1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (1982)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Enzo G. Castellari

Writers:

Elisa Briganti (writer)
Enzo G. Castellari (writer)

Release Date:

April 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action

Tagline:

A Heavy Metal Journey Into An Urban Hell Where Everything Was Done Wrong!

Plot:

In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.

Plot Keywords:

Gang | Post Apocalyptic | Hockey | Policeman | Runaway

Cast

Vic Morrow	...	Hammer
Christopher Connelly	...	Hot Dog
Fred Williamson	...	The Ogre
Mark Gregory	...	Trash
Stefania Girolami Goodwin	...	Ann (as Stefania Girolami)
Ennio Girolami	...	Samuel Fisher (as Enio Girolami)
George Eastman	...	Golan
Joshua Sinclair	...	Ice (as John Loffredo)
Betty Dessy	...	Witch
Rocco Lerro	...	Hawk
Massimo Vanni	...	Blade
Angelo Ragusa	...	Leech
Enzo G. Castellari	...	Vice-President (as Enzo Girolami)

Also Known As:

1990: The Bronx Warriors (Australia) (USA)
1990: Bronx Warriors (USA) (DVD box title)
Bronx Warriors

Runtime:

Germany:86 min | USA:89 min | UK:89 min (uncut version) | USA:97 min (DVD version) | Argentina:100 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | France:-12 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Deaf Internacional Film SrL.

Trivia:

Permission was not granted to close down the streets of the Bronx while filming. Hence the fact that traffic can be seen proceeding in a perfectly orderly fashion as The Riders cruise down the road (in a supposedly lawless "No Man's Land").

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Several scenes are very obviously filmed in Brooklyn, not The Bronx.

Movie Connections:

References A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Nowhere near as entertaining as I expected, but still quite enjoyable.

'1990: The Bronx Warriors' is a VERY cheap Italian rip-off of John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' with a little of 'The Warriors' thrown in. Before I watched it I thought it was going to be a deliriously silly and hugely entertaining trash classic, but I'm afraid for me it just never quite made it. Not that it completely sucks mind you, but I was a bit disappointed. I think if you watched this playing a drinking game where you imbibe every time you see or hear "The Bronx" it might make it a lot more fun! (I said "see" because I was fortunate enough to see this in the original Italian with English subtitles) The two leads are pretty dull, muscleman Trash (Mark Gregory) and runaway rich girl Ann (Stefania Girolami), but the supporting cast includes Vic Morrow (his second last movie), George Eastman (from Joe D'Amato's notorious 'Antropophagus' aka 'The Grim Reaper'), and best of all, blaxploitation legend Fred Williamson ('Black Caesar', 'That Man Bolt', 'From Dusk Til Dawn',etc.etc.). Though why Morrow's character is called Hammer instead of Williamson's is quite puzzling! Anyway, this is quite enjoyable low budget idiocy with some rather laughable looking gangs and enough fight scenes and explosions to satisfy most people. I can't say I was knocked out by it, but it's worth watching, especially if you are a fan of Fred Williamson who steals the movie. But make sure you watch the John Carpenter and Walter Hill classics that "inspired" this first. They are both GENUINE trash classics, not a limp imitation like '1990': The Bronx Warriors'.