Fernando Di Leo directs this crime-drama about a guy who's son is kidnapped. While it's technically a Eurocrime film it's really more of a revenge story focusing on one man's quest for justice more so than with the mob or anything like that. The story is similar to the one in Kurosawa's film HIGH AND LOW and though I've yet to see that one I imagine this is done a bit more gritty. It's got your standard car chase scenes, gun-fights and a crazy prog-rock soundtrack complete with wild flute-playing. While this isn't my favorite Di Leo flick(some of the plot-twists don't make a lot of sense) it's still done well enough and has enough emotional impact to make it worth a watch.
AKA DIRTY DEAL(the music in this preview is way more 80's than anything in the actual movie itself):
Not a bad film. Possibly the most overtly political of DiLeo's crimers. Certainly nowhere near as good as Calibro 9, Manhunt etc though.
ReplyDeleteCALIBRO 9 is probably my favorite of his. It also helps that I actually got to see it in a theater a while back.
ReplyDeleteNow for that, I am jealous. Where I live there would be no chance of seeing something like that. There are no independent cinemas left in this part of the world and the choice seems to be between seeing the latest Hollywood releases at the multiplex or waiting a few months and seeing the same films in the council run theatres. I love Italian genre film and would love, one day, to see any one of my seemingly endless wish-list on a big screen.
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