Milano Odia: La Polizia Non Puo' Sparare
This melodramatic crime film concerns a petty thief named Julio
(Tomas Milian) who kidnaps pretty Mary Lou (Laura Belli), the
daughter of his girlfriend's rich employer, and holds her for
ransom.
Much of the film features Julio's hysterical populist rants
targeting the wealthy elite, whom he both envies and detests.
When the bound Mary Lou mocks him, Julio's anger leads to a
bloody gunfight in which nearly everyone dies.
Eventually, Police Inspector Walter Grandi (Henry Silva) turns
vigilante and guns down the human trash on a pile of garbage.
Reminiscent of everything from the Dirty Harry series to the
Patty Hearst kidnapping, Lenzi's preposterous film is most memorable
for its overly ripe dialogue and an outlandish party scene in
which Milian forces a balding, craven businessman to service
him at gunpoint.
Cast:
Laura Belli, Raymond Lovelock, Tomas Milian, Henry Silva,
Anita Strindberg, Guido Alberti
Director:
Umberto Lenzi
Il Giustiziere
A simple man becomes bent on violent revenge in this thriller.
John Kinsdale (George Kennedy) is an American who lives with
his wife and three children in Naples, Italy, where he's employed
by NATO as an electronics expert.
Kinsdale and his good friend Mike McAllister (John Mills)
are working to bring NATO's computer systems up to date, but
Kinsdale loses all interest in his work when he comes home
one evening to discover his wife and kids have been brutally
murdered in their home.
Emotionally devastated, Kinsdale has no idea why his family
has been killed until Italian investigator Dr. Lupo (Raf Vallone)
learns the Kinsdales were murdered by a band of radical terrorists
who are targeting the families of Americans living in Europe
until their jailed comrades are released from prison. Using
his computer skills, Kinsdale sets out to find the terrorists
who claimed the lives of his family, and will stop at nothing
to get the justice he demands.
Featuring a score by Ennio Morricone, The Human Factor was
the final directorial credit for veteran filmmaker Edward
Dmytryk.
Cast:
George Kennedy, Raf Vallone, Sir John Mills, Rita Tushingham,
Arthur Franz, Barry Sullivan
Director:
Edward Dmytryk |
