Italian Crime Recommendations

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

RULERS OF THE CITY is alright, not as good as the other two. THE BOSS is great, if you've not seen that. KYDNAP SYNDICATE (with Luc Merenda) is also worth seeing. The gritty dramas TO BE TWENTY and NAKED VIOLENCE are very good too.

I'm not gone at all on LOADED GUNS and COLD BLOODED BEAST.

MANHUNT (aka LA MALA ORDINA) and CALIBRE 9 are definitely the two to check out first

Is To Be Twenty the one with Gloria Guida? Been wanting to see that one for a long time.

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Yes it is. It's a good film.

[mr 420]

Is Fulcis Contraband still only available on import from BU or is there an R2 version?

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Originally Posted by mr 420

Is Fulcis Contraband still only available on import from BU or is there an R2 version?

There's a Dutch release on the Italian Shock Cinema label but it is cut. The code-free US disc is the best version.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

RULERS OF THE CITY is alright, not as good as the other two. THE BOSS is great, if you've not seen that. KYDNAP SYNDICATE (with Luc Merenda) is also worth seeing. The gritty dramas TO BE TWENTY and NAKED VIOLENCE are very good too.

I'm not gone at all on LOADED GUNS and COLD BLOODED BEAST.

MANHUNT (aka LA MALA ORDINA) and CALIBRE 9 are definitely the two to check out first

Cheers, Paul.

I do have The Boss ( again on Raro ) and it is excellent. I think I'll go for Kidnap Syndicate next - thanks for the recommendations.

By the way, I like Cold Blooded Beast - but maybe that's something to do with the 'Neri' factor!

[Pete]

Originally Posted by mr 420

Is Fulcis Contraband still only available on import from BU or is there an R2 version?

The Scandinavian release from Another World is the one to get, it's uncut, in english, and has a nice doc on Fulci (with english subs)


I'd love to see it with it's original Italian soundtrack.

[bdc]

I like Loaded Guns (Andress is really fun to watch here!),just don't expect too much.
Also really like the crazy over-the-top Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man.

No so fond of Kidnap Syndicate myself...
Il Boss is great though!

[Sam]

As well as the ones mentioned here, I enjoyed Violent City with Charles Bronson.

Also, Almost Human is available on Thai DVD which is probably not as good quality as the US release but is a cheaper option (I own this one and the quality's not bad):

eThaiCD.com, Online Thai Music-Movies Store :: The Executioner [ DVD ]

[Paul@TheOverlook]

Not crime per se, but I love HITCH-HIKE -great flick with Franco Nero and the lovely Corinne Clery star as a troubled, bickering couple who pick up David Hess's nut-job. Well worth watching and it has a great Morricone score.

Mario Bava's excellent RABID DOGS (aka KIDNAPPED) - this is superb.

[broonage]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

Not crime per se, but I love HITCH-HIKE -great flick with Franco Nero and the lovely Corinne Clery star as a troubled, bickering couple who pick up David Hess's nut-job. Well worth watching and it has a great Morricone score.

Mario Bava's excellent RABID DOGS (aka KIDNAPPED) - this is superb.

I watched Hitch Hike last week for the first time Paul. I was totally impressed by this film. I'm really not a fan of Last House style flicks, but this was something totally different. Nero playing a drunk was great and as you said Hess is amazing.

If you watch the AB UK dvd Nero had actually broken his hand/wrist on a previous film so they had to have him "fall" in Hitch Hike to explain the bandage and why he doesn't drive.