Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: 2019 AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK

It's knock-off time again as I review the Italian made Escape From New York cash-in "2019: After The Fall of New York" (1983), because who needs Snake Plissken when you have...Parsifal?
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[@Brastius]

As someone from the 2020's, I can safely say they missed the Fall of New York by a year.

[@godzillathepro5451]

For 2021 they missed 2 years and the title since it should be called the Fall of U.S if I count the capitol riot as a near fall.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

I wouldn't really wouldn't call either of those a fall.

[@michaelccozens]

Eh, Faux News nonsense. Violent crime is actually down substantially, continuing a 30-year trend, and is anyone surprised that a pandemic in which the vast majority got zero support to, y'know, live through it might produce an uptick in unrest?

[@michaelccozens]

@@fightingmedialounge519 Hold onto your butts; the attempted fascist coup is still rolling. Rule of law is very much in peril, as are elections themselves. GOP's replacing independent election officials with partisan "45 won in 2020" truthers in a swath of states; be prepared to see an unfavourable result for Republicans arbitrarily thrown out in the near future.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@michaelccozens That's certainly an option.

[@Quimper111]

If your name is "Parsifal", and you're not a knight at King Arthurs table, you'd better prance around in thights and sprinkle flowers on peoples heads.

[@stefanoagrimi8074]

Lancelot would have worked better as hero name

[@blackdragon5274]

One of those guys is a bandanna wearing 'badass', one has an eyepatch, and one has a robotic arm... they divided Venom Snake into three different people for this movie.

[@maxbrandt6]

Yeah, that's an odd way to go about things, kind of a reverse J.J. Abrams approach to character development.

[@arx3516]

Venom doesn't wear a bandana.

[@Goldarlives]

ARX 351 You can unlock one

[@blackdragon5274]

@@arx3516 Yeah, I unlocked one and wear it

[@Dogasupreme]

Funfact: Here in Germany, the Movie's called: "Fireflash - Der Tag nach dem Ende" Which means "Fireflash: The Day after the End"

[@archonbasileus4249]

It's a poor attempt to recover the legend Parsifal and his search for the Grail. A dying world plays the role of Amfortas and the rest of the legend's just strapped out. Still scratching my head with this one, though.

[@LungsOutJem]

Dude. No Snow White references? Dwarves guarding a woman in a long sleep in a glass coffin?

[@TivWalker]

damn it. i should read other's comments first.

[@Mouth17]

Holy fuck that never occurred to me

[@jlovebirch]

FYI: the not-so-bad-ass name Parsifal is a Wagner opera based on the 13th-century epic poem of the Arthurian knight Parzival (Percival) and his quest for the Holy Grail.

[@dAvrilthebear]

jlovebirch ha-ha, came to make this exact comment! :)

[@konstantinekelepouris5742]

Doesn't mean it's a name that brings weight. Now he's Player1 "yay"

[@dAvrilthebear]

Wow, you are right! "Parzival" appears in the trailer! :)

[@Blisterdude123]

To be fair, considering these things are made just as much to cash-grab American audiences, it might not have hurt the dubbers to pick a name the average podunk American might have even recognised.

[@bcgonynor]

Scrolled down to make this comment. If I may complete the allusion: the Holy Grail grants eternal life (Matthew 26: 27-29); whereas the descendants of the fertile woman for whom this Percival is searching for could continue on indefinitely, giving life back to the world. So the name does makes sense, although the reference may be too high-minded for a B-movie.

[@ClydeRowing]

The Cyborg-phobia at the end never really added up for me - if Ratchet had been a double agent planning to deliver the girl to the Eurax, or decided the world would be better off without human life, then yeah, it makes sense to fight him. But the script missed this opportunity, so it just seems Parsifal has some irrational and unmentioned hatred of cyborgs. However, I know expecting coherent plotting from this gloriously inane movie is kinda unreasonable!

[@TBOTSS]

The cyborg was there to kill Parsifal after getting the girl.

[@marhawkman303]

@@TBOTSS yeah, It's not well explained but it makes sense if he was a plant who was always gonna betray him at the end. Let's face it... he's not exactly Percival's friend.

[@badger5930]

Ironically, coming across this review in 2019

[@randomguy2518]

Yep....and though New York is intact...the movie's opening does look like Detroit

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I'm watching it in 2020.

[@veryrancid3128]

I'm from the future year 2020 and i can tell this movie only missed by year

[@drfr0stii704]

2021, also not sure why you say Ironic, there isn’t anything ironic about it.

