Poliziotto sprint (1977)
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制片国家/地区：
意大利又名：
Highway Racer
剧情简介：
1977意大利动作犯罪片《Poliziotto sprint》由Stelvio Massi导演，Maurizio Merli主演，影片讲述的是：
This is a lowgrade poliziottesco the second Ive watched from former cinematographer Massi – and a much inferior product to the characterdriven EMERGENCY SQUAD 1974 In fact as the title itself suggests the film is virtually a nonstop succession of car chases – filled with spectacular but often unbelievable stuntwork staged by the ubiquitous Remy Julienne Its other major flaw is the miscasting of lead Maurizio Merli as a speedcrazy rookie cop a role better suited to Giuliano Gemma who had actually played a racingcar driver in Luciano Ercolis THE MAGNIFICENT DARE DEVIL 1973 or even Luc Merenda Amusingly to give us the impression that the hero is brash and inexperienced Merli simply had his trademark moustache shaved off while his essential woodenness was usually offset by a genuinely authoritativetough presence and streetsmart attitude here he comes across as not merely glib but dumb as well For the record according to the Stracult guide HIGHWAY RACER is a favorite of both Massi and Merli – go figure
The majority of the plot if so it can be called revolves around the obsessive manhunt by Merlis ageing superior a legendary iconoclast himself in the old days for a notorious criminalace driver emanating from Nice After some initial aggravation between Merli and the Chief the hero even causes the death of his perennially scaredshitless partner when their inadequatelyempowered police car overturns during a chase the old man is quick to realize that if hes to fight Il Nizzardo tooth and nail Merlis the one to do it – cue the young cops intensive training to maneuver the revvedup engine on the road and other even more treacherous terrain Merlis also given an obligatory romance supplied by lovely EuroCult starlet Lilli Carati – but her part is so underwritten as to be almost an afterthought Incidentally the heros eventually made to infiltrate the villains gang – but hes unwittingly exposed by the girl herself prior to their next hit By now Merlis so intent on testing his acquired skills with those of the criminal that he even lets the latter go when cornered instead of arresting him…only for the two to meet up for a dueltothedeath with their cars in a canyon
A couple other things the main riff from Heavy Rock band Iron Butterflys signature tune InAGaddaDaVida is ever so subtly but recognizably incorporated into Stelvio Ciprianis score towards the end of the film also when I discovered that among the US titles attached to this one is CONVOY BUSTERS I mistakenly thought it had been released as a Special Edition by No Shame However when I went to check for reviews of that particular DVD I realized that the original title of the film in question was UN POLIZIOTTO SCOMODO made in 1978…albeit reuniting the same lead and director Confused Actually its much the same thing that went on with two separate gialli called at one time or another PARANOIA both of which were directed by Umberto Lenzi and starred Carroll Baker
This is a lowgrade poliziottesco the second Ive watched from former cinematographer Massi – and a much inferior product to the characterdriven EMERGENCY SQUAD 1974 In fact as the title itself suggests the film is virtually a nonstop succession of car chases – filled with spectacular but often unbelievable stuntwork staged by the ubiquitous Remy Julienne Its other major flaw is the miscasting of lead Maurizio Merli as a speedcrazy rookie cop a role better suited to Giuliano Gemma who had actually played a racingcar driver in Luciano Ercolis THE MAGNIFICENT DARE DEVIL 1973 or even Luc Merenda Amusingly to give us the impression that the hero is brash and inexperienced Merli simply had his trademark moustache shaved off while his essential woodenness was usually offset by a genuinely authoritativetough presence and streetsmart attitude here he comes across as not merely glib but dumb as well For the record according to the Stracult guide HIGHWAY RACER is a favorite of both Massi and Merli – go figure
The majority of the plot if so it can be called revolves around the obsessive manhunt by Merlis ageing superior a legendary iconoclast himself in the old days for a notorious criminalace driver emanating from Nice After some initial aggravation between Merli and the Chief the hero even causes the death of his perennially scaredshitless partner when their inadequatelyempowered police car overturns during a chase the old man is quick to realize that if hes to fight Il Nizzardo tooth and nail Merlis the one to do it – cue the young cops intensive training to maneuver the revvedup engine on the road and other even more treacherous terrain Merlis also given an obligatory romance supplied by lovely EuroCult starlet Lilli Carati – but her part is so underwritten as to be almost an afterthought Incidentally the heros eventually made to infiltrate the villains gang – but hes unwittingly exposed by the girl herself prior to their next hit By now Merlis so intent on testing his acquired skills with those of the criminal that he even lets the latter go when cornered instead of arresting him…only for the two to meet up for a dueltothedeath with their cars in a canyon
A couple other things the main riff from Heavy Rock band Iron Butterflys signature tune InAGaddaDaVida is ever so subtly but recognizably incorporated into Stelvio Ciprianis score towards the end of the film also when I discovered that among the US titles attached to this one is CONVOY BUSTERS I mistakenly thought it had been released as a Special Edition by No Shame However when I went to check for reviews of that particular DVD I realized that the original title of the film in question was UN POLIZIOTTO SCOMODO made in 1978…albeit reuniting the same lead and director Confused Actually its much the same thing that went on with two separate gialli called at one time or another PARANOIA both of which were directed by Umberto Lenzi and starred Carroll Baker
