Someone in Italy appreciated Escape from New York so much, that they made this movie in homage to it. There are "subtle" differences. In Escape from NY we have the protagonist/anti-hero of Snake. In 2019, we've got Percival. He's tough. He's got an attitude. He's also wearing one of the Paul brother's body suit (see The Barbarian Brothers) and he's stolen Paul Hogan's trademark "knife". Where Escape had sets that could potentially resemble NYC, 2019 has miniatures. LOTS OF MINIATURES. Everything from NYC, to an Alaskan base to helicopters. All the set location budgets went into the trip to Monument Valley (where Percival rides his "chopper" motorcycle) and the abandoned train yards here in NYC (where they proceed to destroy old MTA buses and trains). This movie is obviously hindered by monetary restraints. Notice all the "computers" have telephone pads on them. The sound effects of the guns, sound like something from Duck Hunt. The fight scenes look like William Shatner was the stunt coordinator. Its that GOOD. There is also the subtle anti-midget, anti-cyborg, anti-robot theme in the movie that tends to make one uncomfortable, especially with the sci-fi theme. Best scene is the "race" at the beginning of the movie. A 2 car race. 1 car has our hero, the other has a car with 4 men in it. Not exactly a fair race. Also, there is no finish line. The race ends when someone dies. It ends when they push Percival's car over a cliff, and Percival decides to go into street fighter mode to finish the "race". All in all, its a fun movie for what it is. An Italian exploitation flick. Also for those who didn't know, Neil Armstrong's famous quote of "one step...", didn't have anything to do with love. I think John Carpenter should have remade Escape from NY by adding aliens to the equation. Its a nice touch.
