- Actors: Giancarlo Prete, Fred Williamson, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis, Ennio Girolami
- Directors: Enzo G. Castellari
- Writers: Enzo G. Castellari, Antonio Visone, Tito Carpi
- Producers: Fabrizio De Angelis
- Format: Widescreen, Dolby, Colour, PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Vipco
- DVD Release Date: 7 April 2003
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00008MJ01
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 151,569 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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I Nuovi Barbari,
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This review is from: New Barbarians [DVD] (DVD)
Yep, its Italian, directed by Enzo Girolami (under his nom-de-guerre Enzo Castellari) and starring the all-American Fred 'The Hammer' Williamson.I Nuovi Barbari (The New Barbarians) also features Luigi Montefiore (better known by his Anglicised name, George Eastman), an enormous, imposing man who made a living playing enormous, imposing monsters (in Joe D'Amato's The Anthropophagous Beast, Absurd and as 'Big Ape' in Sergio Martino's 2019: After the Fall of New York). Eastman also wrote screenplays: e.g. Enzo Girolami's Keoma and Michele Soavi's Deliria (aka Stage Fright). Here, over fifteen years before The Matrix, Montefiore plays an enormous, imposing villain named 'One'. Did the Wachowskis watched Italian post-apocalypse sci-fiers before making their 'blockbusting' SF trilogy? If they had, their last two films might have had a more satisfyingly nihilistic 'flavour': in this movie, the 'One' (Montefiore) leads a nihilistic gang apparently modelled on the Knights Templar. Furthermore, the nihilism of this gang is depicted quite graphically both visually and verbally. To be honest, for cult film fans the presence of Williamson and the concept of a nihilistic post-apocalyptic biker gang named the Templars makes this movie a must-see. I Nuovi Barbari was Girolami's second post-apocalypse movie, following I Guerrerri del Bronx (1990: The Bronx Warriors)--which, strictly speaking, isn't a post-apocalypse film, although it is often labelled as such--and consequently, I Nuovi Barbari demonstrates the understanding for the genre that Girolami was developing, which would feed into his 1984 movie Fuga del Bronx (Bronx Warriors 2: Escape From the Bronx), the best of the three films. Having raised the issue of genre, however, it is significant that this film brings together the conventions of at least three different film genres: the medieval swordplay film, the Western and the science-fiction movie. Needless to say, Girolami has a strong affinity with the Western genre, and in this film the elements taken from that genre (the hero's status as an outsider, the endless travelling across a forbidding 'uncivilised' landscape) are the most compelling. After Peckinpah, Girolami is one of the greatest post-1960s directors of action movies, and in his crime movies, Westerns and post-apocalypse action movies he demonstrates a strong understanding of how to film an action sequence and how to 'mesh' multispeed photography. Although the narratives of some of these movies may be weak (or may at least seem 'quaint' to contemporary viewers), in his action sequences Girolami shows a greater understanding of the mechanics of action movie filmmaking than more 'successful' contemporary action filmmakers (e.g. John Woo, Michael Bay). However, due to some poor dubbing for the non-English speaking cast members, some rather ineffective special effects work and a disjointed, unconvincing narrative, I Nuovi Barbari doesn't reach the dizzy heights of some of Girolami's other films: for example, Keoma, Il Grande Racket (The Big Racket) or Fuga del Bronx. Nevertheless, along with I Guerrerri del Bronx and Fuga del Bronx , I Nuovi Barbari is an important footnote in the history of the contemporary science-fiction film; if macho posturing and great Peckinpah-esque action sequences are your 'bag', this film is a necessity, and is far more satisfying than most modern Hollywood action films.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
ITALIAN-MADE ROAD WARRIOR REHASH,
By Zorikh Lequidre "Zorikh" - Published on Amazon.com
The film starts promisingly with a mushroom cloud over a city as the openning credits roll and moody '80's techno movie music plays. Next we see a caravan of wandering survivors seeking something on the radio and rationing out their last scraps of food. Of course they are attacked and massacred by a band of white-clad motorcyclists, and the adventure begins to go downhill. Our hero, "Scorpion," is a blatant Mad Max rip-off. The key differences are that he has grey on both temples, not one, he wears a sheepskin, not leather, and drives a sedan musclecar, not a sports musclecar.I had just seen "The Road Warrior" not long before I saw this in a double feature on 42nd Street. The Post-Apocalypse had just become my favorite movie genre, what with the Reagan-era cold war in full swing. This movie was filled with so many absurdities, I hated it. There is a young kid who is an inventor. Fred Williamson plays an archer with explosive arrows in a beautiful polished leather outfit. The leader of the bad guys has some sort of gun