Milano trema - la polizia vuole giustizia (1973)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Sergio Martino

Escritores:

Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay)
Ernesto Gastaldi (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

febrero 1975 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Plot:

When Milano police lieutenant Giorga's chief is murdered by an organized crime ring, he vows to avenge his boss's death...

Plot Keywords:

Organized Crime | Murder | Poliziottesco | Grindhouse

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Coolest plot in an Italian Dirt Harry rip-off!

Reparto

Luc Merenda	...	Commissario Giorgio Caneparo
Richard Conte	...	Padulo aka Salassolio
Silvano Tranquilli	...	Gianni Viviani
Carlo Alighiero	...	Commissioner Nicastro
Martine Brochard	...	Maria ex
Luciano Bartoli	...	Giacomo
Lia Tanzi	...	Prostitute
Steffen Zacharias	...	Monsomerda
Bruno Corazzari	...	Padulo's man
Cirylle Spiga		(as Cyrille Spiga)
Rosario Borelli	...	Pepi Cartiglia (as Rosario Borrelli)
Antonio Casale	...	Casardi - Prisoner on train (as Anthony Vernon)
Bruno Boschetti	...	Padulo Henchman
Sergio Serafini	...	Padulo's man
Luciano Rossi	...	Cruciani - Prisoner on train

También conocida como:

Violent Professionals (USA) (video title)
Milán, tiembla, la policía pide justicia (Spain) [es]

Duración:

104 min

País:

Italy

Idioma:

Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Belgium:KNT | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Compañía:

Champion

Citas:

Commissario Giorgio Caneparo: ...he kick the hell outta half of humanity, and put a slug in the rest.
Commissario Giorgio Caneparo: A servant of society.

Conexiones de Película:

Editado en La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide (1975)

Coolest plot in an Italian Dirt Harry rip-off!

So far I've seen five of these 70's Italian crime thrillers, 3 of them being straight up, Don Siegel and William Friedkin-influenced "cop on the edge with an axe to grind" Dirty Harry rip-offs. Out of those three, all of which are great, this has got to be the one with the coolest story-line (the other two being "High Crime" and "Violent Naples," to give you an idea of the standard here). While it is neither perfect nor entirely realistic, it is action-packed, bloody and riveting, a cocktail of elements common to the genre. And this particular "cop-on-the-edge," played by Luc Merenda, is so on-the-edge that he "poses" as a pimp muscling in on prostitution rackets with the facility of an old pro, gets innocent bystanders killed without hardly batting an eye, and cold-bloodedly executes surrendering criminals in front of the entire police department!

While he lacks quite the level of charisma and intensity delivered by Franco Nero or Maurizio Merli, Merenda holds his own. The primary reason he is able to do so here (the two secondary are Sergio Martino's competence in directing pulse-pounding action and the fact that the extremity I've come to expect from these films is as present here as anywhere) is the sucker-punch, no, make that downright subversive plot-line. Without giving too much away, suffice it to say that what appears to be shaping up into a slanted portrayal of fanatical domestic terrorists (not that groups like the Red Brigade need any slanting to look bad, just that dishonesty bugs me even if it's on the right side) proves later to be something entirely different. The ending of this film, while it would be typical in another context, blew me away.

To top it off, you've got a killer score by the mad De Angelis brothers (if you've seen "Keoma," note that it helps that the only song with words isn't translated into English), and the only fatal car crash I've ever seen in an action movie where the car doesn't inexplicably burst into flames. Three cheers for this gleefully brutal mayhem-fest with the added plus of an intelligent plot!