1.   From seaside gazebos to dank concrete bunkers, the production design is brilliant.

2.   And the production design is fabulous.

3.   And the production designs evoke a keen sense of period.

4.   At this point, the film falls back, as so many futuristic Westerns do, on production design and art direction.

5.   But production design is about more than just constructing sets.

6.   Director Danny Cannon tries to spruce up the old-hat storyline with dazzling production design and special effects.

7.   Directors tend to prefer films to be lighter, so that audiences can see facial expressions and the production design.

8.   Four of them, all more or less hits and remembered today for their lead performances and lavish production designs, are available on video.

9.   Hartley films the whole thing against a cool blue production design that lends a dreamlike quality to the comic nightmare shenanigans.