1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982): the Italian Dystopian Sci-Fi Ripoff

Why is 1990: The Bronx Warriors an exploitation semi-classic?Get your spiked elbow pads, motorcycles, and crop tops ready.For this episode, we're flying into the 1980s Mad Max , Escape From New York, and The Warriors influenced 1990: The Bronx Warriors.It's a not-quite cult classic from Italy's B-movie maestro, filmmaker Enzo G. Castellari (The Inglorious Bastards).Money is low, but creativity is high in this dystopian science-fiction actioner.If you love yourself some 1980s comfort watches, tune in to find out why this one could be worth your eyeballs.In this episode, I discuss highly cinematic extended viking funerals for fallen biker gang members, weird walking set to random drum solos, the merits of naming your characters Trash, Hot Dog, Hammer, Ogre, and Witch, swear-heavy and nonsensical English translations, and funky, groovy soundtracks.Directed by Enzo G. Castellari. Starring Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williamson, and Mark Gregory.Connect with us on Bluesky:@not-ni-theaters.bsky.socialAnd to read more of Will's writing or check out more podcast episodes, you can visit him at: willturntale.com