[@odalysdiazpascual4367]

2021 baby

[@firstnamelastnamethirdname]

I came back to this in 2019. Oh boy.

[@UltimateThanos]

Actually, Parsifal is the German pronunciation of Percival, one of King Arthur's knights.

[@t.andrewhanes872]

I knew that but… it’s STILL a prissy sounding name, lol!

[@dlee827]

Parsifal, the "pure fool", Holy Grail knight and hero of Wagner's last opera. Can't say this fellow reminds me of him.

[@Michael-di7bg]

Happy new year 2019 everyone a bit late !

[@jackthorton10]

Happy late new year 2018, February 11, 2019

[@PHANTOMZ0NE]

Happy new year buddy! May the four remaining months bring joy and prosperity!

[@musicbox8351]

even later

[@nocturnasinterfector]

What a schlocky little thread going on here..

[@sspedersen]

now even later

[@pablolara9283]

The death of Shorty had me laughing so hard. That and the decapitation joke.

[@matthewstoneback9]

"If love had any meaning in this world, you'd be the one I'd love." That's actually pretty romantic stuff for a low budget post apocalyptic exploitation flick.

[@rorylumley4727]

It's 2019 now. I live in michigan and it's not like this. Can anyone who lives in new york tell me how accurate the movie is.

[@qu4dq0r3]

@Juliana Beatriz not to mention all those mysterious monolyths laying around since 2001 or the judgement day back in '94

[@BELLA-mf6hb]

Maybe they were confusing NY for LA.

[@bentramer682]

Very accurate

[@thejadedmessiah]

Nahh New York kicked everyone who wasn’t super-wealthy out of the city. It’s now like Disney Land, except with lots of new Phallic Glass skyscrapers.

[@CartoonTriper]

17:46 De-De-DE-DECAPTIATIOOOOOOON! COMBO

[@radoslavbalabanov9863]

I laughed so loud on the Onion joke it's embarrassing. Thanks man.

[@lieutenantyoshi5704]

I died at Professor Jeff Foxworthy

[@2st486]

fun fact, in the italian version of "Escape from NY", Snake is called "Jena" (meaning "hyena")

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Since somebody already mentioned that Parsifal is one of the more famous knights of the round table, I'll just mention that the protagonist and the antagonist not being in the same room during the entirety of the movie is also one of the things that make The Fifth Element stand out.

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

Same with Wrath of Khan. Kirk on Khan were never even on the same ship, much less the same room. But I think you'll find the knight who you're thinking of was called Percival. They sound similar but they aren't the same.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797 Actually they are the same, it's just different ways to write the name. Zorg and Dallas never talk to each other, they never interact directly, they are pretty much unaware of each other's existence. You can't say the same about Kirk and Khan.

[@marhawkman303]

@@davidwuhrer6704 It's a good way to write a big bad though. It's a mastermind pulling the strings in the background. He has no reason to directly confront the hero. Knowledge is power.... why give anything to the hero?

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@marhawkman303 Like Stavro Blofeld? Sure, but it's difficult to write a good hero that never confronts the villain. That's what makes The Fifth Element so unusual.

[@marhawkman303]

@@davidwuhrer6704 Sure, it's challenging to write. But when written well.... MWA!

[@mauricedavis2160]

Well it's 2022 and Argentina finally got that soccer trophy 🏆⚽👻

[@paulmoore7064]

I see that Italian directors haven't overcome their obsession with the zoom lens.

[@Derpy1969]

“So, the whole world’s Detroit. Got it.” No. This is nicer.

[@dankbro420]

@The Usurper no it's not

[@firstnamelastnamethirdname]

Were literally getting there

[@lonewanderer1328]

@@firstnamelastnamethirdname OOOH WOOOOAH WE'RE HALF WAY THERE!!!!!

[@I_Art_Laughing]

Parsifal was a knight of Arthur's Round Table....

[@Derpy1969]

I Art Laughing run away!!

[@SMDoktorPepper]

The irony of Escape From New York..it was filmed in St Louis.

[@jaydugger3291]

East St. Louis, if you please. The movie is still accurate. Although I hear the place has gotten a lot more livable since Illinois legalized weed.

[@brendanokeeffe220]

5:42 just call him "Fake Plissken" like everyone else....that seen this movie......all 6 of us.

