Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The story of how a Hungarian Charles Bronson impersonator named Robert Bronzi AKA Robert Kovacs became the star of several schlocky straight-to-video movies, how his story relates to the old Brucesploitation genre that plagued the kung fu industry in the wake of Bruce Lee's death, and how resembling a famous actor is enough to sell a low-budget mockbuster title.
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The story of how a Hungarian Charles Bronson impersonator named Robert Bronzi AKA Robert Kovacs became the star of several schlocky straight-to-video movies, how his story relates to the old Brucesploitation genre that plagued the kung fu industry in the wake of Bruce Lee's death, and how resembling a famous actor is enough to sell a low-budget mockbuster title.
More video essays here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLWo4eAfFcpvnRlli7fOMusIb2lMLWb0T
Thanks to Crooked Marquee (crookedmarquee.com/the-strange-sordid-tale-of-charles-bronson-lookalike-robert-bronzi/) and 411 Mania (411mania.com/movies/cry-havoc-writer-director-rene-perez-on-making-the-film-robert-bronzis-involvement/) for serving as my primary sources when researching for this video.
Read my horror novel "South of the Mason-Dixon" hellboundbookspublishing.com/masondixon.html
Read my post-apocalyptic revenge novel "The Fall of Polite" amazon.com/dp/B084V2CKGQ
Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/Brickwall_
