A young woman runs away from her wealthy and obnoxious family and goes to a trippy biker gangland, falling in love with the leader of the riders. In this version of the premillennial future, something called the manhattan corporation is both mighty international arms dealing conglomerate, and fascistic feudal governing force of the city of new york. He later produced theatre productions including a play called period of adjustment which ran at the almeida theatre in london, uk in 2006. The story centers on a new york city gang who must make an urban journey of 30 miles 48 km, from the north end of the bronx to their home turf in coney island in southern brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of. Excited to see his punk rock apocalypse sequels to this. His other genre contributions include the giallo psycho. He also appeared in the nbc television miniseries captains and the kings, the abc television miniseries roots along with television movies the night that panicked america 1975, wild and wooly 1978, the seekers 1979, and 1990. The bronx warriors is a 1982 italian actionscience fiction film directed by enzo g. Castellari, with vic morrow, christopher connelly, fred williamson, at turner classic movies. The bronx warriors has been ranked 1841 times, wins 33. Bronx warriors also made in 82, the italian 1990 cribbed its esthetic not only from mad max, but also escape from new york and the warriors. Shop the bronx warriors 2 discs bluraydvd 1982 at best buy. Take the warriors and escape from new york add a dash of road warrior on top, then put em in a blender and filter through a shoestring budget giallo strainer youll get the bronx warriors.
Some of the setpieces are a little cheesy the gang members forming a w is one of them but as a piece of exploitation cinema, its up there. The warriors is a 1979 american action film directed by walter hill. The new barbarians 1982 is a mad max sandwich filling a space between two slices of escape from new york, and was shot in the same year as 1990. Castellari featuring vic morrow, christopher connelly, fred williamson in the near future 1990, to be exact, an heiress to an armaments empire escapes from manhattan and hooks up with a gang leader in the bronx. Unable to face her guilt over inheriting a morally questionable company when she turns 18, ann runs away into. He later produced theatre productions including a play called period of adjustment which ran at. Batshit crazy early 80s italian b movie with an amazing theme song. It is based on sol yuricks 1965 novel of the same name, which was, in turn, based on xenophons anabasis. Castellaris subsequent the new barbarianswarriors of the wasteland 1983. Note the movie was butchered by about 8 minutes for u.
The action only moves from one fight sequence to the next. Its a hybrid of mad max, escape from new york and the warriors rolled into an italian b movie. I guerrieri del bronx is a 1982 italian action science fiction film directed by enzo g. Castellari has been a prolific director in italian pulp cinema since the 1960s.
Its cool to see this from enzo castellari, who did keoma, which has become one of my favorite spaghetti westerns. The new york police need that woman back and send in a specialist. The movie, christopher connelly manhattan baby, fred williamson vigilante, and mark gregory escape from the bronx, 1990. A minor classic of testosterone cinema, followed by several sequels starting with fuga dal bronx 1983. Escape from the bronx also known as bronx warriors 2 in the united kingdom and escape 2000 is a 1983 italian action film directed by enzo g. The warriors was the only movie that tom appeared in but he did some stage acting until 1981 before he went on to become a photojournalist specialising in news and sport. The warriors video game, based on the movie, was released by rockstar games on october 17, 2005. With mark gregory, fred williamson, vic morrow, christopher connelly.
And if youve seen the warriors or escape from new york youll recognise most of it. In a postapocalyptic new york city, a policeman infiltrates the bronx warriors, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs. Castellari with vic morrow, christopher connelly, fred williamson, mark gregory, year. Vic morrow, christopher connelly, fred williamson, mark gregory, stefania girolami goodwin, ennio girolami, george eastman, joshua sinclair director. The movie is from 1982, and its about eight years in the future where bronx is a total wasteland, theres a manhattan corporation that runs things by notsoshady guys in suits, and its. The bronx warriors 1983 elisa livia brighanti, enzo. Ive written in the past about how, in the 1980s, italian filmmakers were very, very influenced by popular american films, but im not sure if i made myself clear. Determined to get ann back, the manhattan corporation have hired a ruthless, psychopathic mercenary to infiltrate the bronx. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The bronx warriors 2 discs bluraydvd 1982 best buy. A 17yearold heiress to an arms business, unable to contain her guilt over having to inherit, runs away and soon finds herself under the protection of the riders leader, trash.
