#escape 2000

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This is Dolby Stereo reminding you to LEAVE THE BRONX.

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On September 2, 1983, Turkey Shoot (also released as Escape 2000, and Blood Camp Thatcher) debuted in the United States.

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Turned the loveable Trash from Escape 2000 into a racoon because I can.

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2015 Alex Dorame from my digital escape XD

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Bronx Warriors 2 (1983)

When I began my exploration of the Post-Apocalyptic Action genre, I subjected myself to many films that could be described as "mediocre" at best. What few drops of amusement Steel Dawn, Exterminators from the Year 3000, Cyborg and 1990: The Bronx Warriors and contained were swimming in a sea of boredom. Bronx Warriors 2: Escape from the Bronx, a.k.a. Escape from the Bronx a.k.a. Escape 2000 is the film I'd been waiting for. A thin plot padded out with relentless carnage, bad special effects and endlessly entertaining action scenes. It’s a great bad movie.

Set several years after The Bronx Warriors, Trash (Mark Gregory) and the rest of the outcasts living in the lawless New York are being forcibly evicted by the General Construction Corporation. The corporation's private Disinfestors Annihilation Squad clear the space efficiently: they kill without a second thought. To fight back, Trash, Doblòn (Antonio Sabato), ruthless explosives expert Strike (Timothy Brent/Giancarlo Prete), his son (Alessandro Prete) and a crusading reporter named Moon Gray (Valerie Dobson) set out to kidnap General Construction’s president (Enio Girolami).

I didn’t think writer/director Enzo G. Castellari (with the help of Tito Carpi) would rip off “Escape from New York” a second time… but here we are. While Trash’s first adventure mostly stole the setting and world of John Carpenter’s 1981 film, this one steals the plot. There’s a bunch of other stuff going on with the reporter and Trash’s parents but they’re just pleasant time-wasters until the President is kidnapped and brought into a lawless wasteland from which he must be rescued. Yes, this time we’re cheering for the people of the Bronx rather than the eye-patch-wearing antihero looking to save him (though it should be mentioned that a Snake Plissken lookalike is prominently featured) but no one is fooled. On the upside, the bare-bones story and flat characters make room for action, action and more action.

What makes Escape from the Bronx such a good bad movie are the battle sequences. Vehicles in this universe must be fuelled entirely by dynamite. A single bullet tends to reduce them to smoldering, twisted wrecks… unless they don’t. The body count is absurd. There must be hundreds of dead at the end of General Construction’s rescue attempt, as people get electrocuted, shot, bashed in the head, shot, set aflame, shot, and killed in all sorts of other ways you do not expect. It’s a good thing the villains’ minions all wear identical hazmat suits which cover their faces. Otherwise, they would’ve had to hire an army of stunt people. Once in a while, you get that sweet sight of a dummy blown back by a ball of fire and you can even spot the wig coming off its head before the camera turns away. When we are shown charred corpses, they look as though they’re been severely sunburnt rather than brutally murdered.

The performances are in that sweet spot; either the actors are so stiff they might as well be made of plastic, or they’re over-the-top and turn every one of their lines into pure, golden cheese. While it does not contain the same kind of memorable moments as Miami Connection or The Room, Bronx Warriors makes up for it with many big surprises. The action scenes go on for so long they should become boring but they somehow don't and instead, turn into some of the funnest you’ve seen in any bad film.

Watch Escape from the Bronx (or whatever you want to call it) back-to-back with Escape from New York and you’ve got a perfect night of genuine and ironic fun at the movies. (On DVD, September 28, 2018)

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His smile >>

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A guy named max vg cartography archived a bunch of old ps1 and 2 memory card save icons. I just think that's awesome to see, good on him for doing this 😎👍

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we r fighting rn i miss my bf this is so us :(

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situations escape the fate 🖤

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Better hurry, 'cause I'm on the clock here!

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On April 22, 1983, Escape From the Bronx debuted in the United States.

Here's some new Mark Gregory art!

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I love you trash. Getting better at commiting to the line I put down. Cant just two tap a mistake away.

MST3K EP 705 - Escape 2000

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