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* ExplosiveLeash: All the gladiators are fitted with explosive bracelets that can be activated whenever the network executives see fit. Towards the end of the film, the devices are reprogrammed to kill the gladiators within 20 minutes of the fight's end in order to prevent them from escaping the arena. [[spoiler:Kirk attempts to remove his bracelet]]bracelet, only to set it off and die.]]
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''The New Gladiators'', also known as ''Warriors of the Year 2072'' (Italian: ''I Guerrieri dell'anno 2072''), is a 1984 Italian sci-fi {{action|Genre}} film directed by Creator/LucioFulci, starring Jared Martin, Creator/FredWilliamson, Howard Ross, Eleonora Brigliadori, Cosimo Cinieri, Valeria Cavalli, Donald O'Brien, and Al Cliver. The film's score was composed by Music/RizOrtolani. The film is set in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} in the year 2072, where [[CondemnedContestant criminals are forced to fight]] like {{ancient Rom|e}}an gladiators on [[CoolBike futuristic motorcycles]] live on [[BreadAndCircuses national television]].
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!! Provides examples of the following tropes:
* BigBad: Sam, the CEO of WBS-TV. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|trope}} when he turns out to be [[TheManBehindTheMan merely a front]] for Junior, the true Big Bad.]]
* BreadAndCircuses: Prisoners on death row are forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses.
* CoolBike: All the contestants in ''Kill Bike'', naturally, fight on futuristic armored motorcycles.
* CondemnedContestant: The fighters on both networks' shows consist entirely of death row inmates.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cortez, WBS-TV's chief of programming, is increasingly frustrated by the consistently high ratings of the rival network's most popular show ''Kill Bike'', and is willing to go the any lengths to steal its thunder.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster prominently features a FlyingSaucer hovering menacingly above Rome; while the computer system known as Junior operates from such a vessel, it's not quite the imposing presence the poster art makes it out to be.
* CrusadingWidower: Drake is, conveniently for WBS-TV, sentenced to death for killing three men who broke into his house and murdered his wife Susan.
* {{Cyberpunk}}: Future Rome looks much like UsefulNotes/LosAngeles does in ''Film/BladeRunner'', with its imposing {{chiaroscuro}} cityscapes, [[AdvertOverloadedFuture ubiquitous advertising billboards]], and {{Mega Corp}}s controlling the flow of information.
* DeadlyGame: ''Kill Bike'', where convicted criminals fight to the death like futuristic Roman gladiators on motorcycles.
* ExplosiveLeash: All the gladiators are fitted with explosive bracelets that can be activated whenever the network executives see fit. Towards the end of the film, the devices are reprogrammed to kill the gladiators within 20 minutes of the fight's end in order to prevent them from escaping the arena. [[spoiler:Kirk attempts to remove his bracelet]]
* ExtyYearsFromPublication: 2072 would be 88 years in the future at the time of the film's release.
* ImmoralRealityShow: Both ''Kill Bike'' and ''The Danger Game'', WBS-TV's response thereto. The latter sees contestants placed in simulations of near-death scenarios, with their consequent hallucinations broadcast for all to see. The more intense the response, the higher the ratings, although it ultimately fails to truly compete against the other show. They ultimately resort to [[StartMyOwn creating their own gladiatorial contest]].
* MegaCorp: Both WBS-TV and the unnamed American network control much of the world's media and are in fierce competition with each other.
* MultinationalTeam: WBS-TV's contestants consist of Drake, a white American; Abdul, an African-American Muslim fanatic; Akira, a Japanese serial killer; Kirk, a German bank robber/murderer; and Tango, a Latin American terrorist.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The satellite [[spoiler:broadcasting Sam's image]] is said to be orbiting Earth at an altitude of 200,000 miles (or 320,000 kilometers). This is way too high for a communications satellite to be working efficiently.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:After Abdul shoots Cortez and prepares to confront Sam, a computer screen image appears informing him that Sam is merely a video projection of Junior, the true BigBad.]]
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''The New Gladiators'', also known as ''Warriors of the Year 2072'' (Italian: ''I Guerrieri dell'anno 2072''), is a 1984 Italian sci-fi {{action|Genre}} film directed by Creator/LucioFulci, starring Jared Martin, Creator/FredWilliamson, Howard Ross, Eleonora Brigliadori, Cosimo Cinieri, Valeria Cavalli, Donald O'Brien, and Al Cliver. The film's score was composed by Music/RizOrtolani. The film is set in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} in the year 2072, where [[CondemnedContestant criminals are forced to fight]] like {{ancient Rom|e}}an gladiators on [[CoolBike futuristic motorcycles]] live on [[BreadAndCircuses national television]].
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!! Provides examples of the following tropes:
* BigBad: Sam, the CEO of WBS-TV. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|trope}} when he turns out to be [[TheManBehindTheMan merely a front]] for Junior, the true Big Bad.]]
* BreadAndCircuses: Prisoners on death row are forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses.
* CoolBike: All the contestants in ''Kill Bike'', naturally, fight on futuristic armored motorcycles.
* CondemnedContestant: The fighters on both networks' shows consist entirely of death row inmates.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cortez, WBS-TV's chief of programming, is increasingly frustrated by the consistently high ratings of the rival network's most popular show ''Kill Bike'', and is willing to go the any lengths to steal its thunder.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster prominently features a FlyingSaucer hovering menacingly above Rome; while the computer system known as Junior operates from such a vessel, it's not quite the imposing presence the poster art makes it out to be.
* CrusadingWidower: Drake is, conveniently for WBS-TV, sentenced to death for killing three men who broke into his house and murdered his wife Susan.
* {{Cyberpunk}}: Future Rome looks much like UsefulNotes/LosAngeles does in ''Film/BladeRunner'', with its imposing {{chiaroscuro}} cityscapes, [[AdvertOverloadedFuture ubiquitous advertising billboards]], and {{Mega Corp}}s controlling the flow of information.
* DeadlyGame: ''Kill Bike'', where convicted criminals fight to the death like futuristic Roman gladiators on motorcycles.
* ExplosiveLeash: All the gladiators are fitted with explosive bracelets that can be activated whenever the network executives see fit. Towards the end of the film, the devices are reprogrammed to kill the gladiators within 20 minutes of the fight's end in order to prevent them from escaping the arena. [[spoiler:Kirk attempts to remove his bracelet]]
* ExtyYearsFromPublication: 2072 would be 88 years in the future at the time of the film's release.
* ImmoralRealityShow: Both ''Kill Bike'' and ''The Danger Game'', WBS-TV's response thereto. The latter sees contestants placed in simulations of near-death scenarios, with their consequent hallucinations broadcast for all to see. The more intense the response, the higher the ratings, although it ultimately fails to truly compete against the other show. They ultimately resort to [[StartMyOwn creating their own gladiatorial contest]].
* MegaCorp: Both WBS-TV and the unnamed American network control much of the world's media and are in fierce competition with each other.
* MultinationalTeam: WBS-TV's contestants consist of Drake, a white American; Abdul, an African-American Muslim fanatic; Akira, a Japanese serial killer; Kirk, a German bank robber/murderer; and Tango, a Latin American terrorist.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The satellite [[spoiler:broadcasting Sam's image]] is said to be orbiting Earth at an altitude of 200,000 miles (or 320,000 kilometers). This is way too high for a communications satellite to be working efficiently.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:After Abdul shoots Cortez and prepares to confront Sam, a computer screen image appears informing him that Sam is merely a video projection of Junior, the true BigBad.]]
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