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Italy 1982
Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Cast: Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory, Stefania Girolami
Rating: R
Release Date: April 1983 (USA)
Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes
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If you've ever read a comic book or a novel or even watched a movie that depicts what future would be like, have you ever noticed the year? I always did, and I always wondered would I live to see the year mentioned? Some books and movies did take precaution to make the audience just keep on wondering by making the year so far distant, like year 2045 or 2072 or 3000 or something like that. But this movie here my friends, is something quite laughable mainly if we're care to take a look at the year. The movie was produced in 1982 and it tells about The City of New York (mainly Bronx) in 1990. And this is already year 2011 :-). So basically, there goes all the imagination of the so-called dystopian society. But I'm happy because at least I could laugh at the movie and saying "Bah! I live through it and prove that you're wrong!" Bit childish I know, but the child in me always eager to prove all those years mentioned in movies like this, heck...you can't possibly live until year 3000 right?
Anyhow, I liked this movie back then, and I thought I would just review this in case fans of post-apocalyptic films miss this title.
Anne (Stefania Girolami) is escaping to Bronx in New York, and not from Bronx! Because for her personally, the life and responsibilities on the civilized side in New York was much much worse compared to Bronx. And if she didn't flee to this hell hole so-called Bronx, she would be responsible for the death of numerous people. Anne is a good girl, a refined girl with good personality, and just when Anne is about to be raped/kidnapped, a couple of men with bikes save her from doom. Lead by a tall man named Trash (Mark Gregory), this gang is called the Riders. Anna leads a peaceful life with Trash and his bikers gang but it won't be for long, an undercover ruthless cop named, Hammer (Vic Morrow), is on a mission to get her back. And this cop is also trying to eliminate all the dwellers of Bronx by turning them into each other, mainly between the most powerful gang called The Tigers led by The Ogre (Fred Williamson) and The Riders. To prevent worse thing to come, Trash and his two friends has to reach The Tiger's den by crossing the turfs of the Iron Men gang, The Scavengers and the Zombies that would gladly kill any trespassers in an instant. What will happen in the Bronx?
The premise of this sci-fi flick is once again about chasing/hunting/protecting/loving a babe. A hot woman on the run who has something very important to the world and her fate could determine the fate of others. The word on the street about this Italian sci-fi film ---the original title is 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx--- was something very extraordinary, while in fact there is nothing special to set this movie apart from its ilk. If you have never seen other movies belong to the same genre than I'm sure the contents may shock you for its depiction of a place in chaos. And I used the word "place" intentionally because this movie doesn't cover a large place such as the "world" or a "nation" like other movies do. Okay what makes it lame, for starter, the lead male actor, Mark Gregory is very stiff and despite his well-built bod and considerable height, he moves very funny. More like a female model, the way he runs and walks are something un-hero-like. George Eastman, the regular face of B-movie, is underused here. Furthermore Fred Williamson, the regular face of Blaxploitation, is present and though he performs with his usual style, I'd rather see any title of his blaxploitation films instead of this so-so post apocalyptic flick. But I guess, this movie is considerably precious because it's the last completed movie of Vic Morrow who died an untimely death only one year after this movie was produced.
But I don't see any other strong reasons to recommend this to you all. Being a child (and in the time of Betamax/VHS), I think everyone including myself was very tolerant to almost any action/sci-fi movie. But some movies just could hold the test of time... Like this movie of course. The action now feels fairly standard, the fighting scenes are lacklustre and worsened by the confusing camerawork. The editing is moderate but clutters at some points and the blood or gore is tame compared to modern standards or even to grindhouse's. Again, if you fond of the premise or the genre, you'd have moderate fun viewing time and this movie also has a much better sequel titled Escape from the Bronx (1983).
> These films from director Enzo Castellari are much more fun: L'ultimo squalo AKA The Last Shark (1981) and Quel maledetto treno blindato AKA The Inglorious Bastards (1978) or a Spaghetti Western Keoma (1976).
© iwan pranowo of Movielogy.com
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posted: Wednesday, 27 April 2011 08:51 am
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