Franco Nero — Actor (94)

Movie

Day of the Cobra (1980)
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other title: 眼镜蛇之日 / Il giorno del Cobra …
The glory years of the Italian Poliziottesco (cop/crime thriller) were actually already over in 1980, but we gladly make an exception in case director Enzo G. Castellari and actor Franco Nero team up for another cult effort together. The luscious as always Sybil Danning addresses to Franco's character as Humphrey Bogart at one point, and a more accurate description I couldn't possibly give! At the start of the film, Larry Staziani is a sleazy San Franciscan private eye occupied with stalking unfaithful housewives and locating rich women's lost dogs, but he's called back to his home country of Italy to help arrest a homosexual super-criminal by the name of Kadrinksy (or something). It quickly becomes obvious that Larry also has a personal score to settle with this obscure individual, as his corruptness caused Larry's career downfall and even an imprisonment. Oh well, at least by traveling voluntarily to Italy to settle the vendetta, Larry re-earns his trademark nickname of "The Cobra". This primarily is a film to please Franco's many avid fans, and undeniably he's cooler than cool as the Cobra. He continuously bounces a little toy ball against the heads of his opponents, deliberately ruins millions worth of cocaine right in front of the dealers' eyes, sticks him gum on people's foreheads, slaps women in the face and yet still they throw themselves at his feet not even a mere two minutes later! Nero's vivid performance makes you forget that the plot is actually just mediocre and nothing you haven't seen a dozen times before. There are some occasional flashes of sheer eccentric brilliance, like the Cobra's Kung-Fu battle with a transvestite for example! The dialogs are fluently written and Nero receives excellent support from Danning, veteran actor William Berger and Ennio Girolami (the director's brother) as a sinister killer. There's a fair amount of action, though sadly nothing really sadistic, and the film comes the obligatory catchy theme song entitled "Don't Give a Damn, I am the Cobra".

TV

Paul the Apostle (2000)
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Roger Young actor: Johannes Brandrup / Thomas Lockyer …
Dramatisation of the Biblical story of Saint Paul. As Saul of Tarsus becomes Paul and sets off to spread the word of the gospel of Jesus, he is pursued by his once friend, Ruben, who now wishes him dead...

Movie

Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica Douban
other title: 一个警察局长对共和国检察官的自白 / Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica …
该片讲述了一个牧羊少年因目睹一起杀人案,竟被人推下悬崖。一个平民在孤独的抗议,被当街射杀,尸体在流血,无人问津。正直的警察局长蓬纳维亚早就对法律的公正丧失信心,雇凶不成,就自己充当杀手,干掉了这一切罪恶的幕后黑手——一个名义上的地产承包商罗蒙诺。而自己在自首后,被买通的犯人在狱中杀害。

Movie

The Mercenary (1968)
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赛尔乔·科尔布奇 actor: 弗兰科·内罗 / 托尼·穆萨蒂 …
other title: 无情职业快枪手 / Il mercenario …
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.

Movie

Iceman (2017)
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菲利克斯·兰道 actor: 于尔根·福格尔 / 安德烈·赫尼克 …
other title: 冰人 / Der Mann aus dem Eis
5300多年前的阿尔卑斯山奥兹山谷。新石器时代的一个部落在一条小河边安了家。他们的首领凯勒伯负责守护族人的神坛提内卡。而凯勒伯外出打猎的时候,族人的聚居地遭到了袭击,包括凯勒伯妻儿在内的部落族人都被残忍地杀害,只有一个新生儿幸存了下来……更可怕的是,提内卡也不翼而飞!当他终于找到了谋杀族人的凶手时,他最大的挑战竟是如何保全自己……

Movie

Tristana (1970)
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★ 7.6 30 ratings
other title: 트리스타나 / 哀しみのトリスターナ …
As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relationship with Horatio is doomed.

Movie

Die Hard 2 (1990)
Die Hard 2
★ 7.4 162 ratings
雷尼·哈林 actor: 布鲁斯·威利斯 / 邦妮·比蒂丽娅 …
other title: 다이 하드 2 / ダイ・ハード2 …
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

Movie

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
John Wick: Chapter 2
★ 7.2 741 ratings
other title: 疾速追杀2 / 约翰·威克2 …
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.