Les Nouveaux Barbares

The middle piece of Castellari's loose post-apocalyptic trilogy is basically a spaghetti western in a post-apocalyptic setting. Imagine typical western confrontations, but in cars. The result is an extremely low-budget imitation of Road Warrior, which was also inspired by westerns. Castellari, however, takes this approach to a stylistic (almost ridiculous) extreme in his film. His novel widescreen compositions, crazy sets (golf carts converted into combat vehicles with flamethrowers or armour made of transparent plastic), infantile script as if from the pen of a 15-year-old teenager and stoner music make it a pleasantly bizarre experience. And now I know where Rambo got those explosive arrows! Fred Williamson. (21/04/2018)