Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Joe D'Amato

Writers:

Joe D'Amato (screenplay)
Aldo Florio (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 November 1983 (Italy)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

For An "Endgame" Champion In The Year 2025, There's Only One Way To Live. Dangerously.

Plot:

A telepathic mutant recruits a post-World War III TV game-show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety. |

Plot Keywords:

Mutant | Future | Martial Arts | Gore | Nude Girl

Cast

Al Cliver	...	Ron Shannon
Laura Gemser	...	Lilith (as Moira Chen)
George Eastman	...	Kurt Karnak
Jack Davis	...	Prof. Levin
Hal Yamanouchi	...	Ninja
Gabriele Tinti	...	Bull (as Gus Stone)
Mario Pedone	...	Kovack
Gordon Mitchell	...	Col. Morgan
Nello Pazzafini	...	Kijawa (as Nat Williams)
Christopher Walsh	...	Tommy
Franco Ukmar	...	Stark (as Frank Ukmar)
Bobby Rhodes	...	Woody Aldridge
Alberto Dell'Acqua	...	Gabe Mantrax (as Al Waterman)
David Brown	...	Speaker
Carlos Alberto Valles	...	Committee Member (as Carlos Valles)

Also Known As:

Endgame (USA) (cable TV title)
Endgame, gioco finale (Italy)

Runtime:

USA:98 min | France:80 min | West Germany:96 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (video rating) | Australia:R | West Germany:18

Company:

Filmirage

Trivia:

Of all his movies, director Joe D'Amato has stated that he likes this one best.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Lilith repeatedly demonstrates the ability to communicate telepathically with Ron Shannon. It's also repeatedly made clear that she and the other mutants are supposed to hide the fact that they are telepathic from the other members of Shannon's team. So why does she risk blowing her cover by leaping from the back of the van to warn Shannon of a trap? Shouldn't she be able to give him the warning telepathically?

Whooooo! Italian Sci Fi!!!

It has been a while since I saw this movie but I still remember it quite well. I know that some people discard it as a cheesy and pathetic attempt at a movie but I cannot help but hold it dear to my heart. Of course, I am a sucker for low budget Italian apocalypse movies...

Anyhoo, I enjoyed it because of the anti-commercialism theme, colorful characters, and overall obnoxious attempt to be serious. I mean, who couldn't love George Eastman as Karnak? He has to be one of the coolest arch nemesis' that I have seen in a while! Half of the time I was rooting for him! And what about the mutants? I know that it was made in 1983 but I thought that they did a pretty damn good job with what they had to work with. I was somewhat torn by the ending because while I did like the clashing freeze-frame, it left you hanging with quite a cliffhanger.

As a final word, it was corny as hell but strangely entertaining. I only hope that I can still find it on VHS or god forbid, DVD...