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Court Martial (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Corte marziale
other title: Corte marziale / L'Homme à la winchester d'or
When an army lieutenant is sent on a secret mission and his contact is shot and killed, he is charged with the crime and court-martialed. He learns he was set up by his commanding officer and escapes to prove his innocence.
Tomato (1990) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pummarò
other title: Pummarò
Kwaku, a young African medical student, arrives in Italy where he is to meet his brother Job (nicknamed Pummarò.) This one is a tomato picker in the Naples region and works in extreme conditions to be able to pay his brother's studies. But to Kwaku's dismay, Job has disappeared. The young student then decides to do everything he can to trace missing Pummarò.
Under the Sheets (1976) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La Dottoressa sotto il lenzuolo
other title: Der Kleine mit der großen Schnauze / Bajo las sábanas de la doctora
Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor.
The House of Witchcraft (1989) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La casa del sortilegio
other title: Ghosthouse 4 - Haus der Hexen / 夢汙
A man discharged from the hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown is taken to a remote Italian villa by his strangely-behaving wife. But he has strong premonitions that the house is possessed by some force of witchcraft, which he has been experiencing in his recurring nightmare.
The Night of the Devils (1972) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
La notte dei diavoli
director: Giorgio Ferroni actor: Gianni Garko / Agostina Belli
other title: 悪魔の微笑み / La nuit des diables
In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country. Upon damaging his car, Nicola sets out for help, only to meet a mysterious family that lives in total fear of someone or something. This evil force slowly penetrates the household and thrusts each of its members into a frenzy of absolute terror!
Death Falls Lightly (1972) [Movie] IMDb Douban
La morte scende leggera
director: Leopoldo Savona actor: Stelio Candelli / Patrizia Viotti
other title: La morte scende leggera / 死神骤降
After a wealthy businessman's wife is murdered by an unknown assailant, his advisors suggest that he go into hiding at a shuttered hotel; taking along his mistress, he is soon besieged by supernatural visions which seem to be drawing him into the hotel's own dark and murderous past.
Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bisturi - La mafia bianca
director: Luigi Zampa actor: Enrico Maria Salerno / 加布里埃尔·费泽蒂
other title: Die weiße Mafia / Les grands patrons
A famous surgeon earns enormous amounts of money by speculating on patients, although he is generally considered a great man and an excellent doctor. Only one of his colleagues rebels against the situation and tries to reveal the truth. But during a dramatic operation, the famous surgeon forces him to turn accomplice and the doctor must keep quiet. Not for long, however.
Rome Armed to the Teeth (1976) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Roma a mano armata
director: 翁贝托·伦齐 actor: 毛里齐奥·梅里 / 阿瑟·肯尼迪
other title: 罗马武装 / Roma a mano armata
Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian star in probably the most typical, yet completely enjoyable Italian crime movie by Umberto Lenzi. With a blazing soundtrack by Franco Micalizzi and some exciting camerawork by Federico Zanni, this film is fast-paced and furious although the narrative makes relatively little sense. This reminds me of THE RAIDERS OF ATLANTIS, a film Dardano Sacchetti also penned, which was completely fun and enjoyable although it didn't make any sense whatsoever.
The best scenes in this movie have to be the extended car chases. Milian hijacks an ambulence and kills all the people on board for no reason. When it crashes in a crowded flea market, Milian jumps out of the ambulence and just starts randomly firing his sub-machine gun into the crowd to create enough confusion to get away. Another great scene has a gang of upper-class teenagers led by the baby-faced Stefano Patrizi who get bored of nightclubbing and proceed to rape a girl and beat up her boyfriend in a vacant lot. Patrizi is wholely unsympathetic as he punches the boyfriend in the gut repeatedly and knees him in the face, then making weird gestures with a nearby piece of wood. Merli later pops by their nightclub and smashes Patrizi's face right through a pinball machine and then simultaneously beats the tar out of the six or so members of the gang!
This film comes fast and furious. Good performances all around by a veteran cast (with Arthur Kennedy, Ivan Rassimov, and Luciano Pigozzi along for the ride). It's not the most coherent of Lenzi's works, but it's definitely a genre classic.
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Syndicate Sadists (1975) [Movie]
Il giustiziere sfida la città
director: 翁贝托·伦齐 actor: 托马斯·米连 / 约瑟夫·科顿
other title: 胆包天 / Il giustiziere sfida la città
Umberto Lenzi is undoubtedly the king of Italian crime movies, but unfortunately; Syndicate Sadists is not the best examples of his work in this genre. Lenzi's crime flicks tend to be a cut above the rest because he makes films based on stories with a point, and they don't lack direction; but this film feels a bit too wayward to fully fit with the rest of his stuff. The film takes obvious influence from Sergio Leone's landmark western 'A Fistful of Dollars' (which in turn, took influence from Akira Kurosawa's landmark samurai flick Yojimbo), in that it features two warring families and a strong character at the centre. The crime that Lenzi focuses on is kidnapping, and we centre on a character called 'Rambo'. Rambo is dragged into the war between the two families after his brother is killed because of it. Rambo uses his brains and brawn to pit the two families against one another, in the hope of gaining revenge for his brother's death, rescuing a young boy that they've kidnapped, and ultimately letting the two sides destroy one another.
The film's biggest asset is undoubtedly Tomas Milian. Milian was put to great use by Lenzi in almost all of his crime thrillers. The range of characters he has played for Lenzi is immense, and this one is easily one of the coolest. The character is called Rambo, which immediately sprang to mind the popular Sylvester Stallone character - but for once, the Italians actually haven't stolen this name as Syndicate Sadists was released first! As usual, the film is wickedly entertaining, as we get to watch Milian get himself involved in the usual array of car chases, shootouts and brawls. Lenzi has got him riding a motorbike this time round, and every scene featuring it and Milian is a real standout! However, the film often feels like it doesn't really have anywhere to go, and this means that the running time is stretched out more than it should be. Compared to the crime films of other Italian directors, Syndicate Sadists is more than above average; but in relation to Lenzi crime flicks such as Almost Human and The Cynic, The Rat and The Fist - it doesn't stand tall as one of Lenzi's best. Still, if you're looking for ninety minutes of testosterone fuelled mayhem - Syndicate Sadists will suffice!
Man Without a Memory (1974) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
L'uomo senza memoria
director: 杜奇奥·泰萨利 actor: 森塔·贝格尔 / 吕克·米朗德
other title: 失忆迷局 / L'uomo senza memoria
In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.