[@tobyroyson9336]

to be fair he killed the poisoned people near the start because he was putting them out of their misery.

[@forfluf]

Spaghetti Pliskin

[@lorddemonoss3945]

Hahaha. That is a way better name.

[@gafrers]

In the italian version he is called "Iena Pliskin" Why did the change Snake for Hyena, i have no clue.

[@arx3516]

@@gafrers because "serpente" doesn't sound well, they could have used cobra though.

[@hectorfuji]

Funny, got this recommended a day after Argentina won the World Cup…

[@WolfHreda]

There are worse woman death scenes. *ahem* "I should've been the one to fill your dark soul with LIIIIIIIIGHT!" lol

[@k.s.2935]

Lmao! You have no idea how hard I cringed when I first heard that line...and every time I heard it afterward. It's embarrassing enough alone, even worse when there are other people around and your the one playing it.

[@streeterville773]

WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRR

[@jamesremington8056]

2014 "maybe my parents are right. Maybe I have been doing this show for too long". me in 2022. Hell no you haven't!

[@tman9619]

I’m watching this in 2019 and I’m from New York 🤔

[@chadbrick67]

Get the fuck outa hereeee

[@BELLA-mf6hb]

You still alive?

[@Doctor-Stoppage]

💪😂👍 This channel is gold. "Snake comes to frog town."

[@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9]

Here’s one Italian made Vietnam war movie called “The Last Hunter”. It has an Australian lead played by the late David Warbeck, And Tony King. The film claims to take inspiration from Apocalypse Now only it’s done differently with a surprise twist to it.

[@iansmith8783]

Oh yeah, and there was Cannibal Apocalypse AKA Apocalypse Domani (“Apocalypse Tomorrow”) with John Saxon and Giovanni Lombardo Radice (John Morghen) coming back from Vietnam infected by a insatiable hunger for human flesh. There’s a Vietnam scene at the beginning.

[@rejohnson10]

Your commentary is so funny (I'm newly subscribed) Keep it up Mr. Tenold.

[@GabbiMochi]

This Year is 2019 What a Coincidence

[@destinytroll1374]

You haven't been doing this show to long! You're just getting started!

[@catasyou]

Great review.2019 is one of my favorite sci-fi flicks.Seen it as a kid and loved and still do to this day. Yeah it's a Escape from NY/Mad ax rip off in the best italian way possible but it's original and enjoybale. Also thought you were too hard on Parsifal-he was really in control most the time.

[@arkayoarkayo4739]

"Man! Chuck E Cheese got "effing" weird in the future". I almost spit my coffee. 😂

[@RunawayNinjaMan]

Parsifal, is one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First made famous by the French author Chretien de Troyes in the tale Perceval, the Story of the Grail, he is most well known for being the original hero in the quest for the Grail, before being replaced in later English and French literature by Galahad

[@Ligma-Balls-69]

It's actually pussyfull!

[@AevasHouse]

Ive been cycling through these nonstop for a full week and counting

[@iansmith8783]

This looks pretty good for what it is. I’m actually a big fan of Sergio Martino’s giallo cycle with Edwige Fenech and George Hilton.

[@miltonvalenzuelasr.5350]

Of all the reviews I've seen of yours, I almost hurt myself laughing at this one.

[@DJMahon]

This seems less like "Escape from New York", and more like a bad remake of "Hell Comes to Frogtown".

[@jeffreycoogan09]

+Dennis Mahon Hell Comes to Frogtown came out in 1988.

[@BulletTooth504]

How dare they ripoff Hell Comes to Frogtown five years before it came out!

[@PhoenyxAshe]

@@jeffreycoogan09 So that means that Hell Comes to Frogtown is actually the remake. And, as terrifying as it is to type... actually the better version. I mean, this provided a pretty low bar, but even so...

[@jeffreycoogan09]

@Mitzi Bartlett I never got a chance to see Hell Comes to Frogtown from beginning to end.

[@PhoenyxAshe]

@@jeffreycoogan09 Some friends of mine have a Saturday night movie night via Skype, and there's a bit of a competition for how bad the movies are. Hell Comes to Frogtown is one of the milder ones, to give you an idea.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Parsifal is not a sissy name, he was Galahad's son and the king after Arthur and the one who found the Holy Grail, Wagner even wrote an opera about him!

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I never understood why they kill Ratchet at the end. All throughout the movie he saved Parsifal countless times and he was helpful to the end. So what if he is a cyborg? Technically, so was the other guy with the robot hand.

