Saw this at Hollywood's fabled Egyptian theater a few days back. I was expecting subtitles from this mish-mash which apparently mixed American and Italian actors; the whole picture seemed like a second-rate 1970s police show. Imagine if Steven J. Cannell had produced S.W.A.T., and amped up the misogyny and gunplay. Some great car footage, though, as I love European models from that era.
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A totally immoral movie very well put together. It's like they have the worst cop imaginable but completely real and they try to justify him being the scum that he is by having surreal goons wrecking havoc in Rome. I'm impressed with Lenzi more and more, having seen his Black Demons, Cannibal Ferrox, Almost Human (in that order) and this one. So far, his best I've seen. Dardano Sacchetti didn't try hard with all the zombie flicks he penned but as it turns out actually could write a decent cop movie.
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A totally immoral movie very well put together. It's like they have the worst cop imaginable but completely real and they try to justify him being the scum that he is by having surreal goons wrecking havoc...
I thought it was great. There really are many memorable scenes in this film. The really crazy one is when the lady gets drug down the road, and when the cops show up she just shook it off and walked away. One that had me laughing was when that one bad guy, Ivan Rassimov, runs down the stairs with a switch blade and pokes an old lady with it and she screams. I watched that scene several times. Great car chases and a fantastic score also. My only negative is Maurizio Merli, who always gives a wooden performance, but he does in all his other movies too and I still enjoy them.
Umberto Lenzi’s films are always so much fun.
A year later and I’ve seen so many films with Maurizio Merl in them that he’s grown on me. In fact, now I think he’s such a bad ass that Dirty Harry wouldn’t stand a chance. :)
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