As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL.
Session: It's Dystopia, Mom! (Week 4)
Movie: 2019 After the Fall of New York (1984)
Directed by Sergio Martino
Twenty years after a nuclear war, Parsifal must sneak into New York and escape with the world's last fertile female. So he can accompany her on a trip to Alpha Centauri and revive the human race. Horror ensues.
Reaction and Other Folderol:
2019 certainly throws a lot at you. There are obvious similarities to 1981's Escape from New York, but it also displays influences of many other popular action/adventure movies, including Mad Max, Planet of the Apes and The Warriors. It was actually very ambitious for something that should have been a shitty little low budget romp. But it manages to do everything so well. It's fun, it's exciting, it's action-packed. Even if it is a bit silly at times.
If I were to rate this movie solely on how good a time I had watching it, it would get a 10 for sure. But I just can't justify saying that this is a 10 -- a rating reserved for masterpieces. 2019 is certainly a lot of fun, and it does deliver what it is intended to. Which is why I gave it as high a rating as I did.
Ratings
Me: 7
Bob-O: 7
Dave: 8.5
Ethan: 7
Cats: Rats and horses, but no cats
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