Runtime: 100 minutes
Directed
by: Ruggero Deodato
Starring:
Marc Porel, Ray Lovelock, Adolfo Celi, Renato Salvatori
From: Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
Here
is another entry in the poliziotteschi genre; this time it is from an
infamous director best known for the rather controversial (to say the
least) film Cannibal Holocaust, a rather effective movie that was
found footage long before that trend started but it got a lot of crap
due to how effective the kills were... some thought they were legit!
Even worse, some animals actually got killed on camera and yeah I was
like most people in that we did not need to see such a thing get
filmed. Anyhow, I figured this would be a rather violent and brutal
film and that was indeed true as I watched this on Netflix Instant.
The
plot sounds rather simple: A pair of young cops who sometimes come
off as ambiguously gay are members of a secret part of the police
department of a random Italian city; this allows them to act rather
wildly as they bust crime and try to take down a big gangster. It
turns out, the plot is rather threadbare and it's really just a bunch
of scenes loosely connected together.
Yet,
it's a lot of fun. The two “heroes” act just about as recklessly
and callous as the guys they chase. They'll be happy to kill a
criminal by snapping their neck, or shooting someone attempting to
rob a bank before they even enter the bank. They also make rather
sexist remarks and are happy to sleep around and even share the same
woman. They're a-holes... but charming a-holes you like despite how
deplorable they act.
What
makes this a joy to watch despite the threadbare plot is that it's
never boring; it moves along at a quick pace. Also, it does indeed
get rather bloody at times. Guys get hurt and killed in rather
violent ways. It is the action you see that makes it memorable,
though. While nothing tops the long and exciting bike chase you see
as the movie opens, it's still all exciting and you get to enjoy
that, along with such women characters as one minor dame (minor role,
I mean) who beds the two leads in quick order and a secretary girl
who has a small role but she talks about being in a threeway with the
two guys... and is even up for them bringing their friends over to
participate! Yes, she pretty much asked to get gangbanged. As long as
you don't get offended by such actions then you might very well enjoy
this movie.
I'll
be back Monday afternoon.
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