1990: Bronx Warriors

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Also Known As

  • 1990 - Os Guerreiros do Bronx (Brazil) (video box title)
  • Bronx Warriors
  • Bronxin asfalttisoturit (Finland)
  • Os Guerreiros do Bronx (Brazil)
  • Les Guerriers du Bronx (France)
  • Ta Katharmata tou Bronx (Greece)
  • The Riffs - Die Gewalt sind wir (Germany)
  • 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (Original Title)

Taglines

  • A Heavy Metal Journey Into An Urban Hell Where Everything Was Done Wrong!
  • The lucky ones were the first to die!

Main Details

  • Released in 1982
  • Color
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Running Time: Argentina:100 min | USA:97 min (DVD version) | Germany:86 min | USA:89 min | UK:89 min (uncut version)
  • Production Co: Deaf Internacional Film SrL.
  • Distribution Co: United Film Distribution Company (UFDC) (1983) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Citadel Films (1983) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed) | Commodore Films (1982) (France) (theatrical)

Cast and Crew

  • Directed by Enzo G. Castellari
  • Assistant Director: Giuseppe Giglietti and Stefania Girolami Goodwin
  • Written by Enzo G. Castellari, Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti
  • Story by Dardano Sacchetti
  • Music by Walter Rizzati
  • Edited by Gianfranco Amicucci
  • Cinematography by Sergio Salvati
  • Special Effects by Pasquino Banassati, Walter Battistelli and Pasquale Sarao
  • Stunt Coordinator: Rocco Lerro
  • Produced by Fabrizio De Angelis
  • Starring: Mark Gregory, Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williamson, George Eastman, Stefania Girolami Goodwin, Ennio Girolami

Synopsis

1990: The Bronx Warriors (Italian: 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx) is a 1982 Italian action-science fiction film directed by Enzo G. Castellari.

Film Review

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This Enzo G. Castellari film is basically a reversed version of Escape From New York in The Warriors mode. The law enforcement has abandoned The Bronx, turning the area into a war zone ruled by various gangs. The high class people live in Manhattan. When an arms company leader’s daughter runs from her rich father and finds a new home from The Bronx, they send a man to rescue her, Hammer (Vic Morrow). Except that in this film Hammer is the representative of evil which is the civilization. The noble people live in The Bronx... well, actually it’s just main character Trash (Mark Gregory) and his gang, plus the King of The Bronx, The Ogre (Fred Williamson), that are somewhat noble, the rest of the gangs are bastards.

1990: Bronx Warriors is an entertaining gang and biker flick (but not post apocalypse, as sometimes believed). After the effective first half it loses some of its drive when it starts resembling Walter Hill’s The Warriors too closely. A bit higher budget wouldn’t have hurt either, now we’re left without high scale action scenes. But the attitude is right, no doubt about it. Mark Gregory is okay in the lead role but hardly charismatic. He has obvious problems with walking like an ordinary person, not to mention reacting believably to his own lines (apparently the film was shot with sync sound, in English, a language he couldn’t understand). Therefore it’s in the supporting parts where the more memorable performances are made (Williamson and Morrow especially). -HungFist

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