Movie Review: 1990: The Bronx Warriors

DIRECTOR: Enzo G. Castellari. CAST: Stefania Girolami, Mark Gregory, Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly, Fred Williamson, Elisabetta Dessy, Rocco Lero, George Eastman, Carla Brait, John Loffredo, Enio Girolami, Enzo G. Castellari.
This Italian knockoff of The Warriors and Escape from New York is quite amusing at times, although whether it is intentional or not is up for debate. 1990 sees the Bronx devoid of any police presence and taken over by an arms manufacturer who buys up all of the property. Gangs run the streets with no interference. That changes when the Manhattan Corporation’s sole heir—a guilt-ridden debutante—runs away, hiding in the Bronx and joining up with the area’s toughest biker gang. Vic Morrow is the crazed mercenary hired to retrieve her, as the Manhattan Corporation expects her to inherit the CEO position and serve as a corporate puppet. This empty-headed epic becomes watchable with Morrow and Fred Williamson’s presence, as well as its use of locations and the fashionable gang members. Otherwise, it is notable for being Morrow’s final role before his untimely death during the filming of The Twilight Zone.