[@rasellewolf]

Welp looks like we're in for a rough year

[@onlocationkat]

This early version of Children of Men is weird.

[@ryanbarker5217]

that's the title of that movie i was trying to think of!

[@johnlawful2272]

​@@ryanbarker5217it's like hell comes to frog town , escape from New York and the true story of sleeping beauty rolled into one

[@moseshorowitz4345]

This movie has a lot more in common with _Hell Comes To Frogtown_ , especially with the whole fertile woman plot line.

[@seadoogti9288]

I'm watching this review on 08/06/2020. Only this afternoon NYC reports a "130% increase in shootings and violence". Coupled with the other news reports today that people are fleeing the City and DeBlasio is defunding the police by $1 billion, I would say that now marks the actual beginning of The Fall of New York (name drop).

[@roringusanda2837]

🐙 giggling about this in 2022...☠️

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Wait, a dwarf leads the hero to a young woman who sleeps inside a glass box? You sure this ain't Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs?

[@jynxleturie782]

I remember an "Escape" knock off that I saw in the 00's, where the hero got captured by a female antagonist who got mad when she couldn't give him wood in sand crawler.

[@darkage5]

This was one of my all time favorite movies from the 80's but wouldn't this be a cross between Escape from new York and Max Max? Also it seems like Parsifal was a popular name in Science fiction back then. I remember the kid on the TV show Photon had the same name.

[@nilsnyman6767]

"Professor Jeff Foxworthy" really got me, lol.

[@TheBrandonTenold]

[@jeffreycoogan09]

+Brandon Tenold Are you familiar with a Escape from New York/Mad Max hybrid called 1990: Bronx Warriors? Witch came out one year before 2019 After The Fall Of New York.

[@symbioticwiseguy560]

You gotta check out Society(1989). It's right in your wheelhouse.

[@TheEyez187]

This is Snake Pliskin, if Snake Pliskin was Jack Burton, with Jack Burton as Parselmouth!!! >XD

[@Burori1]

Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.

[@ezekielcarpenter-hyland850]

Help me recall the name of a similar movie. It had many of the same elements; a post apocalyptic setting (everyone smokes antidote cigarettes because of radiation), a hero trying to find/deliver the last fertile woman (this time from a destroyed America to Europe, and cyborgs fighting one another (the hero is like a renegade cyborg). It was probably made in the 80’s too. What was this movie called?

[@Gunh3d1]

Better late than never : American Cyborg from 1993 directed by Boaz Davidson starring Joe Lara and Nicole Hansen

[@SuperPeterok]

Even Princess Peach is cringing at how often Parsefal gets kidnapped.

[@benseac]

I watched FLA's Mindphaser video a few days ago and got a chuckle from the reference you made about them. :)

[@williamhollaway1960]

Daaaaaaaamn a Front line Assembly reference!? This guy just keeps getting cooler!

[@MisterTutor2010]

2019 is only 7 months from now, so the depiction of New York is pretty accurate :)

[@anthonywatson1508]

Brandon: Chuck E. Cheese gets weird in the future Me: Wait it's not weird now?

[@tolentarpay5464]

"Parcifal & his Love-Slave, passionately slopping sushi in the High Desert! THESE TWO ARE ONE!"...

[@DaisyIsKing]

Ow, that David Bowie Joke hurts right now.

[@peterloohunt]

Would love to see your take on Logan's Run!

[@ourkeving]

That would be good.

[@kitsullivan1583]

Parsifal is the title character of a Wagner opera. The opera is loosley based on the story of the quest for the Holy Grail. Only recently found your channel and thoroughly enjoying it.

[@OrangeElixir]

"Johnny, use the name Oliver Onions in a sentence!" "My dad's new girlfriend's dress was so low-cut, I could see Oliver Onions."

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

2019? Oh no! That's next year!

[@TBOTSS]

Yeah I know what you mean. Fuck.

[@skylx0812]

Well hell, I saw 1984 come and go then 2000 (...party over. Oops out of time) then 2012 and all were complete duds. If 2019 happens and there's still zip I'll blow up the world myself.

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

When it comes to D&D: I think Brandon Tenold would make a convincing fighter-bard, and possibly the best Dungeon Master (?) in a decade. Just for the records... ;-)

[@kimbronun6649]

I did not expect shorty to kill himself, the way he went about it...so unexpected lol

[@Alexanderortiz99]

2018 and i still am listening to Front Line Assembly. And will always be a sub of Brandon Tenold . Lol.

