They're telling people to leave the Bronx, and the movie shows why, with its post-apocalyptic vision of the borough, and the scrappy people in punk hairdos and clothes who maintain their desperate existence with lots of weapons.
The Italian crew which shot this rip-off of Escape From New York came to New York to shoot, and then spent their days on location in Manhattan and on Randall's Island. I suppose Riverdale was too daunting, let alone the South Bronx, where my brother used to carry a pistol. Henry Silva is second credited, but he never left Rome.
The Italian crew which shot this rip-off of Escape From New York came to New York to shoot, and then spent their days on location in Manhattan and on Randall's Island. I suppose Riverdale was too daunting, let alone the South Bronx, where my brother used to carry a pistol. Henry Silva is second credited, but he never left Rome.