History YMMV / Escape2000

** ''Escape 2000'': [[PsychoForHire Floyd Wengler]] is a mercenary tasked with removing the population of the Bronx so the General Construction Corporation can [[VillainousGentrification gentrify]] it. To do so, he institutes a policy of genocide, with the victims either being tricked into voluntarily coming via [[ReleasedToElsewhere lies of reaccommodation]] in UsefulNotes/NewMexico or simply being gunned down in their own homes. After Trash escapes a building's demolition and becomes hero of the resistance, Wengler tries to lure him and his gang to their deaths via civilians with bombs attached to them. After the resistance kidnaps President Clark, Wengler has his goons track them to their hideout, knowingly getting them killed, to get his armies a pathway to the base. When he gets there, he leads a total massacre, executing Clark so the company Vice President Hoffman can take over and pay him more] The battle ends up going south for his side, so Wengler tries to escape, gunning down any friend or foe in his way. Despite working for a faction [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely wishing to help New York City]], Wengler never pretends to be anything but OnlyInItForTheMoney.

* {{Padding}}: Trash's meeting with Ogre in the beginning of ''The Bronx Warriors'' goes on and on while drum solo plays.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[spoiler: Trash, Junior, and Strike]] have something that should be FriendshipMoment when they say good-bye at the end with [[spoiler: Jack]] even acting cute and silly. While standing in the middle of dozens upon dozens of death mooks ''and'' bodies of their fallen comrades.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Trash barely interacts with Ann at all in ''The Bronx Warriors'', yet their third second scene together has Ann declaring that she wants to be with him forever.

* ClicheStorm: Some of the most prominent 80's action movie cliches show up.

** ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'': [[TheHeavy Hammer the Exterminator]] is a [[PsychoForHire mercenary]] hired by the [[MegaCorp Manhattan Corporation]] to capture, and later eliminate, Anne after she runs away to the Bronx. Coming into confrontation with the Riders gang, Anne's rescuers, he kills two of its members and begins paying off other members to turn on one another. In an attempt to cause a war between the Riders and the Ogres, Hammer kills a member of The Ogres and [[FrameUp frames Trash]] for the murder. At the film's climax, Hammer, deciding to LeaveNoSurvivors, attacks a festival full of people, having his men burn everyone in sight alive.
** ''Escape 2000'': [[TheDragon Floyd Wengler]] is a mercenary tasked with removing the population of the Bronx so the General Construction Corporation can [[VillainousGentrification gentrify]] it. To do so, he institutes a policy of genocide, with the victims either being tricked into voluntarily coming via [[ReleasedToElsewhere lies of reaccommodation]] in UsefulNotes/NewMexico or simply being gunned down in their own homes. After Trash escapes a building's demolition and becomes hero of the resistance, Wengler tries to lure him and his gang to their deaths via civilians with bombs attached to them. After the resistance kidnaps President Clark, Wengler has his goons track them to their hideout, knowingly getting them killed, to get his armies a pathway to the base. When he gets there, he leads a total massacre, executing Clark so the company Vice President Hoffman can take over and pay him more] The battle ends up going south for his side, so Wengler tries to escape, gunning down any friend or foe in his way. Despite working for a faction [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely wishing to help New York City]], Wengler never pretends to be anything but OnlyInItForTheMoney.

* SequelDisplacement: Thanks to the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode, most people were largely unaware that ''Escape 2000'' was actually a sequel. The obscurity of ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'' back in the day didn't help its case either. Today, the sequel is more widely known because of it. That's the a reason this page is 90% about ''Escape 2000'' despite being a page for both movies.

* SequelDisplacement: Thanks to the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode, most people were largely unaware that ''Escape 2000'' was actually a sequel. The obscurity of ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'' back in the day didn't help its case either. Today, the sequel is more widely known because of it.
** There is a reason this page 90% about ''Escape 2000'' despite being a page for both movies.

