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Anno 2020 - I gladiatori del futuro

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Anno 2020 - I gladiatori del futuro
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1hr 31min
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1982
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Synopsis: Blood and gore abound as good takes on evil in this futuristic sci-fi actioner that is basically a knock-off of the Mad Max series with a low-budget Italian twist. The year is 2020 and the setting is post-nuclear holocaust Texas. It's a dusty, nasty world now as can be seen in the opening scenes when a band of drunken outlaws viciously rape and murder innocent nuns at a mission. They then crucify the priest. Their debauched reveling is interrupted by roving rangers who engage the villains in a blood-soaked, ... Full Synopsis
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Although it wasn't released in the U.S. until 1984 (where it was retitled 2020 Texas Gladiators), Anno 2020 - I Gladiatori Del Futuro was actually one of the first entries in Italy's early-1980's cycle of post-apolocalyptic action films. Interestingly, it doesn't follow the usual formula of ripping off The Road Warrior or Escape From New York (though it does take some visual cues from those sources). ... Full Review
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