Fuga dal Bronx

Who was honored at a special "psychotronic" screening at the

Paris cinematheque. This one came second after a fairly decent

war movie. During Q&A, Castellari did not hide the fact that, for the

first movie, Mark Gregory was hired in a Gym in Roma, for his

physique more than his non-existent acting skills, which he proved

in several movies. Castellari stressed the fact that he was

disappointed with Gregory in this one, since he had lost a lot of

muscular weight (maybe that's why he never looses his jacket ?

And no closes-up, hiding his non-existent acting skills) Anyhoo, it

never was an actor to begin with, that is obvious. Anybody knows

what became of him ? (Castellari is a pretty nice and jovial man,

BTW, very open and straightforward during Q&A) I still think this sequel is better than the original, for what it's worth.

Both had huge releases in Europe, with impressive posters, and

made good money. Now, you have the same with 50 mil budgets,

a few MTV stars and special effects galore… Go figure !

(1983) Escape 2000/ Escape From the Bronx/ Fuga dal Bronx DUBBED SCIENCE FICTION ACTION THRILLER

A dystopian movie cross between "Escape In New York" and "The Warriors" with Italian financing depicting the Bronx as a slums area with the mayors and representatives attempting to kill it's citizens off as opposed to re-locating. Co-written and directed by Enzo G. Castellari with Trash (Mark Gregory) on the run while he and others are being pursued by Floyd Wrangler (Henry Silva) and his extermination Disinfestors squad for the purpose of rebuilding the environment. Ordered by the President to eliminate anyone who is infected. Forgettable but very watchable.

Enzo G. Castellari definitely is a gifted director of Westerns (such as "Keoma"), Poliziotteschi (such as "Street Law", "Racket") or War cinema ("Deadly Mission"). His extremely trashy 'Bronx' films are definitely no highlights of his career, but they're nevertheless highly entertaining pieces of postapocalyptic exploitation cinema."Fuga Dal Bronx" aka. "Escape From The Bronx" of 1983 is the even trashier sequel to the, already very trashy "1990: The Bronx Warriors" (1982), which was only made to cash in on the success of films like "Escape from NY" or "The Warriors. This is, on the one hand, even sillier than its successor, but on the other hand even more action-packed and entertaining, and a film that Italian Trash enthusiasts should not miss.

10 years after the events in "1990: The Bronx Warriors", the owner of a company is planning to tear down the hellish gangland of the Bronx, in order to build a new Utopian center of New York. Officially, the inhabitants are offered houses in New Mexico, but they are really forced out of their neighborhood by extermination squads lead by the unscrupulous Floyd Wrangler (the great Henry Silva), who has ordered to kill everybody who refuses to leave. Tough biker and former gang leader Trash (Mark Gregory, who played the same role in the first film), decides to fight back...

The story is even more forgettable than in "Bronx Warriors", but the constant violent action in "Fuga dal Bronx" makes up for the moronic plot. It's an enormous number of explosions and violent killings as well as the wonderful trash-feeling that makes this film worthwhile. Although this film was made only 1 year after its successor, Mark Gregory fits in his role quite well now. I didn't like him in the first film, since he still looked like a teenager, and even though the guy is not much of an actor, he fits in the role of Trash quite well now. In exchange for the true stars of the first film, Fred Williamson and Vic Morrorw, "Escape From The Bronx" features one of the greatest icons of Italian genre cinema, Henry Silva, as the villain. All things considered, "Fuga dal Bronx" is certainly no masterpiece, but it is definitely worthwhile for my fellow fans of dystopian exploitation flicks.

Agreeable fun'science-fiction/action romp packing kinetic action , thrills, intrigue , shocks , lots of blood , violence and full of death toll . Including spectacular stunt-work plenty of crossfire , crashes and violent fights , adding shootouts , stabbing , throating-slit , slashing and blowing-up . It's 1990 and the Bronx's New York society breaks down into two sides which has become a battleground for several murderous street bands , marauding delinquents , and degenerate slums trash . In this future , crime is out of control and the Bronx turned into an inhabitable location and finds itself under siege by violent gangs with rare weapons fighting each other . As Manhattan being inhabited by gangs as the street hockey players wielding hockey sticks and by a tougher-looking gang , the Bronx Warriors led by Trash , among others . As it stars Trash/Mark Gregory again who will fight amid his ruined city against cutthroats , gangs of depraved crazies thirsty for blood and survive some battles to-the-death with lots of blood and gore . On the other side of the bridge , a corrupt corporation sends violent agents and extermination squads to throw out inhabitants at whatever cost . In the middle of this chaos Trash embarks a spectacular defence against vicious murderous with flamethrowers . Trash helped by a sympathetic bomb-maker (Timothy Brent) and his equally psychopathic preschool son (Brent Jr) and an annoying activist reporter Moon Grey (Valeria D'Obici) out by kidnapping "the President" (Ennio Girolami) and contending their main enemy the psychopath killer called Floyd Wrangler (Henry Silva). The first to die were the lucky ones! Who will survive when no one deserves to live? A Heavy Metal Journey Into An Urban . Hell Where Everything Has Gone Wrong! .The lucky ones were the first to die! Now only the deadliest man alive can save him . Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane. Once You go In, You don't Come Out... Until Today .The first to die were the lucky ones!They're blasting back in a bloody battle for the Bronx!The year is 2000. Two savage armies battle for supremacy over a shattered wasteland!1995 A.D.- The Bronx is Declared "A High Risk Area"They're Back! .They're back and out for blood! They're blasting back in a bloody battle for the Bronx! The year is 2000. Two savage armies battle for supremacy over a shattered wasteland!1995 A.D.- The Bronx is Declared "A High Risk Area"They're Back! .They're back and out for blood!

