Thursday, August 24, 2017

The New Barbarians (1983)


New Line Cinema
Directed by Enzo G. Castellari
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Blue Underground)

An Italian Mad Max clone about rival motorcycle gangs in a post apocalyptic landscape outside Rome. The "Templars" set out to kill any remaining humans and set their sites on a nearby religious group. A former Templar tries to stop them. He is kidnapped and raped by the leader of the Templars. He later escapes and gets his revenge. Filled with ludicrous "special effects", including numerous decapitations, slow motion motorcycle "stunts" and other unconvincing, low budget concoctions. Good for an unintentional laugh, but otherwise bottom-of-the-barrel Italian schlock.

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