Endgame - Bronx lotta finale (1983)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times: 80 mins (France) 96 mins (West Germany) 98 mins
Length: 2642 metres
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Filmirage S.r.l.
Producer: Aristide Massaccesi (uncredited)

SCRIPT
Script: Stephen Benson (real name: Aristide Massaccesi), Luigi Montefiori

DIRECTION
Director: Steve Benson (real name: Aristide Massaccesi)
Assistant Director: Michele Soavi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Frederick Slonisko (real name: Aristide Massaccesi)

MUSIC
Music: Carlo Maria Cordio

CAST
Al Cliver (Shannon)
Moira Chen (real name: Laura Gemser) (Lilith)
George Eastman (Karnak)
Jack Davis (Professor Levin)
Al Yamanouchi (Ninja)
Gus Stone (real name: Gabriele Tinti) (Bull)
Mario Pedone (Kovack)
Gordon Mitchell (Colonel Morgan)
Christopher Walsh (Tommy)
Bobby Rhodes (Woody Smith)
Al Waterman (Kid Hitchkoc)
David Brown (speaker)
Carlos Alberto Valles (committee member)
Richard Novak (TV technician)
Peter Brighton (blue mutant)
Charles Borromel (voice of blind cult leader)
Nat Williams (real name: Nello Pazzafini) (Kijawa)
Frank Ukmar (real name: Franco Ukmar) (Stark)
Gregory Snegoff (voice of game show host - uncredited)
Michele Soavi (uncredited)

CAPSULE REVIEW

Massaccesi / D'Amato jumps the Italian Mad Max rip-off bandwagon with a badly written, clumsily directed but undeniably fun entry that drags mightily in the first half but picks up considerably when the blind cultists turn up. Given that this is meant to post-apocalyptic, everyone looks impossibly clean and their clothes are impressively well pressed. Every disused quarry in the vicinity of Rome seems to have been pressed into service for location shooting. As dumb as they come but strangely likeable.

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH

USA
Theatrical Distributor: American National Enterprises

Australia
Rating: R

West Germany
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1983
September
1: Italy – passed by the ratings board

November
5: Italy – theatrical release

1984
March
30: West Germany – theatrical release

May
9: France – theatrical release

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ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Endgame - Bronx lotta finale
Endgame - Das letzte Spiel mit dem Tod - West German title
Endgame, gioco finale – alternative title
Le gladiateur du future - French title
Koncowa rozgrywka - Polish title
Shannon - taistelija - Finnish title

KEYWORDS

blindness, bombs, cars, children, death sports, the future, gore, martial arts, monks, mutants, nazis, post-apocalypse, television, torture, tramps, world war 3