Mario Caiano's Calling All Police Cars is a mix of the poliziotteschi and giallo genres, but isn't a particularly good example of either. The police procedural part (which takes up the first hour) is fairly boring and uneventful, and while the last 25 minutes or so delivers several bloody giallo-style murders, they're not that creative or stylish in execution.
Antonio Sabato stars as Commissario Fernando Solmi, who leads a search for missing schoolgirl Fiorella Icardi (Adriana Falco), daughter of rich and influential surgeon Professore Andrea Icardi (Gabriele Ferzetti). The hunt comes to an end when the girl's body is found in a lake with a bullet in the back of her head. As Solmi investigates the murder, he uncovers an underage prostitution ring, and prompts the killer to get rid of anyone who might know too much.
The film's schoolgirls-for-sex storyline gives the film a sleazy vibe that will appeal to fans of trashier giallos, especially with its plentiful female nudity (N.B. despite looking like jailbait, the actresses concerned were not as young as their characters). The murders that come later in the film are suitably nasty in tone (especially a throat slashing, which results in several generous spurts of blood) but would have been more effective if they had been spaced further apart throughout the film, rather than coming in such quick succession.
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.
Antonio Sabato stars as Commissario Fernando Solmi, who leads a search for missing schoolgirl Fiorella Icardi (Adriana Falco), daughter of rich and influential surgeon Professore Andrea Icardi (Gabriele Ferzetti). The hunt comes to an end when the girl's body is found in a lake with a bullet in the back of her head. As Solmi investigates the murder, he uncovers an underage prostitution ring, and prompts the killer to get rid of anyone who might know too much.
The film's schoolgirls-for-sex storyline gives the film a sleazy vibe that will appeal to fans of trashier giallos, especially with its plentiful female nudity (N.B. despite looking like jailbait, the actresses concerned were not as young as their characters). The murders that come later in the film are suitably nasty in tone (especially a throat slashing, which results in several generous spurts of blood) but would have been more effective if they had been spaced further apart throughout the film, rather than coming in such quick succession.
4.5/10, rounded up to 5 for IMDb.