[quote=“Goodfella, post:300, topic:376”]I just watched “Street Law” and as my intro to the genre it wasnt a very good start.
It was just way to generic. Plus it was actually pretty dull.
ill give at least a couple more films in the genre a shot though.[/quote]
Watch High Crime
Didn’t find it that bad. Has one of the very best intro songs too: Goodbye My Friend … Excellent.
My favourite so far in the genre will have to be Confessions of a Police Captain aka Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica… It’s out in Germany by Koch Media in an excellent version which only have German subtitles as far as I remember though.
[quote=“Søren, post:302, topic:376”]My favourite so far in the genre will have to be Confessions of a Police Captain aka Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica… It’s out in Germany by Koch Media in an excellent version which only have German subtitles as far as I remember though.[/quote]I noticed there’s also US Brentwood release. Brentwood releases are usually crap, has anyone seen this version?
Ill admit the sound track to Street Law was by far the best thing about the film.
Though the melody of the main theme does sound awful familiar.
Watched Street Law for the first time the other night. Pretty enjoyable. Franco sure knows how to act the victim! But it ain’t as good as some of the other Italian crime films I’ve seen. I much prefer some of the Merli and Milian vehicles.
[quote=“Søren, post:299, topic:376”]Watched L’umomo della strada fa giustizia aka Manhunt in the City last night … Not as good as I had hoped but kept me interested all way through eventhough … The best thing was undoubtedly Bruno Nicolai’s fantastic score and well Henry Silva is Henry Silva, always a pleasure to watch in action.
Recommended but probably wouldn’t make my top 10[/quote]
Have you got the original tape of this Soren?
Yes. Found the tape a couple of weeks ago in my local videoshop which have tons of old Danish vhs ex-rentals for sale … And I was more than thrilled I can tell you when I dug this out of the pile. Just love the Danish title. Found a couple of other nice tapes but this one is the one I was most glad I found.
That’s a nice find Soren, i’ve been looking for one for years, found one on ebay once but i got outbid and got back to it too late :’(
Another tape I found recently was Godfather’s Advisor directed by board favourite Demofilo Fidani. I managed to watch it last night and let me warn you that movie is the worst Fidani I’ve seen by far. A total 80-something minutes of pure rambling. It’s a gangster movie obviously but the plot makes no sense, in fact I never really got hold of it. The movie apparently consists of inserts from another Fidani-movie Sedia elettrica aka The Electric Chair which I haven’t seen. These scenes were presented as flashbacks and in fullscreen whereas the ‘real’ movie was presented in 1.85:1 … Very confusing. The only reason for seeing this would be to see the Fidani spaghetti western regulars Dino Strano, Jeff Cameron etc. If you don’t care about these, stay away.
NOT recommended.
[quote=“Søren, post:309, topic:376”]Another tape I found recently was Godfather’s Advisor directed by board favourite Demofilo Fidani. I managed to watch it last night and let me warn you that movie is the worst Fidani I’ve seen by far. A total 80-something minutes of pure rambling. It’s a gangster movie obviously but the plot makes no sense, in fact I never really got hold of it. The movie apparently consists of inserts from another Fidani-movie Sedia elettrica aka The Electric Chair which I haven’t seen. These scenes were presented as flashbacks and in fullscreen whereas the ‘real’ movie was presented in 1.85:1 … Very confusing. The only reason for seeing this would be to see the Fidani spaghetti western regulars Dino Strano, Jeff Cameron etc. If you don’t care about these, stay away.
NOT recommended.[/quote]
I viewed recently and the film is very boring so a dud for me.
Roma violenta aka Violent Rome aka Rottereden (translat.: Rat’s Nest) as the Danish release I watched was called flicked across the screen this weekend. Not much to say, another excellent entry in the Italian crime genre. Lot’s of ‘big’ names in this one besides Maurizio Merli: Richard Conte, John Steiner and Ray Lovelock … Great soundtrack too which I listened to intently before watching the movie. Bloody great. Recommended very much.
Can anybody recommend any literature on the Italian crime genre? Have got the German book (well printed e-book really) Der Terror führt Regie but would like to hear what else is out there…
The only book I have on the subject is the “Blazing Magnums” book which consists mainly of reviews of some of the best known films in the genre.
I would highly recommend it.
Just viewed Rome Armed to the Teeth in a decent version this time round and plenty of; car chases and action to keep you from getting bored… all set to to a pounding score by Franco Micalizzi.
Maurizio Merli is excellent as usual and Tomas Milian is effective, and much prefer his bad guy roles in crime films than to westerns.
[quote=“Dorado, post:313, topic:376”]The only book I have on the subject is the “Blazing Magnums” book which consists mainly of reviews of some of the best known films in the genre.
I would highly recommend it.[/quote]
Uh forgot, got that one too, although it’s more of a pamphlet than a book really. It says it’s volume one on the cover though so can only hope further volumes will appear. But yes that is a very good read.
Watched Paura in cittá aka Fear in the City last night. Maurizio Merli is completely up to speed in this energetic little Italian crime piece. I don’t know how many times in this movie Merli gets reprimanded for using too much violence in his arrests. Does that slow Merli down? No, it’s Maurizio Merli for God’s sake. The next bad seed gets the same treatment and on it goes.
Actually a pretty good movie. Stars James Mason as Merli’s boss and he actually does a great job in the role. Much recommended.
DVD viewed was the one from Alan Young in Italy.
I saw that this film was released in the UK (very) recently
I don’t know much about giallo & crime, but I do know there are a lot of admirers of Edwige Fenech around here, and now we all know why:
I watched Violent Naples this past weekend. It blew me away. I’ve only seen 4 of Merli’s Italo-Crime films so I can’t speak to which ones might be the best but this was awesome.
Merli is great in these films.
Maybe the real star of this movie, though, is Naples. The on-location filming is just amazing. Naples must be one of the most unique looking cites in Europe/Italy. The motorcycles scenes are superlative. I can’t believe noone was killed in the filming of it.
The music is great!
Highly, highly recommended! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Weapons of Death has been viewed.
Police captain Leonard Mann is hot on the trail of Henry Silva for a series of robberies in this crime film by Mario Caiano. The story is not the most original but film rattles along at a fast pace, with plenty of action set pieces. The action is tough and anything that moves is killed, and a robbery of a train reminds of a Spaghetti western style scene. Music by Francesco De Masi is instantly recognisable which is quite funky, but the comedy style music in the kid scenes are not to my taste.
Henry Silva sneers his way through this one as per usual, and Mann chumps on his cigars thinking he is still starring in a Spaghetti western perhaps. Viewed an uncut widescreen print with english audio, as the Koch media release is cut for violence.
Great film.
I’ve got an uncut U.K. tape.
Do you know what is missing from the German dvd, a friend of mine noticed that some of the train robbery is cut and didn’t bother watching any more.
I supppose the castration scene is trimmed.