Bronx is officially declared a no mans land, the area is ruled by a gang known as the riders. In 2004, over 20 years after the movie was made, the uk domain website. Bronx warriors jun 30, 2014 for a low budget action film, 1990. Fuga dal bronx, also known as bronx warriors 2 in the united kingdom and escape 2000, is a 1983 italian action film directed by enzo g. The authorities have given up all attempts to restore law and order. Castellari made to capitalize on trends set forth by mad max specifically road warrior, escape from new york and the warriors.
Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Vhs trailer for the 1982 exploitation classic 1990. The movie is part of a box set entitled the bronx warriors trilogy and is packaged with 1990. Watch bronx warriors, the 1982 full movie free online. Finn det beste utvalget sjangeren pa musikal, drama, eventyr, krig, komedie, krim, romantikk, fantasy, thriller, mystery, biografi, scifi, skrekk, dokumentar, western, handling for film online strommen. After finishing bronx warriors, morrow was approached by john landis and was asked to appear in twilight zone. Castellari, starring mark gregory, fred williamson. The year is 1990 and bronx has been officially declared no mans land. Morrow accepted the deal and was very enthusiastic about returning to the big screen.
Wyrd war roars back to the big screen with a rare 35mm presentation of enzo castellaris postapocalyptic masterpiece 1990. Castellari featuring vic morrow, christopher connelly, fred williamson in the near future 1990, to be exact, an heiress to an armaments empire escapes from manhattan and hooks up with a gang leader in the bronx named trash. In a postapocalyptic new york city, a policeman infiltrates the bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs. The bronx warriors escape from the bronx the new barbarians bluray. Coming between these two bronx warrior movies is another postapocalyptic film by enzo. This movie pretty much rips off the warriors, mad max, and escape from new york. As you are probably aware of, morrow and 2 children were tragically killed while filming a helicopter sequence for twilight zone in. When the bronx is lost to motorcycle gangs and marauding warriors, a ruthless mercenary is enlisted to retrieve a young woman by her corrupt father. A manhattan agent vic morrow rescues an heiress in nomansland. Try to find an uncut copy if possible, since the u. Its 1990 and the bronx has officially been declared a no mans land. The 10 stupidest and most shameless mad max ripoffs. Ann is the 17yearold heiress to the arms manufacturing giant, the manhattan corporation. The swanky prog score, hilarious dubbing and dramatic characters and gang action made this a real treat.
Castellari was notorious for his borrowed themes, having been sued by universal the previous year for his definitelynotjaws shark movie, the last shark. When a beautiful young woman runs away from manhattan into this wasteland of motorcycle gangs and marauding warriors, her corrupt father sends a ruthless mercenary to bring her back at all costs. Vic morrow, christopher connelly, fred williamson, mark gregory, stefania girolami goodwin, ennio girolami, george eastman. Fuga dal bronx, also known as bronx warriors 2 in the united. Levels 1 through act as a prequel to the film, creating backstory and elaborating on the characters from the film. You cant judge by the vhs although, i will say, the faded.
Its the dead of night, and nobody at all is on the street. The bronx warriors 1982 rare international trailer. The bronx warriors 1982 blue underground bluray disc released. She is rescued from one of the naughty gangs by the good gang of merry bronx warriors led by trash and his hairdo. Bronx warriors, snake is replaced with the daughter of an ultrarich businessman who flees her domineering father and escapes, so to speak, into the wilds of the bronx, which has now been abandoned to the gangs. The bronx warriors 1983 elisa livia brighanti, enzo g. For the 1982 australian science fiction film, see turkey shoot 1982 film. The bronx warriors is an exploitation action film directed by enzo castellari. The bronx warriors 1982 fantastic movie musings and. Starring fred williamson, george eastman, vic morrow, members of the lower east side chapter of the hells angels and the mysterious marco di gregorio, who boasts one of the most uncannily erect postures ever witnessed on film, the. I guerrieri del bronx, movie, 1982 pictures provided by. The bronx warriors has been newly transferred in high definition and includes exclusive new extras created especially for this release.
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