This film is a comic book plenty of action , fun , adventures , thriller and surprise-filled entertainment . This is the sequel to 1990 : Bronx warriors (1982), set in a post-apocalyptic New York City , a Castellari Sci-Fi movie with lots of frantic action , fights , and amusement . Italian post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi filled with chills , noisy action and spectacular scenes in slow-moving . And a very high body-count thanks to shootings , explosions , flamethrowering, stabbing, off-screen killing , electrocutions , bashing in the face with helmets , shootings in cold bood , and faces turned to red mush after being hit with shotgun butt . The movie likely satisfy action enthusiasts and Italian Sci-Fi fonds . Adequate plethora of characters with average performances by its entire main and support cast . Nice costuming and evocative production design in which the Bronx has officially been declared a "No Man's Land" devoid of any law , there live several urban tribes , with weird post-apocalyptic costumes , as Trash's riders and strange guys dressed in fiberglass safety gear and others in plastic dresses . Lousily starred by Mark Gregory as the tough and valiant renegade leader of the two-fisted Riders . Fine plethora of secondaries with familiar faces for its entire support cast such as : Antonio Sabato , Valeria D'Obici , Giancarlo Prete as Timothy Brent , Paolo Malco and special mention for the usually baddie Henry Silva . And other ordinary secondaries from Italian B series as director himself Enzo G. Castellari , his brother Ennio Girolami , some of them played lots of Spaghetti , Peplum , Giallo and customary genres of the 60s and 70s . Climatic musical score by Francesco De Masi as well as functional cinematography by Blasco Giurato . The picture is a rip-off from¨The Warriors¨by Walter Hill and ¨1997 , and Escape from New York¨ by John Carpenter that was also followed an inferior sequel : ¨Escape from L.A.¨.

The picture was professionally directed by the prolific filmmaker Enzo G Castellari who spent 2 weeks filming in N.Y. , Bronx included . This sequel titled : "Escape from the Bronx" aka "Escape 2000" aka "Bronx Warriors 2" results to be similar to original ¨1990 Bronx Warriors¨. Talented and versatile writer/director Enzo G Castellari has made a array often solid and entertaining films in all kind of genres as horror , Giallo , comedy , Western , and science fiction in a career that spans over 40 years . He made especially Westerns as ¨ Johnny Hamlet , Kill them everybody and came back alone, Seven Winchester for a massacre, ¨ and the masterpiece : ¨Keoma¨ . And successful wartime movies as ¨Eagles over London¨ , as well as Adventures : ¨Tuareg¨, ¨Adventures and loves of Scaramouche¨ , Simbad¨, "The Shark Hunter" , Poliziesco : "Day of the Cobra" , ¨Striker¨, ¨Heroin Busters¨ and Sci-Fi : ¨1990 : Bronx warriors¨ , "The New Barbarians : Warriors of the Wasteland" , "Escape from the Bronx" . This is a passable Sci-Fi movie , it is an imaginative Sci-Fi picture in which the camera stalks in moving style throughout a story with agreeable visual skills . This is a bewildering story , funny in some moment but falls flat and it will appeal to Science Fiction and Italian exploitation fans.

This is one of the most entertaining flicks I've seen in a long time. If the cool explosions, slow motion, pyrotechnics, music, and funny dialogue don't satisfy you, then I don't know what will. More deaths than a Verhoeven flick, more slow motion than a John Woo flick, what more could you want? Does not retain the same atmosphere that 1990 THE BRONX WARRIORS had, but is almost never boring. I'm not giving anything away, but watch for the great scene when three rebels are gunned down fleeing a man rigged with a bomb. I've seen the movie a dozen times and it still tickles me!