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A.k.a.
The Italian Connection
Year
1972
Runtime
95 min.
Director
Fernando Di Leo
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Rating *
7.3
Votes *
1,357
Checks
242
Favs
20
Dislikes
4
Favs/checks
8.3% (1:12)
Favs/dislikes
5:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    Henry Silva and Woody Strode are gangsters assigned to find whoever's been scamming the organization of drug money by traveling to Italy in The Italian Connection (La mala ordina), and they're plenty badass (an uncharitable reviewer might just say stone-faced), but the second act makes it clear Mario Adorf is probably the bigger star in Europe as the hitmen disappear, and his framed pimp on the run gets all the action and emotional beats. Silva and Strode are basically the hitmen from Pulp Fiction, enough so that I went to check if they were indeed Tarantino's inspiration. They were. So it's especially annoying that most of what they get up to is padding and that in the end, they're very badly motivated. It takes a while before we get to the good stuff - a the fight on the front of the van and the junkyard climax are pretty cool - but even there, this is a movie that's too sadistic for my tastes, even for an exploitation film. Cruel, needless deaths are presented for shock value, and there's an awful lot of slapping women around. 3 years 4 months ago
  2. heatmiser1059's avatar

    heatmiser1059

    That cat though... 6 years 7 months ago
  3. nick121235's avatar

    nick121235

    Not as good as Caliber 9 6 years 9 months ago
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