some other cons of doomsday shelters to think about.

Weak Entryway – By its very nature as an entrance and an exit, your main door is a weak spot. Although you can strengthen this entryway with locks and bars, it still is more vulnerable than the rest of the bunker.

Emergency Exit – Most bunker exits (if they even have one) are in close proximity to entrances. If an intruder has discovered your bunker, you may not have the chance to escape unobserved.

Getting Enough Oxygen – Most underground bunkers use an above-ground air tube to provide oxygen. The problem with these air tubes – sometimes called snorkels – is that they can be a visual giveaway to the shelter. Another drawback is that an intruder can block the airflow or, worse yet, send poisonous gas down the tube.

Gas Leaks – A sophisticated air filtration system is needed for protection from chemicals, radiation, and biological agents. Events that could cause you to use your underground shelter in the first place are the same ones that can produce the lethal gases that could build up and kill occupants due to a shelter’s poorly ventilated environment.

In an underground shelter, you need two air ventilation systems — one to filter the air and another to protect from dirt, debris, birds, rodents, and weather elements.

Not Defensible – Yes, an underground bunker can protect you from certain natural elements, but it is hard to defend from human attack. If your entryway is blocked, you could be trapped. In most cases, you will be unable to survey the terrain above you without revealing your hidden location. Surveillance systems are a possibility, but they add greatly to your overall costs and upkeep.

Water Damage – In addition to the potential of flooding from the underground water table, underground shelters are susceptible to sewer leaks or septic tank overflow.

Mold – A moist environment often means the potential for mold growth. In some cases, breathing in molds is toxic to humans.

Cave-In Potential – Surviving underground is not as simple as using an unused mine shaft or burying a shipping container. Subterranean structures are at risk of caving in with the potential of lethal results.

Fire Weakens Steel – Staying warm underground is a real concern. However, building a fire underground not only affects your oxygen supply, but it can weaken the integrity of steel construction over time.

Fire Risks – Living in close quarters with many flammable substances can pose a significant fire risk. Even if you have fire extinguishers on hand, you can lose precious oxygen putting out a fire in an underground shelter.

Additionally, using an underground shelter during a forest fire can be both a blessing and a curse depending on the shelter’s construction. An underground bunker that can withstand the intense heat of a fire requires specific design considerations. An improper design can create a deadly oven rather than a safe haven.

Corrosion – Wood shelters can deteriorate underground, and steel can corrode without proper procedures in place.

Waste Disposal – It is not fun to think about, but waste – both human waste and other garbage – disposal is a big problem with emergency bunkers. If you plan to bring it up for disposal, you run the risk of drawing attention to your location. If you keep it in your shelter, you are dealing with the possibility of infection.

Mental Distress – Claustrophobia is the fear of enclosed spaces, and it affects about seven percent of the world population. However, when combined with the fear that accompanies an emergency situation, anxiety can be a disastrous component of an emergency shelter. Keep in mind that you will be in close contact with others, with a lack of fresh food, sunlight, the ability to exercise and other familiar comforts.

Sunlight helps govern our circadian rhythm, which is essential for proper sleep and well-being. Being confined to a small space can lead to panic, which can result in increased heart rate, dizziness, and shortness of breath. These feelings can lead to poor judgment, which can affect your safety in a survival scenario.

When considering a doomsday shelter, it is critical to consider your purpose. While you can use a doomsday shelter for short-term emergencies, such as during a hurricane or tornado, it should be designed for the long haul – hence the word “doomsday” in the name.

You will need a sustainable water source and a long-term method for waste removal. You also will need a plan for power and, yes, for entertainment. Too often, doomsday planners, forget books and board games or even paper and pencil and a deck of cards. We humans go nuts without something to occupy our minds. Consider some forms of entertainment a need, not just a want, for a long-term survival situation.

If, after weighing the pros and cons, you decide to take the next step, check out these resources for determining your purpose and then your design.

• Underground Bunker Design and Size Considerations
• How to Build a Super Top Secret Bunker Under Your House
• Bomb Shelters | Pricing and Floor Plans
• How to Build a Bunker: Survivalist Guide to Building an Underground Shelter

Of course, if money is no roadblock, there are ways to get around most, if not all, of the problems listed in this article. Take a look at this underground fortress in Germany, for example.

According to a 2016 article in The Hollywood Reporter, an increase in mass shootings, terrorism, and divisive politics has spurred the desire for home security in general – and emergency shelters in particular – among the wealthy. The article describes the new emergency shelter of the 21st century as being thousands of square feet in size and 10 feet or more underground.

“Those who can afford to pull out all the stops for so-called self-preservation are doing so — in a fashion that goes way beyond the submerged corrugated metal units adopted by the reality show “preppers” — to prepare for anything from nuclear bombings to drastic climate-change events,” according to the article.

The upscale end of the bunker market includes actors, professional athletes, and politicians. The article reports that these high-end emergency bunkers can reach more than $8 million in design and building costs and include underground lighting for gardens, fitness rooms, and even theaters.

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Sometimes I’m amazed at how spoiled modern Americans are. And to be honest, I have to include myself. Every day I get to take a warm shower, live in an air-conditioned home, drink fresh water, eat delicious food, watch entertaining shows, and sleep in a comfy bed. I try to remind myself just how lucky I am, but sometimes I go days without thinking about it.

