I nuovi barbari (1982)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Enzo G. Castellari

Writers:

Tito Carpi (writer)
Enzo G. Castellari (writer)

Release Date:

January 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action

Tagline:

Dealers in death... exterminators of the 21st century...

Plot:

Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocuast.

Plot Keywords:

Biker | Nuclear | Post Apocalyptic | Future | Futuristic

Cast

Giancarlo Prete	...	Scorpion (as Timothy Brent)
Fred Williamson	...	Nadir
George Eastman	...	One
Anna Kanakis	...	Alma
Ennio Girolami	...	Shadow (as Thomas Moore)
Venantino Venantini	...	Father Moses
Massimo Vanni	...	Mako
Giovanni Frezza	...	Young Mechanic
Iris Peynado	...	Vinya
Andrea Coppola	...	Mako's Friend
Vito Fornari
Zora Kerova
Fulvio Mingozzi
Enrica Saltutti
Marinella Troian

Also Known As:

2019, i nuovi barbari (Italy) (alternative title)
Metropolis 2000
The New Barbarians
The New Barbarians: Warriors of the Wasteland (USA) (DVD box title)
Warriors of the Wasteland (USA)

Runtime:

UK:87 min | France:90 min | USA:91 min | West Germany:94 min

Country:

USA | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Norway:15 (2007) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (2006) | Norway:18 (video) (1984) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Iceland:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Deaf International

Quotes:

[the Templars have captured Scorpion and has him tied up]
One: Scorpion... you didn't want to live as a Templar, but you'll die as one!
[holds up a glass dagger]
One: I, One, am the high priest and executor... of your initiation!
[tears off Scorpion's pants with the dagger and proceeds to rape him]

Movie Connections:

References Per un pugno di dollari (1964)

They Certainly Had Lots of Gas!

Grab a few junky cars, add a little futuristic junk, and chase people around. There is a little fireworks, the kind you buy in some states, and a couple of guys with unique hairstyles and fancy clothes. By the way, where does all this stuff come from? We're in a post-catastrophe world. Did they chance upon it at the dystopia Abercrombie. I don't care about these guys. I don't care about the ones trying to survive. Mostly, it's because they are so uninteresting. The movie has no real point. There are lots of intimidating speeches. Apparently, these bad guys want to control what's left of the world and want the poor victims to know how worthless they are before killing them. There seems to be plenty of gasoline to supply all the junk they drive. For people deprived of food, they all seem to look healthy. It's just a sloppy, endless, pointless movie with lots of eye candy but no substance.