Julie Strain gets star treatment as a "mistress" over prostitutes, culled from "the underground" to "service" the "elite", those chosen few who are able to live above the not so pleasant confines containing the less fortunate. You see the earth has become afflicted with another Ice Age thanks in part to a meteor, and so those fortunate enough to have all the money and power live above ground in a lavish compound while most are burdened with underground rat-and-filth-infested prisons and grimy corridors.Strain is madam who trains "new recruits", girls lifted from the underground to provide pleasure to those with power, providing them a comfort and refuge from poverty, sickness, and starvation. She is in love with Jeff Wincott(..who plays Spencer), the head honcho of the upper-ground establishment, who is actually much older than he appears, his youth kept vital through "rejuvenation" experiments, thanks to scumbag doctor, Braxton(Bill Baker)who extracts blood from the underground youth. Spencer's twin brother is withering away and dying because he will not take the blood of innocents. Brian Frank is Manson, another "elite" whose soldiers are dwindling in number thanks to arch enemy, Joad(Paul Rapovski), a former "elite" who decided to rebel when he discovered how the rejuvenation process worked, forming a coalition of underground resistant fighters sickened of being governed under such tyrannical rule. Soon Strain will join them after finding Braxton attempting to remove blood from a young girl under her care. Along with the girl(..who, as an adult, narrates the film), Strain will join forces with Joad, hoping to overthrow Manson and Braxton, who have relinquished command of upper-ground from Spencer. Eva Nemeth is Priscilla, Manson's female "muscle", clad in dominatrix outfit, wielding mean knun-chux, and defending him when he calls on her.Being a Corman production(..under his New Concorde label), you can tell that old sets were probably used from other past movies(..also depending on some cheap computer graphics and matte artwork for background work). Strain is often naked(..she certainly rarely keeps her breasts under wraps), either bathing her bare flesh or getting all cozy with Wincott. She also gets to go female warrior on her foes, using martial arts to combat her enemies. Too bad Strain never faces off with Nemeth, who instead engages in a battle with Rapovski's Joad. Rapovski is another who is often engaged in combat with Manson's henchmen, most of the time with little trouble in wiping them out. BattleQueen 2020 seemed to have footage excised so that it could get a R-rating, particularly soft-core sexual situations which are cut short. I was indeed hoping to see more action between Strain and a protégé under her tutelage..

All life outside the compound is supposed to be long gone after the asteroid hit. And yet, the compound is surrounded by old growth trees. Hmmm. I'm thinking... the timber industry should be thriving! Fortunately, there are lots of scenes of women taking long, soapy showers, for no reason whatsoever. So the compound really ain't so bad, I guess...So, um, all people live in this compound. There are ruling classes of immortal men who kill other people and use their body parts for the immortality machine. Or something. I'm really not sure. And then there are a bunch of naked chicks who exist to pleasure the ruling class. Or something. And then there are tunnels filled with poor starving dying people who want to rebel, but can't. Or something. It's hard to tell.Why don't all the people in the tunnels go live in the woods? Oh yeah, the immortal people cruise around on snow mobiles, making sure no one escapes. But with all life lost except for what's in the compound, and the trees, why bother? Why watch this movie at all? Why did I spend $3 to buy a copy? Oh yeah, it was cheaper than renting it. Only now I'm stuck with it.Avoid this movie the way you would avoid eating food served by a sweaty person covered in open sores. Even the nakedness and sex is lame, as the lead "actress" is so fake it's hard to stomach.Blech.

*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*Another Julie Strain B-flick. This time Strain is the head mistress for the Elites of the future. Apparently there was some sort of apocalypse and an ice age has covered the Earth. So now the Elites live above ground and the rest of humanity hangs out in the tunnels. You know the Elites are special because they are always smoking cigars and wearing tuxedos. If you're an Elite, you must be puffing away on a big, fat cigar. It's in the Elite rulebook. Soon Strain will question her mistress existence and seek the help of the rebels. Many breasts will be exposed before the climatic battle.All right. I admit it. I rented this B-epic to see Strain take her top off. Good news. Strain gets topless on numerous occasions. Eureka. There is also a very brief girl/girl scene where Strain and another woman put on a show for the camera. "Do you think they're watching us? -They're always watching." Strain knows what to do when the camera is on her. Thank God for that. Although there are many good things about Julie Strain, being athletic is not one of them. She is utterly unconvincing as an action hero. Strain has feet made of lead. She's good at walking or standing or having sex. That's about the limit of the physical activities she's good at. The filmmakers knew this and delayed her fighting scenes until the end. But "BattleQueen 2020" has plenty of T&A to make up for its cheap sets and bland action. If you're a Julie Strain freak, you should check it out.One last thing, the girl that really caught my attention with this one was Eva Nemeth. She was the leather outfit wearing, S&M hooker with nunchucks. She did not speak one word during the movie. She has a great fight scene at the end using her nunchucks against the rebel leader. She was one hard bodied B-warrior. The IMDb tells me that some of her other movies are called "White Slave Virgins" and "Lesbian Slave Desires". Hmmmmm...What to rent next? Hmmmmmm...

Not bad considering the low budget, but considering the title, Julie Strain does very little fighting, which was a disappointment, but her body is amazing for a woman nudging 40. Standard 'B' movie fare with the standout performance coming from a nunchuk wielding kung fu dominatrix played by Eva Dawn Nemeth. Unfortunately, like Strain she doesn't have enough action in this movie - and incredibly the pair of them don't face each other in combat!. This could have been a sleaze masterpiece, but as it is, fans of low budget sci -fi it won't be disappointed.