The Sword of the Barbarians (1982)
Sep 11, 2009Italian Sword and Sorcery
One of the various low-budget Italian sword and sorcery of the 1980s that borrows much from Conan the Barbarian
Haruhiko Yamanouchi
2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)
Apr 16, 2015Post-Holocaust Action
One of the more cheesily entertaining among the Italian-made ripoffs of Mad Max 2 during the 1980s (as well as more than a few dashes of Escape from New York). The film works up a moderate head of steam
Endgame (1983)
Nov 18, 2020Post-Holocaust Action
Joe D'Amato directs one of the numerous 80s Italian Mad Max 2 copies. One of the very first films to depict televised human bloodsports later popularised by the likes of The Running Man and The Hunger Games
2020: Texas Gladiators (1983)
Aug 16, 2023Post-Holocaust Action
One of the numerous Mad Max imitators made in Italy. Directed by notorious adult director Joe D’Amato who pushes the material further than the other entries do
Rome 2072 (1983)
Apr 23, 2026Future Gladiatorial Combat
Lucio Fulci was a cult Italian horror director. This was the only occasion that Fulci visited the SF film, a low-budget ripoff of Rollerball by way of Mad Max featuring futuristic gladiatorial games
Sinbad of the Seven Seas (1989)
Jan 1, 2001Arabian Nights Adventure
An incredibly bad Italian-made Sinbad adventure starring Lou Ferrigno that is laughable in its dialogue and acting and incredibly tatty in its budget pinching
The Wolverine (2013)
Aug 3, 2013X-Men Spinoff Film
While this received a good deal of fan buzz, I must admit to being disappointed. It strips much of the superheroics and mutant cameos of the other X-Men films until it feels more like a Westerner in Japan thriller like Black Rain or even a routine film noir plot that happens to be cast with Wolverine