Il giustiziere del Bronx (1989)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Vanio Amici

Writers:

Vanio Amici (story)
Piero Regnoli (writer)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Born to be wild.

Plot:

In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree. |

Plot Keywords:

Cyborg

Cast

Gabriele Gori	...	James
Margit Evelyn Newton	...	Margie (as Margie Newton)
Chuck Valenti	...	Shark
Rod Robinson
Bernard Lee
Frank Davis
Alex Vitale	...	Dakar
Woody Strode	...	Sheriff Warren (archive footage)

Also Known As:

Bronx Executioner
Cyborg Executioners (Philippines: English title)

Runtime:

92 min | Netherlands:85 min (video version)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Gala Film

Trivia:

Over half of the film is comprised of stock footage from Romolo Guerrieri's L'ultimo guerriero (1984), including all of Woody Strode's scenes (his character's name is changed from "Sam" to "Warren"). A double is used in new scenes with Gabriele Gori. Margit Evelyn Newton is the only cast member of the 1982 picture to appear in the new footage, and her hairstyle changes at least three times during the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: The final battle occurs at nighttime, but the escape of one of the women is shown simultaneously in broad daylight.

Movie Connections:

Edited from L'ultimo guerriero (1984)

Woody Strode is one good reason to watch this and one other ? Well I'm not too sure.

Being some one who likes to catch a movie that features Woody Strode I decided to get this movie out. Well I could be forgiven for thinking that this was a sequel to THE FINAL EXECUTIONER (1984) that featured William Mang and Harrison Muller and also Margit Evelyn Newton. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085540/ The reason for this looking to like a sequel is because this movie , THE BRONX ECCUTIONER seems to start where THE FINAL EXECUTIONER finishes. But thats not the case at all ! What it is , is actually is footage from THE FINAL EXCECUTIONER has been put into this movie. I have to admit that this is pretty clever how they did it. If someone never saw THE FINAL EXCECUTIONER they probably wouldn't notice it. This in part is due to the storyline being pretty basic and confusing at times. Also with the dubbing you lose a bit of the plot too.

When The Final Excecutioner was released when Woody Strode would have been about 69 or 70 years old. The Bronx Excecutioner was released when Woody was 75 years old. But as I mentioned the footage was taken from The Final Excecutioner so Woody Strode didn't actually take part in this movie in actual terms. Never mind !

The scene where Woody Strode takes on some guys is fairly good and I have to say that for a man of his age probably 69 at the time , Woody could do all of the stuff and go through the motions. He also did his own stunts in the film too. I have to mention again that it was pretty clever how they inserted Woody Strode into the film but thats the main reason that this movie has any sort of worth. Other than that well there is some passable action and a story line thats pretty much senseless but with an occasional surprise . But besides that I have to say that I'd be flat out trying to find anything else good about this film.