The New Barbarians (Italian: I nuovi barbari; also known as Warriors of the Wasteland) is a 1983 Italian post-apocalypticaction film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, written by Castellari and Tito Carpi, and starring Giancarlo Prete and George Eastman. The plot takes place in 2019, following a nuclear holocaust, where two loners among the remains of the starving human race protect a group of pilgrims from a vicious gang bent on genocide.
In the year 2019, after a nuclear war, humanity is reduced to a few starving groups. A ruthless gang called "The Templars" constantly raid settlers in an attempt to exterminate everyone in order to purge the Earth. A former Templar, Scorpion, along with his allies, prevents a small band of religious colonists from being massacred by the Templars.
The New Barbarians was shot outside of Rome in late 1982.[1][4] When discussing 1990: The Bronx Warriors, The New Barbarians and Escape from the Bronx, Castellari stated the three films were written, prepared and filmed in six months.[5]
For the stunts in the film, Castellari stated that he filmed each scene at three different speeds: 24fps, 55 and 96. Castellari stated that this allowed him to "edit the whole sequence in a more interesting way. It gives much more impact to the entire stunt and it actually looks much more impressive and powerful than it actually is."[4]
Releaseedit
The New Barbarians was released in Italy on 7 April 1983.[6] It was released in the United States in January 1984 under the title of Warriors of the Wasteland.[4][7] It was distributed by New Line Cinema.[1]
Receptionedit
Castellari had positive recollections of making the film, stating that it "was an extremely cheap movie. The budget was incredibly small but I'm quite proud that I succeeded in making a movie shot on the outskirts of Rome."[4]Variety found the film derivative of Mad Max 2 as well as having elements of Hal Needham's Megaforce and other films.[1]Variety felt that Casterllari made a mistake in using slow motion opposed to George Miller's exciting high-speed action scenes, finding that the films car chases "look to be occurring at 25 mph".[1] In Phil Hardy's book Science Fiction (1984), a review found the film to be too derivative of Mad Max 2.[3] The Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as a "shamelessly watered-down, warmed-over" version of Mad Max 2.[8]
In a retrospective review, AllMovie awarded the film two stars out of five, found that the film captures "the true spirit of the low budget rip-off flicks from early 80's, The New Barbarians is neither smart nor original, but a riot for anyone who gets off on Mad Max and all of its the junky followers."[9]
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For the rock group see The New Barbarians band The New Barbarians Italian I nuovi barbari also known as Warriors of the Wasteland is a 1983 Italian post apocalyptic action film directed by Enzo G Castellari written by Castellari and Tito Carpi and starring Giancarlo Prete and George Eastman The plot takes place in 2019 following a nuclear holocaust where two loners among the remains of the starving human race protect a group of pilgrims from a vicious gang bent on genocide The New BarbariansItalian theatrical release posterDirected byEnzo G CastellariScreenplay byTito Carpi Enzo G Castellari 1 Story byTito Carpi 1 Produced byFabrizio De Angelis 1 StarringTimothy Brent Fred Williamson George Eastman Anna Kanakis Thomas MooreCinematographyFausto Zuccoli 1 Edited byGianfranco Amicucci 1 Music byClaudio Simonetti 1 ProductioncompanyDeaf International Film 1 Distributed byTitanus 2 Release date7 April 1983 1983 04 07 Running time91 minutes 3 CountryItaly 1 LanguageItalian Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 References 6 1 Bibliography 7 External linksPlot editIn the year 2019 after a nuclear war humanity is reduced to a few starving groups A ruthless gang called The Templars constantly raid settlers in an attempt to exterminate everyone in order to purge the Earth A former Templar Scorpion along with his allies prevents a small band of religious colonists from being massacred by the Templars Cast editGiancarlo Prete as Timothy Brent as Scorpion Fred Williamson as Nadir George Eastman as One Anna Kanakis as Alma Ennio Girolami as Thomas Moore as Shadow Venantino Venantini as Father Moses Massimo Vanni as Mako Giovanni Frezza as Young Mechanic Iris Peynado as Vinya Andrea Coppola as Mako s Friend Zora Kerova as Moses WomanProduction editThe New Barbarians was shot outside of Rome in late 1982 1 4 When discussing 1990 The Bronx Warriors The New Barbarians and Escape from the Bronx Castellari stated the three films were written prepared and filmed in six months 5 For the stunts in the film Castellari stated that he filmed each scene at three different speeds 24fps 55 and 96 Castellari stated that this allowed him to edit the whole sequence in a more interesting way It gives much more impact to the entire stunt and it actually looks much more impressive and powerful than it actually is 4 Release editThe New Barbarians was released in Italy on 7 April 1983 6 It was released in the United States in January 1984 under the title of Warriors of the Wasteland 4 7 It was distributed by New Line Cinema 1 Reception editCastellari had positive recollections of making the film stating that it was an extremely cheap movie The budget was incredibly small but I m quite proud that I succeeded in making a movie shot on the outskirts of Rome 4 Variety found the film derivative of Mad Max 2 as well as having elements of Hal Needham s Megaforce and other films 1 Variety felt that Casterllari made a mistake in using slow motion opposed to George Miller s exciting high speed action scenes finding that the films car chases look to be occurring at 25 mph 1 In Phil Hardy s book Science Fiction 1984 a review found the film to be too derivative of Mad Max 2 3 The Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as a shamelessly watered down warmed over version of Mad Max 2 8 In a retrospective review AllMovie awarded the film two stars out of five found that the film captures the true spirit of the low budget rip off flicks from early 80 s The New Barbarians is neither smart nor original but a riot for anyone who gets off on Mad Max and all of its the junky followers 9 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k l Willis John 1985 p 439 Review is of 87 minute version viewed in New York on January 15 1984 I nuovi barbari 1983 Archivo Cinema Italiano Retrieved March 23 2020 a b Hardy 1984 p 382 a b c d Fischer 2011 p 130 The New Barbarians liner notes Media notes Enzo G Castellari Death Waltz DW025 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Mannikka Eleanor The New Barbarians AllMovie Archived from the original on 17 November 2013 Retrieved 17 August 2017 Willis Donald 1985 pp 158 204 Taylor Paul 1983 New Barbarians The I nuovi barbari Monthly Film Bulletin 50 588 British Film Institute 219 220 Wheeler Jeremy The New Barbarians AllMovie Retrieved November 15 2015 Bibliography edit Hardy Phil ed 1984 Science Fiction New York Morrow ISBN 0 688 00842 9 Fischer Dennis 2011 Science Fiction Film Directors 1895 1998 McFarland ISBN 978 0786485055 Willis Donald ed 1985 Variety s Complete Science Fiction Reviews Garland Publishing Inc ISBN 978 0 8240 6263 7 Willis John 1985 Screen World Vol 36 Crown Publisher Inc ISBN 0 517 55821 1 External links editThe New Barbarians at IMDb nbsp The New Barbarians at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The New Barbarians amp oldid 1174470563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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