that shoots explosives that vary in destructiveness for no reason. The bad guys call themselves "Templars" and have a manifesto that God sent down the apocalypse to rid the world of humans and they are there to finish the job. Our hero gets captured by the templars and in a nightime torchlight "initiation," they bend him over and... I had really dug the earthy realism, the feeling of decay, improvisation, and dwindling resources that permeated the esthetic of such films as "The Road Warrior" and "Escape From New York." There was some of that, but certain things, such as the Templars' uniforms, Fred Williamson's outfit, the way the firearms and explovives were used so freely, that got away from the sense that civilization was truly dead (which I thought was sort of the point of this sort of movie). I had thought that the filmakers were that dumb to not consider this. Now, with the advantage of time, I see that they just wanted to make an exciting action film that pretended to be just serious enough to keep a low-common-denominator crowd interested. The plot has nothing really original in it, combining certain elements of "The Road Warrior" and "Yojimbo/Fistfull of Dollars." The writing shows brief moments of serviceability, with instances of absurdity thrown in. The acting spans the gamut from passable to over-the top to really bad. I recommend watching this no more than once, and then, be in the mood to do it up MST3K style. Then you can say you've done it and warn people away. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
ITALIAM-MADE ROAD WARRIOR RE-HASH WITH A NEW TITLE,
By Zorikh Lequidre "Zorikh" - Published on Amazon.com
The film starts promisingly with a mushroom cloud over a city as the openning credits roll and moody '80's techno movie music plays. Next we see a caravan of wandering survivors seeking something on the radio and rationing out their last scraps of food. Of course they are attacked and massacred by a band of white-clad motorcyclists, and the adventure begins to go downhill. Our hero, "Scorpion," is a blatant Mad Max rip-off. The key differences are that he has grey on both temples, not one, he wears a sheepskin, not leather, and drives a sedan musclecar, not a sports musclecar.I had just seen "The Road Warrior" not long before I saw this in a double feature on 42nd Street. The Post-Apocalypse had just become my favorite movie genre, what with the Reagan-era cold war in full swing. This movie was filled with so many absurdities, I hated it. There is a young kid who is an inventor. Fred Williamson plays an archer with explosive arrows in a beautiful polished leather outfit. The leader of the bad guys has some sort of gun that shoots explosives that vary in destructiveness for no reason. The bad guys call themselves "Templars" and have a manifesto that God sent down the apocalypse to rid the world of humans and they are there to finish the job. Our hero gets captured by the templars and in a nightime torchlight "initiation," they bend him over and... I had really dug the earthy realism, the feeling of decay, improvisation, and dwindling resources that permeated the esthetic of such films as "The Road Warrior" and "Escape From New York." There was some of that, but certain things, such as the Templars' uniforms, Fred Williamson's outfit, the way the firearms and explovives were used so freely, that got away from the sense that civilization was truly dead (which I thought was sort of the point of this sort of movie). I had thought that the filmakers were that dumb to not consider this. Now, with the advantage of time, I see that they just wanted to make an exciting action film that pretended to be just serious enough to keep a low-common-denominator crowd interested. The plot has nothing really original in it, combining certain elements of "The Road Warrior" and "Yojimbo/Fistfull of Dollars." The writing shows brief moments of serviceability, with instances of absurdity thrown in. The acting spans the gamut from passable to over-the top to really bad. I recommend watching this no more than once, and then, be in the mood to do it up MST3K style. Then you can say you've done it and warn people away. If this review looks familiar, there's a reason for that: This movie is "Warriors of the Wasteland under a new title. Interesting footnote: when I wrote this review, there was an "auction recommendation" of a lobby card set for "Sword of the Barbarians." This was the second feature I saw on 42nd Street with this movie. 5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best, and worst movie of all time.,
By Eric Malmberg - Published on Amazon.com
I have seen Warriors of the Wasteland more times than I can count. It is without a doubt, the best movie ever made. At the same time, it is the worst movie ever made. That's what makes it so great. If you're into a good laugh with friends, and don't have some sort of Road Warrior loyalty, check this out! If anything, you can make fun of it the whole time it's on. The version sold here is slightly different than the original. Miramax tried to capatalize on Fred Williamson's psuedo-success. This movie isn't nearly as good as the box makes it look. In my reccomendation, you should buy it.... now.
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