Chopper is not just one of the best Aussie crime films of all time, but is also one of the best Australian films of all time regardless of genre. As a crime film though, it is not particularly large scale. There are no daring robberies or heists, and there are no shoot-outs with the coppers. [...]
7Apr11
Chopper
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Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, David Field, Eric Bana, Mark Chopper Read, Vince Colosimo
Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, David Field, Eric Bana, Mark Chopper Read, Vince Colosimo
AKA: Ator III: Hobgoblin, The Lord of Akili Country: Italy Director: Joe D’Amato Starring: Eric Allen Kramer, Margaret Lenzey, Donal O’Brian, Dian Morrone, Chris Murphy, Laura Gemser, Marisa Mell Editor: Kathleen Stratton Cinematographer: Joe D’Amato Writer: Joe D’Amato Music: Idra Music, Carlo Maria Cordio Producer: Carlo Maria Cordio Ator IV is inept on every level. [...]
28Mar11
Fear in the City (1976)
Country: Italy Director: Giuseppe Rosati Starring: Maurizio Merli, James Mason, Raymond Pellegrin, Silvia Dionsio, Franco Ressel, Cyril Cusack Music: Giampaolo Chiti Original Title: Paura in Citta AKA: Hot Stuff, Street War When it comes to giving crime a right proper kicking, no one kicks harder than Maurizio Merli. And he’s back in another hard-hitting poliziotteschi. [...]
23Mar11
Deadly Inheritance
Release Year: 1968 Country: Italy Director: Vittorio Sindoni Starring: Tom Drake, Feni Benussi, Virginio Gazzolo, Ernesto Colli, Isarco Ravaioli, Andrea Fantasia, Ivo Garrani, Valeria Ciangottini, Jeanette Len Music: Stenfano Torossi Original Title: Omicidio Per Vocazione Omicidio Per Vocazione, or Deadly Inheritance as I’ll call it due to my inability to speak Italian is a weird [...]
Director: Guido Malatesta Starring: Reg Lewis, Margaret Lee, Luciano Marin, Andrea Aureli Music: Guido Robuschi, Gian Stellari The version of Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules that I viewed for this review appears to be an American repackaging of another English version of the film. It features a toe-tapping theme song, “The Mighty Sons [...]
15Mar11
The Boss (1973)
AKA: Murder Inferno, Wipeout Director: Fernando Di Leo Starring: Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli, Howard Ross, Marino Masé, Claudio Nicastro, Andrea Aureli, Pier Paolo Capponi Music: Luis Enríquez Bacalov Based on the novel “Il Mafioso” by Peter McCurtin Does any other actor do ‘menace’ like Henry Silva? Sure there were some good [...]
Director: John Guillerman Starring: Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro, France Zobda, Trevor Thomas, Clifton Jones Music: Richard Hartley Sheena: Queen Of The Jungle features former Bond Girl, Tanya Roberts naked, which I would suggest to most Bond fans, makes the film worth one viewing. Sometimes she is covered in a few [...]
Director: Domenico Paolella Starring: Mark Forest, José Greci, Ken Clark, Howard Ross, Nadir Moretti, Maria Grazia Spina Music: Carlo Savina A little while ago, I reviewed Hercules Against The Barbarians, which I didn’t think too highly of. Those who have visited this blog before may have noticed that I had attached an incorrect poster image [...]
10Mar11
Manhunt (1972)
Producer: Armando Novelli Director: Fernando Di Leo Starring: Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Sylva Koscina, Franco Fabrizi, Cyril Cusack Cinematography: Franco Villa Music: Armando Trovaioli Original Title: La Mala Ordina AKA: Manhunt In Milan, The Italian Connection, Hired To Kill, Black Kingpin, Hitmen One of Permission to Kill’s favourite actresses [...]
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Tagged Adolfo Celi, Crime, EuroCrime, Fernando Di Leo, Henry Silva, Luciana Paluzzi, Mario Adorf, Sylva Koscina, Woody Strode
Tagged Adolfo Celi, Crime, EuroCrime, Fernando Di Leo, Henry Silva, Luciana Paluzzi, Mario Adorf, Sylva Koscina, Woody Strode
Country: Italy AKA: Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Brutal Justice, Tough Ones Director: Umberto Lenzi Starring: Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy, Giampiero Albertini, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Tomas Milian, Ivan Rassimov, Luciano Pigozzi, Stefano Patrizi Music: Franco Micalizzi Here’s a quick look at another cop thriller from Italy. This poliziotteschi (as Italian cop thrillers are called), features [...]