Unfortunately, most people never think about how lucky they are. They don’t think about the fact that for the vast majority of human history, there was no fast food, electricity, indoor plumbing, air conditioning, or entertainment on demand.

They take it all for granted. And because of this, they’ll be that much more miserable when the grid goes down. Not only will they be unprepared physically (food storage, water purification, etc), they will be unprepared psychologically. Even if they get enough of the basics to survive, some people will literally go insane.

In this video, Canadian Prepper talks about the top 10 things people will miss when the grid goes down. Here’s his list:

10. Baths / Showers
9. Makeup
8. Communication
7. Internet
6. Toilet Paper
5. Lighting
4. Medicine
3. Caffeine
2. Food
1. Running Water

In the video below, he goes into detail about how people will react when these things are gone. It’s interesting to think about what life will be like for the average person after the SHTF, and it just motivates me to get even more prepared. Watch it below:

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For as long as people have been making films, the doomsday genre has captivated audiences all over the world. Today, the doomsday film genre remains as popular as ever – and there are plenty of exciting and entertaining survival and disaster movies available to stream on Netflix that are well worth checking out.

If you’re a fan of the genre, head over to Netflix and give one of these nine great doomsday movies a watch.

1. Automata

Automata deals with artificial intelligence and the end of the world as we know it. Rather than causing the apocalypse, though, the robots in automata are charged with helping humanity pick up the pieces and rebuild after society has collapsed.

What happens when these robot slaves learn to break through their chains and confront the remnants of humanity holding them captive? This question is the central plot of Automata. It’s a refreshing twist on the AI doomsday genre that offers fans of the genre something they haven’t seen before, earning it a well-deserved spot on our list.

2. Bird Box

When Netflix released the Netflix original, Bird Box, the film quickly took the internet by storm. Sandra Bullock’s starring role in the film certainly helped bolster its success, but it was ultimately the intriguing concept of Bird Box that captured the attention of audiences all over the world.

Bird Box is set in a world where unknown monsters have decimated Earth’s population. The catch is that no one knows what these monsters look like, since looking at them directly drives a person to insanity and suicide. This dilemma forces those who are left to take extreme precautions to prevent seeing one of the monsters, including wearing blindfolds everywhere they go.

The result of this concept is an eerie film that is just as much horror as it is dystopian science-fiction. Where Bird Box is at its finest, though, is when it explores the toll that the end of the world takes on a young mother and the extremes that she will go to in order to protect her children.

3. Extinction

The story of alien invasion has been done so many times that it has become difficult for writers to come up with a new angle for this age-old plotline. Extinction, however, tackles the challenge brilliantly.

Another Netflix original, Extinction follows the story of a father who keeps having visions of Earth being invaded by aliens. When spaceships begin to appear in the night sky and open fire, he realizes that these visions were much more than a psychiatric problem.

Extinction puts a few unique twists on the alien invasion trope and combines these twists with impressive cinematography and special effects for a film that is well worth watching – even if you’ve seen movies like it a dozen times before.

4. IO

IO is a Netflix original that follows a group of people who live on a small strip of land after most of Earth has become uninhabitable. The majority of humanity has already fled the planet on spaceships, leaving just one group of people behind who must decide if they want to stay on Earth or make an attempt to reach the final ship which is leaving the planet.

IO is a fast-paced, entertaining film that presents a number of interesting questions to the audience. If you are a fan of movies that focus on the aftermath of a major apocalypse, IO is well worth watching.

5. Singularity

In Singularity, robotics company CEO Elias VanDorne has developed a supercomputer named Kronos that is designed to come up with a solution that will end all war on planet earth. Unfortunately for mankind, the only solution that Kronos is able to formulate is the extinction of humanity.

Singularity may not capture our fear of AI quite as well as The Terminator (see below), but the film is still an entertaining look at yet another way in which AI could go disastrously wrong.

6. The Terminator

Few film series have been as impactful as the Terminator series, as this series has almost singlehandedly stoked our healthy fear of artificial intelligence. The Terminator shows all too well how disastrous it could be if a super-powerful AI such as Skynet ever went rogue. Of course, the film is plenty entertaining as well and it is no-doubt Arnold Schwarzenegger’s most famous role.

7. Turbo Kid

Set in a post-apocalyptic 1997, Turbo Kid is a retro-futuristic film that serves as a nostalgic throwback to the action-adventure movies of the 80s.

Turbo Kid follows the adventures of an orphaned teenager as he navigates a post-apocalyptic world in order to save his robot companion who has been captured by an evil warlord. The film serves as an interesting and entertaining look at what might have happened if the world as we know it had ended several decades ago.

8. V for Vendetta

A dystopian classic, V for Vendetta features both the aftermath of a nuclear war and an oppressive, totalitarian government. The cinematography and acting in the film are both superb, and the story has enough turns to keep you guessing.

The biggest appeal of this movie is the parallels that can be drawn between the film and our real world. It’s largely thanks to this film that the Guy Fawkes mask has become a symbol of resistance to an oppressive government.

9. What Happened to Monday

What Happened to Monday is set in an overpopulated world where families are only allowed to have one child in order to combat Earth’s overpopulation problem. If that reminds you of a certain Asian country in our real world, then you can imagine how eerily realistic this plot is.

The film follows the story of identical septuplets who are attempting to avoid being executed by their oppressive government while looking into the disappearance of one of their siblings.

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