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ZOMG, This is the GREATEST movie EVER!!!


To get drunk to.

Let me sit you guys down and give you a little story.

It was about 2 AM. I needed a pack of smokes. Only place that was open was a 24 hour pharmacy, which will remain nameless (Wal-greens). Now when I go to Wal.. the pharmacy, I like to browse. Something about the cheap toys, compleltly out of order magazine rack, and the smell of ben-gay, just gives me the nervous gitters (in a good way)

Well, as luck would have it, the ben-gay was strong that night, so I was ready to rock. TOYS, couple of GI joe knock offs. MAGAZINES, ahh completley out of order, except strangley for RedBook, this is an omen. I thought, "Gee Whilerkers, nothing is catching my fancy tonight." That is... until I saw it... I could barely make it out... the fumes of ben-gay made the air hazey. I'd have almost missed it if not for that brown glow of the greatest movie ever (to get drunk to).

So, I walk over. $3.99 for a movie, can't pass a deal like that. I shuffle through searching for that brown glow that caught me eye. I thought, "there it is, Fred Williamson in a non-blacksplotation film. IT's got to be good."

So I grab it, and buy it, along with my smokes. Well, I get home and set it on the table. I sit at a chair, staring at it. Voices permiate my brain, they tell me, no no, i can't do that voices... Yes, I have to punish my friends.

I pick up the phone.. Oh yeah it's party time. They come in, and I lock my door, grab a knife, raise it high, and slash the celophane of the DVD case. I pull out some beers and hand it to them, and they happily accept.

Well we start watching, 2 of my friends had to be rushed to the hospital for extreme hernias from laughing so hard when the kid says, "Hey, why you come here like only to play?" Needless to say, I had 2 less friends over for christmas this year.

Then comes the ass rape scene. That's priceless. Especially when you realize that it IS an as rape scene.

Lastly, let me say, I'm sure the third act is what completley redeems this movie but unfortunately for me, my copy of the DVD has some wierd error that causes it to fast forward and jump around.

For instance: When scorpion is chasing the gay dude, we see him speeding up, getting closer, then suddenly a spike is rammed up the bad guys car, then it explodes into a wall, then I see Nadir blowing someguys head off. Now, your saying, that not how I remember the sequence of events, it's because the end is totally jumbled for me.

Any way, this movie is perfect for friend to get drunk to, and I hope you enjoyed my story.

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Man, I don't know about your plot synopsis of the movie, but I got to tell you that your post was one of the best I have ever read here at IMBD. It had me cracking up! And by-the-way, I bought mine at the cheapo bin at my local K-MART. It also looks and smells just like your Walgreens!!!

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Wooohooo, i got this movie for 1 whole damn dollar and boy was it worth every damn cent. How the hell did scorpion keep his hair so beautifly permed, i guess when you are fighting Post-apocalyptic homosexual nihilists, you gotta look good, or..at least slightly femme.

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Dollar copy here too. Best price to pay for this!

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” - Mark Twain

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I haven't gotten the DVD (yet!), but I still have a vintage copy on Beta (yes, Beta!). It's on Thorn-EMI video and has (IMO) a much nicer cover art than the one shown on the main movie page (which I assume is the DVD).

Update: I found a DVD at a newly-opened dollar store. Only problem is that it appears to be cut. Only 87 minutes vs. 92 for the Beta.

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I, too, have this wonderful gem of a flick from the dollar bin - but from Wal*Mart - mega-retailer of the world....

I figured it would be a cheesy "pre-Mad Max" type of flick - and I was right....

And how much cheesier can this thing be....?!? 60's era Firebirds with heating ducts and bubble domes.... Star Wars costumes - from Stormtroopers with a leather & kink fetish - to a cross of the Jawas meet the Mummy!!!!

The soundtrack is horrible - while it's a terrific piece of 80s electronica, it's just ... well, disturbing....

The plot - the characters - all of it - highly over-rated and not the best.... but for a buck and for the cheese factor - "Warriors of the Wasteland" just can't be beat!!!

Craig
aka LeathermanCraig
I do not require total submission; just strengths that mesh.

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Wow, BETAMAX! Awesome.. gotta love it. I have "Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn" on Betamax too.. but no player for it, as both mine are broke, and almost no one can fix 'em anymore.. so sad.

Regarding the DVD, if it's called "Warriors of the Wasteland" and is published by WESTLAKE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 2003 (c), then it's a piece of crap! The picture quality is grainy, pan & scanned/cropped, and looks like someone pressed the "zoom"-button and left it there for the transfer. The cover-art also looks like dog-poo, especially comparing it to the original movie-poster with the real art.. they simply just copied the same image, but made it look worse!! Horrible...not to mention that funky smell of the 1-dollar DVD's..

I highly recommend the Scandinavian Region 2-edition of this movie instead, release by ANOTHER WORLD ENTERTAINMENT 2007 (c), where the DVD is in Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1 ratio), 2.0 Dolby Digital surrond sound, and with the original cover art inside the DVD case in a nice booklet full of trivia (in Scandinavian though.. but nice pictures)! That DVD from AWE is a real beaute.. especially compared to that piece of puke by WEG..

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I do think there may have been a shortage a silver Paint in Italy after this film was made, Mama Mia !

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it's a very good film.

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