Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Woodyanders An evil corporation sends in an extermination squad led by the unhinged Floyd Wrangler (veteran villain thespian Henry Silva in peak loopy form) to rid the Bronx of undesirables in order to make room for a series of high-rise luxury apartments. Tough gang leader Trash (stiffly played by the brawny Mark Gregory) and his scrappy friends decide they aren't going down without a fight.Director Enzo G. Castellari, who also co-wrote the compact script with Tito Carpi, keeps the entertaining story hurtling along at a brisk pace, stages the copious action set pieces with rip-roaring gusto, and blows and burns a lot of stuff up real good. While this movie suffers a bit from Gregory's wooden acting in the lead, this fortunately gets compensated by sturdy contributions from Valeria D'Obica as feisty crusading reporter Moon Grey, Giancarlo Prete as amiable scoundrel Strike, Paolo Malco as nefarious fascist swine Vice President Hoffman, Antonio Sabato as the hotheaded Dablone, and Carla Brait as the sassy leader of the Iron Men gang. Blasco Giurato's crisp widescreen cinematography provides a pleasing polished look and makes neat occasional use of strenuous slow motion. Francesco De Masi's funky-throbbing score does the groovy bluesy trick. An immensely fun flick.

Scott LeBrun Energetic follow-up by director Enzo G. Castellari to his post-apocalypse trash epic "1990: The Bronx Warriors" wasn't long in coming. Mark Gregory reprises his role of super human gang leader Trash, who hooks up with other underground gang members. The omnipotent GC Corporation is now attempting to round up the residents of the Bronx and forcibly "relocate" them. In the company of crusading reporter Moon (Valeria D'Obici) - a truly annoying character - and intrepid guide Strike (Giancarlo Prete), Trash embarks on a mission to undermine the corporation by snatching their boss, Clark (Ennio Girolami), out from under them.In some ways, "Escape from the Bronx" outdoes its predecessor. Fans of Italian post-nuke exploitation will appreciate the wall to wall action, the myriad of explosions, the nonstop onslaught of thoroughly expendable bad guys, the impressive stunts, and the level of violence. Use of locations is excellent, and the look of the picture is just right. The music by Francesco De Masi is good, but it sounds oddly out of tune at times. The pacing is more than adequate, and Castellari (who has an on screen cameo as a mustachioed radio operator) gives the proceedings an undeniably high fun factor.At first, it would seem that the almighty Henry Silva is somewhat wasted in his role as corporation enforcer Floyd Wrangler. But fear not, he does get some juicy Silva-esque moments towards the end, especially when he doesn't get his coffee the way he wants it. Gregory (who's actually dubbed by Steven Luotto) is a hunky plank of wood; Prete is much more engaging in his role. Paolo Malco (as Hoffman), Antonio Sabato (as Dablone), and Romano Puppo (as Trash's father), all add to the movie with their presence. D'Obici is good, even if Moon is overbearing and obnoxious.A guaranteed good time, if one is partial to this kind of entertainment.Seven out of 10.

spk07 Yet another film with a good idea (using gang violence as an excuse to commit genocide and relocation) totally ruined by haphazard treatment. The heroes (except for Toblerone or Dablone or whatever the hell his name is and that kid that blows stuff up) are totally unappealing. The villains are bland and clichéd. On top of that, the approach is totally unrealistic. How would the evil company get away with burning people out of their homes? Especially when the words "Annhilation Squad" are written clearly on the freaking van???!!!!! That is just writing too bad for words.Now I feel I must bring up two random things. One, what the hell kind of name for a hero is Trash? Second, was that coffee gag with Henry Silva at the end supposed to be funny? I got a bit of a laugh out of it but it was just odd.Now it did have its redeeming qualities to it like the ever-jovial Toblerone and the pyromaniac sixth-grader. I also can't get enough of the fact that this film probably holds some kind of record for most bad guys shot in a film. Can't go wrong with shooting bad guys in my opinion. That is complete awesomeness. Finally, there is the jingle in the end credits so memorably lampooned on MST 3000; I find it kinda catchy.Still, one can only do so much with these redeeming qualities in a film this pedestrian. You will be bored to tears for the first hours. So I will give my now-patented "Stick with the MST 3k" version recommendation.

the_mothman Yeah, I gave it a 2. Might not seem like that big of a deal to anyone that hasn't seen this movie, but to anyone that has, you're probably wondering why I didn't give it a 1. Thats simple: this movie is so ridiculous that I loved it. For example, at one point, our main character's life is threatened by a ladder. Thats right, a ladder. Plus, there's so many explosions in this film that it may cause temporary blindness.This movie is easy to mock alone, but I suggest you leave it to the pros and watch the MST3K version. Id explain the plot and try to convince you to watch this, but its basically non-existent. Any fans of MST3K will not be disappointed.