* FanNickname: Thanks to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', Dablone's {{Mondegreen}} nickname is Toblerone.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The "heroes" of ''Escape 2000'' are only such because the story says so; their goal is preserving the Bronx as a criminal's paradise so they can expand their own wealth and power, caring nothing at all for the suffering of the Bronx's impoverished citizens. The plot basically requires the villains to randomly torch innocent bystanders willy-nilly to build their bad-guy cred, because if not for that they'd easily be {{Hero Antagonist}}s.

** ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'': [[TheHeavy Hammer the Exterminator]] is a [[PsychoForHire mercenary]] hired by the [[MegaCorp Manhattan Corporation]] to capture, and later eliminate, Anne after she runs away to the Bronx. Coming into confrontation with the Riders gang, Anne's rescuers, he kills two of its members and begins paying off other members to turn on one another. In an attempt to cause a war between the Riders and the Ogres, Hammer kills a member of The Ogres and frames [[TheProtagonist Trash]] for the murder. At the film's climax, Hammer, deciding to LeaveNoSurvivors, attacks a festival full of people, having his men burn everyone in sight alive.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmLdYuESqaY main theme]] from ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'', composed by Walter Rizzati, is a nice little instrumental rock number and a perfect choice for a ''[[Film/TheWarriors Warriors]]'' knock-off such as this. The rest of Rizzati's score isn't too bad, either, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGqiSUzz_cw "Learning to Die"]] in particular sounding almost like something Music/{{Goblin}} would've come up with for ''Film/{{Suspiria|1977}}''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmLdYuESqaY main theme]] from ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'', composed by Walter Rizzati, is a nice little instrumental rock number, a perfect choice for a ''[[Film/TheWarriors Warriors]]'' knock-off such as this. The rest of Rizzati's score isn't too bad, either, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGqiSUzz_cw "Learning to Die"]] in particular sounding almost like something Music/{{Goblin}} would've come up with for ''Film/{{Suspiria|1977}}''.

** It's also not the only film set in the Bronx [[Film/ABronxTale where bikers fight mobsters- and can't leave.]]

** We have, actually. '''[[BoisterousBruiser DABLONE (HA-HA!)]]''' is one of a trio with '''[[Literature/CiaphasCain CIAPHAS CAIN, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!]]''' and '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]''' If all three were put into the same room, the universe would collapse in on itself as a Big Bang of awesomeness took its place, and '''Creator/BrianBlessed''' would be the first man they created for the new world.

--->'''Mike''': You've SEEN me and I've HAD IT!
* SequelDisplacement: Thanks to the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode, most people were largely unaware that ''Escape 2000'' was actually a sequel. ''1990: The Bronx Warriors'' obscurity back in the day didn't help its case either. Today, the sequel is more widely known because of it.

** ''Escape 2000'': [[TheDragon Floyd Wengler]] is a mercenary tasked with removing the population of the Bronx so the General Construction Corporation can [[VillainousGentrification gentrify]] it. To do so, he institutes a policy of genocide, with the victims either being tricked into voluntarily coming via [[ReleasedToElsewhere lies of reaccommodation in New Mexico]] or simply being gunned down in their own homes. After Trash escapes a building's demolition and becomes hero of the resistance, Wengler tries to lure him and his gang to their deaths via civilians with bombs attached to them. After the resistance kidnaps President Clark, Wengler has his goons track them to their hideout, knowingly getting them killed, to get his armies a pathway to the base. When he gets there, he leads a total massacre, executing Clark so the company Vice President Hoffman can take over and pay him more] The battle ends up going south for his side, so Wengler tries to escape, gunning down any friend or foe in his way. Despite working for a faction [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely wishing to help New York City]], Wengler never pretends to be anything but OnlyInItForTheMoney.

''[Cut to Clark's limo driving past a public park in Manhattan.]''

* HilariousInHindsight: This film wasn't the last sci-fi story to include an evil ruler named [[Series/BabylonFive President Clark]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The "heroes" of ''Escape 2000'' are only such because the story says so; they're goal is preserving the Bronx as a criminal's paradise so they can expand their own wealth and power, caring nothing at all for the suffering of the Bronx's impoverished citizens. The plot basically requires the villains to randomly torch innocent bystanders willy-nilly to build their bad-guy cred, because if not for that they'd easily be {{Hero Antagonist}}s.