The Ultimate Warrior (1975)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.5/10   

Director:

Robert Clouse

Guionista:

Robert Clouse (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

2 octubre 1975 (Netherlands)

Género:

Acción | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

A Film of the Future

Plot:

Atomic holocaust is not the only plague that threatens our future. New York City, 2012 A.D.: In a devastated world, one tired man finds a reason to fight.

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Gang | Turf | Future | Gangster

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Not that bad...

Reparto

Yul Brynner	...	Carson
Max von Sydow	...	Baron
Joanna Miles	...	Melinda
William Smith	...	Carrot
Richard Kelton	...	Cal
Stephen McHattie	...	Robert
Darrell Zwerling	...	Silas
Lane Bradbury	...	Barrie
Nate Esformes	...	Garon
Mel Novak	...	Lippert
Mickey Caruso	...	B. Harkness
Gary Johnson	...	L. Harkness
Susan Keener	...	Angry Woman
Stevie Myers	...	Ice House Woman
Fred Slyter	...	Store Room Clerk

También conocida como:

The Barony (International: English title)
The Last Warrior
Nueva York, año 2012 (Spain) [es]

Duración:

94 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Norway:16 (video premiere) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:(Banned) (1975) | Netherlands:18 | Sweden:(Banned) (1975) | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:Película restringida en Alemania

Locaciones de Filmación:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Citas:

Carrot: We will both go to hell, you and me!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Hannibal (2001)

Not that bad...

This relatively obscure film is, it has to be said, under-rated. There's the usual fine performance from Max von Sydow as the 'Baron' while an old-looking Yul Brynner does well as Carson, the Ultimate Warrior.

The future looks bleak. In 2012 New York is a city devastated, with rival gangs living in communes. By appearance alone, you might be forgiven for thinking that this is a western - with von Sydow, particularly, looking like he's going to burst into a saloon bar, guns blazing. He plays the leader of one of these communes, desperate to secure a better life for his pregnant daughter Melinda (Miles) and enlists Brynner to this end.

Clouse manages to build up the tension nicely as Brynner & Miles race along the derelict New York subway to get to a fabled island, chased by a gang of nasties. The end, however, is abrupt, to say the least and you may feel cheated as about ten minutes before the end the movie seems actually quite good.

As I said before, this is an obscure film that will have a definite novelty value for fans of Sydow and Brynner. Viewers today will see the irony in the opening sequence of a supposedly devastated NY, with the Twin Towers promenantly still standing in the background.

7/10