Tag: Enzo G Castellari

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  Street Law (1974)

  May 28, 2021

  1970s, Action, Crime, Drama, Eurocrime, Italian Cinema, Poliziotteschi, Thriller

  Franco Nero and his moustache get into trouble in Street Law (1974) when he is taken hostage in a bank robbery. The opening credits have already spelled out that the city is rampant with robberies and murders, backed by the beautiful soundtrack work of Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (the prog-rock stoner jam of ‘Goodbye… Read.

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  The Big Racket (1976)

  May 8, 2021

  1970s, Action, Crime, Drama, Eurocrime, Exploitation Cinema, Italian Cinema, Poliziotteschi, Thriller, Uncategorized

  If you start watching Poliziotteschi from the 1970s, or Eurocrime movies where they attempt to go further than Dirty Harry and Death Wish, there’s always going to be some heinous shit in there in terms of the violence and sleaziness. The Big Racket (1976; Il Grande Racket) has that and more, but it is one… Read.

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  Keoma (1976)

  April 23, 2021

  1970s, Action, Existential, Italian Cinema, Spaghetti Western, Western

  I remember seeing a scene from Keoma (1976), a Franco Nero spaghetti western, on SBS Cult Movies a long time ago and hearing some of its discordant, strange soundtrack, and never forgetting it. Scored by Guido and Maurizo De Angelis (who had already made a lasting impression on me recently with their weird theme to… Read.

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  Escape From The Bronx (1983)

  February 25, 2020

  1980s, Action, Crime, Italian Cinema, New York, Punk, Thriller

  Escape From The Bronx (1983; aka Bronx Warriors 2 aka Escape 2000) is the sequel to 1990: The Bronx Warriors, which was an entertaining Italian B-movie and (shameless) rip off of Escape From New York and The Warrriors. Here, the punk criminal hero of the first movie returns – Trash (Mark Gregory) who is as… Read.