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Here is an older review of mine I dig from the crypts just for you! My reviews sure have gotten a lot more wordy lately Original Title : Roma a mano armata Year : 1976 Director : Umberto Lenzi Writer : Umberto Lenzi (story), Dardano Sacchetti (screenplay) IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075152/ Genre : Polizia "Me, I'm protected by Satan. I'm shitting lead." Synopsis: A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer. Hmm, not sure if that covers it so well, but oh well. I thought this was a solidly acted, fun film. Maurizio Merli plays Commissioner Leonardo Tanzi , a role similar to his roles in Napoli Violenta (another Lenzi film) and Roma Violenta (Commissario Betti). These movies must have been filmed around the same times (1975-1976). Tenzi is rough and a bit vigilante, but not as much so as his Betti character. We do get to see quite a few Merli chop-punches and lots of gritted teet...

Original Title : La polizia incrimina la legge assolve Year : 1973 Director : Enzo G. Castellari Writer : Maurizio Amati (story), Tito Carpi (screenplay, story), Enzo G. Castellari (writer), Gianfranco Clerici (writer), Vincenzo Mannino (writer), Leonardo Martín (writer) IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070552/ Genre : Polizia imdb synopsis: An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease. Castellari and Franco Nero have come together to make a real gem here in this film. It starts off action packed, but unlike other polizias I have seen, this one has some really great character roles and and interesting story around all the action. First the characters: Nero's Belli is similar to the Betti character of Violent Naples and Violent Rome that I have reviewed recently, although with much more depth I thought. He is a hothead, but is cooler under pressure. Hi...

The polizia train rolls on! Mr. Merli is your conductor! WOO WOOOOOOOO!!! Original Title : Italia a mano armata Year : 1976 Director : Marino Girolami Writer : Leila Buongiorno (screenplay), Gianfranco Clerici (screenplay), Vincenzo Mannino (story & screenplay) IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179901/ Genre : Polizia synopsis: Commissario Betti has moved on from Rome and Napoli to the greener pastures of Torino (?) and Milan to fight crime in only the way he knows how. He just may try while there to knock off a crime boss in the process! This is the third and final appearance of the Inspector Betti. The director of the first film in the trilogy, Marino Girolami , is back here for the third, and while he seems to have learned a few tricks from Lenzi, still cannot put together what I feel is a successful film. Where the previous two Betti films had a strong opening, the first HALF of this film started off at a snails pace for me. Again, as with Violent Rome, Girolami gets bogge...

Original Title : Napoli violenta Year : 1976 Director : Umberto Lenzi Writer : Vincenzo Mannino IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074952/ Genre : Polizia imdb synopsis: A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department transferred to Napoli for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal being a pain in the ass? In Napoli, Betti brings his hard, vigilante style justice to an ongoing organized crime problem in the city. This is the second appearance of the Inspector Betti character, the first being 1975's Violent Rome that I reviewed previously . After watching these two films back to back, I have to say it is evident from this production at least, that Lenzi had a better grasp of what works with this genre. The film opens strong as did Violent Rome, this time a little more stylish with some cool shots of a hood ornament traveling through Naples along with ey...

Does anyone have a higher resolution file for this poster? A.K.A. : Roma violenta Year : 1975 Director : Marino Girolami Writer : Vincenzo Mannino IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073633/ Genre : Polizia imdb synopsis: A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse. This is the first appearance of the Inspector Betti character. He is most definitely a ripoff take of Dirty Harry or something of the sort, but Merli is entertaining in this role regardless. Like all good Italian tough-man cops from the 1970s, he is sporting a whopper of a stache. It really completes the scowl I think. His teeth just look too good ...