Wizard-8
After the spaghetti western genre died in Italy, Italian filmmakers moved to cop movies. Like with spaghetti westerns, there were good and not so good efforts, this movie belonging to the latter category. Tomas Milian, an actor who's made an impression in other movies, seems kind of helpless here, thanks to the costume department dressing him up like a homeless person, and a screenplay that gives him very few opportunities to show some kind of character. Jack Palance is pretty much wasted - he only makes two very brief appearances in the first hour, and not much more in the last half hour. But the main problem with the movie is that it feels oh so tired. There are chases, punch-ups, and guns fired, but it all feels so mechanical. Maybe that's why the musical score plays the same bars of music over and over ad nauseum. Even die hard fans of Eurocult movies would be better off skipping this one.
whpratt1
Enjoyed this Italian Film, which had comedy, drama and plenty of gang-buster shootings and mob torture. Women seemed to get their clothes ripped off and also slapped in the face back and forth. There was some very clever old and young thieves who managed to rip off plenty of men and woman. Some of the police were former crooks and at times used this experience in their detective plans to catch the big mob fences, who did money laundering through out the country. Jack Palance of course played the king pin and was a bad guy who hid in an American Embassy. This is definitely a very low budget film, but great to see Jack Palance trying to make a few bucks.
mrhubbahubba00
...so retarded, in fact, that it is actually mildly amusing. I highly recommend this for anyone who plans to watch it with a bunch of friends while in an intoxicated state. Although I was not intoxicated when I viewed this bowl of soggy Italian pasta (in fact, i was eating vegetables and whole wheat crackers) I still had a difficult time picking out any blue jeans. As others have mentioned...Jack Palance only staggers onto the screen for a few brief moments before collecting his paycheck and heading out for booze (or vegetables and wheat crackers). There seems to be no story line whatsoever - just a few vaguely familiar thugs (didn't I see that guy with the terrible haircut a few scenes ago? no wait...that was another terrible haircut guy) thumping on each other (just for the fun of it) to tinny Italian meatball music. An incredibly painful/comical waste of 95 minutes.
Sukubus_Inc
I like old spaghetti police movies! Always dark, violents and originals. And they usually got a very good soundtrack. This one is no exception. The beginning is great, starting exactly like Street Law: small criminals doing pickpocket and many violent acts on bike. then come Millian violently punishing these little criminals. jack palance play a great bad guy, even if you know that he didnt put a lot of effort in this role. The first half is very good, but the second, I admit, is a little bit boring. Recommended for Millian and Bruno Corbucci fan and for the killer soundtrack by Guido and Maurizio...so cool.
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