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Fuga dal Bronx
Bronx Warriors 2
The Riffs 2 - Flucht aus der Bronx
Italy 1983
produced by
Fabrizio De Angelis for Fulvia Film
directed by Enzo G. Castellari
starring Mark Gregory, Henry Silva, Valeria D'Obici, Giancarlo Prete (as Timothy Brent), Paolo Malco, Ennio Girolami, Antonio Sabato, Alessandro Prete, Massimo Vanni, Andrea Coppola, Eva Czemerys, Moana Pozzi, Romano Puppo, Carla Brait, Maurizio Fardo, Tom Felleghy, Salvatore Funari, Enzo G. Castellari
story by Tito Carpi, screenplay by Tito Carpi, Enzo G. Castellari, music by Francesco De Masi, special effects by Giovanni Corridori
The Riffs
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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The Bronx is evacuated by the General Construction Corporation, who
promise the inhabitants beautiful appartments in New Mexico - which is of
course nothing more than empty promises, and plenty of Bronx-citizens stay
in their appartments at whatever cost. And the cost is high, because the
General Construction Corporation have hired Wrangler (Henry Silva) and his
gang of mercenaries with machine guns and flame throwers to get rid of the
remaining inhabitants one way or the other ... but preferably the other.
But while most of the people are pretty easy to get rid of, there is a
handful who put up a fight: the local gangmembers, including Trash, last
of the Riffs (see 1990: The Bronx Warriors),
and they engage Wrangler and his goons in extended battles, killing many
an enemy ...
Meanwhiole, back in Manhattan, investigative reporter Moon (Valeria
D'Obici) questions the General Construction Corporation's president (Ennio
Girolami) about the methods of his corporation at a press conference - but
is thrown out by security. So she decides to go to the Bronx on her own to
investigate. Soon enough she runs into Trash, and the two of them soon
manage to persuade the remaining local gangs that they have to go to the
offensive - by abducting the company's president and demand reinstallment
of the Bronx in its former state in return for his release. So Trash and
Moon get on their way with masterthief Strike (Giancarlo Prete) - the only
man who knows a safe underground passage to Manhattan - and his son Junior
(Alessandro Prete) to kidnap the president ... and against all odds they
succeed, even if Moon is killed in an assassination carefully set up by
Wrangler.
When Trash and company return to the Bronx with the president, all hell
breaks loose, with the mercenaries and the authorities now on the
offensive - and wouldn't you know it, eventually Wrangler manages to save
the president personally - but only to shoot him in the head because he
has since signed a better deal with the company's vice president (Paolo
Malco).
The whole thing culminates in a giant battle in which pretty much
everyone on both sides, including Wrangler and the vice president, is
wiped out, only Trash, S'trike and Junior are left standing - but it
remains questionable if their fight will have changed anything at all ...
Compared to 1990: The Bronx Warriors,
Bronx Warriors 2 is pretty much more of the same, a futuristic
actioner inspired by John Carpenter's Escape
from New York (1981) and Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979),
though this time more emphasis is put on the antiutopian and political
subtexts of the story. But like 1990: The
Bronx Warriors before it, this film is good fun, a cheaply made
but fast paced and beautifully choreographed action spectacle full of cool
stunts, shootouts and explosions. Of course, it's not an overly
intelligent film, and it's certainly not director Enzo G.Castellari's
best, but it's good funand completely enjoyable.
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