[@Winterheart786]

watching this in 2019...

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

This is the future calling. This is exactly how 2019 was.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

I don't remember cyborgs.

[@johnlawful2272]

​@@fightingmedialounge519people with prosthetics

[@ShubalooMugaloo]

Lol douche did you ever see new york in the 70s and 80s? It was way worse

[@ShubalooMugaloo]

​@johnlawful2272 Lol did you ever see new york in the 70s and 80s? It was way worse

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

@@fightingmedialounge519 Well you don't remember them now, that's how mind wipes work... Oh heck, I've said too much, a technician will be with you soon...

[@raymondstpaul4913]

Can't stop laughing keep these reviews coming! ;)

[@uckyouf6058]

Awesom channel my friend...don't let KZbin taking the videos keep you down! Btw you should check out this film I saw when I was a kid treasure of the four crowns......so bad

[@MonkeyJedi99]

As a (health reasons) retired LARPer and a D&D player, I call shenanigans on your explanation for the lack of births in this movie. The LARP scene is full of nerd-on-nerd bow-chicka-wow-wow. Chicks with elf ears are hot, y'all.

[@JB-ym4up]

Old DnD player and sca member, can confirm.

[@gorymarty56]

The part with the apes is hilarious, especially Big Ape actor

[@LucasCAPS]

2:16 "cabum" is how we write "kaboom" in Portuguese. O_o

[@lucaschannel726]

Now I want to see you review don't open till christmas

[@salud7432]

Dude... Oliver Onions was a great Known Musicact in europe in the 70s and 80s. He made the Musik for all the Bud Spencer Movies. Bud Spencer was the Europen/Italian Chuck Norris if you will so 😆

[@randomguy2518]

Ratchet's eye patch looks like he's wearing a leather G-string on his face, must have been a trophy from a good lay

[@DanteRiley]

You want pink eye? Because that's how you get pink eye.

[@randomguy2518]

Maybe thats why he's a cyborg, got a cataclysmic cas of pink eye/Ocular herpes and had to undergo partial reconstruction,

[@SaladinVadik]

What the Bloody Hell?! It's General Hassan at 3:38 from Tiberian Sun.

[@haujimm]

Yay Frontline Assembly reference!

[@RobinsTaste]

Never heard of Bradnon before. But, damn, this guy is fantastic! Btw, I love 2019, so no hard feelings.

[@PtolemyJones]

Parsifal was one of King Arthur's knights.

[@PtolemyJones]

@@JB-ym4up you know Google is right there. It would have taken you less than a minute to avoid making yourself look like a fool.

[@Mouth17]

Every time I watch this the "shrek is life" gag makes me lol

[@GFiero87]

After reviewing this, you need to review Hell comes to Frog Town. Same plot damn near - except no Roddy Piper.

[@cloudtx]

If you've watched Escape From New York too many times and still want more then I'd suggest reading the BOOM comics adaptation they did some years ago. It's set before Escape from LA and it's freaking great. Any fan of the original movie should give it a chance.

[@HallyVee]

Front Line Assembly and MST3K references? I'm home.

[@rubenavila9126]

you should do don't open till christmas. It's got caroline munro in it.

[@zergzerg9657]

Kind of the same plot line as "Children of Man"

[@kimbronun6649]

No lie man, every time you reference double dragon I'm literally thinking it as well.

[@michaelccozens]

10:00 Hey, that's Valentine Monnier, who was also the blonde girlfriend in Devil Fish! I would 100% watch a movie where Bigfoot becomes a pirate.

[@sgpproductions9016]

Great review Brandon! Now, I usually recommend that you review Angry Red Planet, but a new film has caught my attention that I think you'd like...Surf Nazis Must Die.

[@CybearBox]

Troma always works ;)

[@voltgod]

An FLA reference? Brilliantly deep music cut!

[@richardsanchez9190]

Whose watching in 2019?

[@maxbrandt6]

WUBBA-LUBBA, DUB-DUB!!

[@brittanyyates6527]

Yep

[@richardsanchez9190]

@@brittanyyates6527 glad this is still getting views

[@t.andrewhanes872]

Hey! It’s the cast from that Italian octopus movie! Eek!

[@lesterforney6200]

ohhhhh that's right I remember now. New York fell in February of 2019. how could I have forgotten?