Escape from the Bronx story

movie: Escape from the Bronx (1983) · 1983-08-15

The government gives a corporation carte blanch to exterminate people living in the Bronx as a prelude to raze the slum to build in its place an fashionable residential area. It is a sequel to 1990: The Bronx Warriors.

9 total · 5 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
attachment to one's land major Many Bronx residents took a stand and refused to be forcibly relocated to New Mexico so that a corporation could tear down the slum and build there a fashionable residential area. In particular, Joe was torched with flame throwers for refusing to be relocated to New Mexico from the Bronx home where he grew up.
corporation interfering in politics major The General Construction Corporation worked with the tacit approval of corrupt government officials to tear down the Bronx to turn it into a fashionable residential area. This meant exterminating anyone who refused to be willingly relocated to New Mexico.
criminal gangs major We saw a Bronx that was run by street gangs.
government expropriation of land major The government gave the General Construction Corporation carte blanch to exterminate any Bronx residents who opposed being forcibly relocated to New Mexico.
lawless anarchy dystopia major The Bronx, where the film is set, was a no-mans land ruled by street gangs.
facing a hostage situation minor Trash and his people kidnapped the General Construction Corporation CEO and demanded a 10 million dollar ransom.
father and son minor Strike and his young son Strike Jr.
genocide minor Moon Gray used this word to describe what the General Construction Corporation was perpetrating in the Bronx.
journalism minor The reporter Moon Gray was shot dead for trying to raise public awareness about the government giving carte blanch to the General Construction Corporation to exterminate the residents of the Bronx.