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best scene?

posted 16 years ago by Aylmer
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I always had a soft spot for the hilarious (and totally pointless) scene where inspector Claudio Cassinelli tries to squeeze some info out of the drug dealer (played here for one scene only by the legendary Luciano Rossi). The scene is a hilarious cavalcade of cliches, plus Lenzi's staging is hilarious (much like Nightmare City where people only move long distances or exit the frame in the master shots).

Cassinelli just barges into a fancy club, then into the bathrwoom, in on Luciano Rossi who is in mid-deal with some kid. Immediately Cassinelli asks him "where did you get the stuff?" and starts beating the *beep* out of him without giving him time to respond. The kid slips out.

Rossi says "Listen Cop, I got a lot of important friends!"... to which Cassinelli just slaps the living daylights out of him while asking him where he got the stuff. Rossi looks terrified and just screams "NO!!! NOO!!!" before Giovanni Cianfriglia and BONUS HENCHMAN Claudio Ruffini come in and beat the tar out of Casinelli. He passes out and comes to only to find a strung-out hooker thumbing through his wallet!

Cinematic gold.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20440) 2 months ago

Great scene and quite a nice description as well.

Another that I got quite a chuckle from is when Claudio Cassinelli and his guys are chasing Henry Silva and his goons to their get away car. One of the bad guys grabs a woman passing by and slings her to the concrete while his accomplice yanks her baby carriage from her and pushes it as hard as he can at the followers. Lenzi shows a closeup of the upset infant’s face as the carrige comes to an abrupt stop. Silvas crew open fire and the chasers take cover behind the baby carriage. Definitely not something you often see on film. lol