2019: After the Fall of New York
2019: After the Fall of New York is a 1983 film from France and Italy, directed by Sergio Martino, running 91 minutes. reelscum files it under post-nuke.
- Year
- 1983 · 1980s films
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Director
- Sergio Martino
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- known (33/100)
- Also known as
- After the Fall of New York · The Fall of New York · Fireflash
Defined in the glossary: Post-nuke
The last fertile woman on Earth, in a quarry outside Rome.
In a post-nuclear world, a mercenary is hired to extract the last fertile woman on Earth from the ruins of Manhattan, in a film that lifts from Escape from New York, Mad Max and Planet of the Apes with total shamelessness. It is one of the more spectacle-heavy Italian post-nuke pictures.
The quarry-as-wasteland sets, the rat-eating mutants and the pulpy last-hope-for-humanity plot are all present, delivered with Sergio Martino's usual efficiency. It aims higher than most of the cycle and mostly hits.
One of the better-produced Italian apocalypses. Enjoyably derivative.
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