Haven’t watched it yet (might have to be tomorrow night now) but I prefer films like that where their part of one genre, but branch out and do their own thing as well.
Watched Almost Human on the weekend and loved it, Milian was great and kept the film really engaging despite playing such a despicable bastard. Also watched High Crime last night. I think it’s the best Castellari crime film I’ve seen so far and probably my favourite of his after Johnny Hamlet.
BTW Does anyone know where I can get a dvd (don’t mind if it’s a bootleg) of Violent Naples at all? I’ve searched but never been able to find a thing 
not to my knowledge…
There was a bootleg dvd by Alpha Digital released years ago but I believe it’s not available anywhere nowadays. Maybe with some luck you could find it on ebay.
I’ve been trying to find this film! How did you get a copy?
It’s available in this cheap Pop Flix set in widescreen.
Which is probably the same as the Alpha Video release (which I have) which apparently ripped of the Koch Media release and added the English dub. So a bootleg of sorts. It would be nice if Koch Media decided to release an upgraded English-friendly blu-ray release. Dorado Films in the States are also into these Italian crime movies but I do not know if the have scooped up the rights to this one.
Brothers till we Die (1978)
Lame crime flick from Umberto Lenzi with (Tomas Milian) overacting in a dual role as twin brothers. For me this had way too much talk with silly moments and not enough action, and the sight of Milian’s characters wearing eyeliner and ugly wigs was really annoying.
I really liked that one personally. 
Thanks man.
I’ll PM you.
There is a UK DVD release of High Crime under the title The Marseilles Connection.
unable to find it on amazon UK, can you let me know some details? is it a legit one or bootleg?
23 rd Century is a bootleg outfit that released the title. Used to know one of the guys who did the covers for their releases. They got into a spot of bother when they released an Elvis title, and soon after they stopped releasing stuff.
As a rule, we don’t want to commit to any future releases until we have examined our print and see if it is good enough quality to be enjoyable. It’s a great film, but until we actually do a visual inspection of the print it is unknown on the status.
I forgot that there are a lot of Euro-crime fans on this forum as well…
That is close enough 
Thanks.
I now have a top 20 for this genre I think. I know there’s no official top 20 here but there is a lot of list-making on this site and I’ve devised one so I thought what the hell.
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Revolver
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The Tough Ones
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Almost human
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Manhunt
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High Crime
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The Big racket
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Street law
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Contraband
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Calibre 9
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Violent Naples
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Rabid Dogs
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Tony Arzenta
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Bandits in Milan
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The Heroin Busters
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The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist
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A Special Cop in Action
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The Hired Gun
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Blazing Magnums
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Gambling City
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From Corleone to Brooklyn
You never need apologise for making another list around here. We bloody love a list.
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