The Italian Connection

msmichel

Second entry in Di Leo's 'Milieu trilogy' doesn't quite live up to the pedigree set by 'Caliber 9'. Mario Adorf is excellent as Canali and the film does have that usual seventies mix of violence, terrible fashions and extreme misogyny. Silva and Strode pretty much wasted as the visiting Americans.

Cathy Heard

Stylish (if you're into 70s Euro style and I am) as well as a little awesomely bonkers, specifically in the fight and chase sequences. Nice find. Thanks, MUBI!

Federico Di Folco

Di Leo si conferma un fuoriclasse del poliziesco e del noir italiano e, pur scendendo di livello,sforna un altro gioiello dopo "Milano Calibro 9".La trama è più semplice ma le scene di impatto(le uccisioni,gli inseguimenti,i due killer di futuro "tarantiniano"),sono ancora più immediate e coinvolgenti.Sceneggiatura poco articolati,ma colonna,interpreti,regia e ritmo sono di alto livello:Di Leo era davvero forte.

ArmandS

Enjoyable crime thriller, but not quite as slick as Caliber 9. Silva and Strode are somewhat wasted here, except at the climax. They both do have presence, just not quite enough of it. Mario Adorf is great, as usual.

klofter

The story per se is serviceable enough but the action scenes really make this movie worthwile. They're nail-biting suspenseful, unrelentingly brutal and fabulously directed. It helps that most of the performances are really good. Mario Adorf rises above the rest though. In one breathtaking chase scene past the halfway mark, he transforms before our eyes into primal rage incarnate. Transcendent stuff!

barleeku@comcast.net

Terrific gangster movie with great action sequences, vivid characters, Mario Adorf providing another superb, high-energy tour de force, and Henry Silva as a dead-eye hit man. Just loads of fun to watch.

ExperimentoFilm

♥Mario Adorf♥

Max Seqgar

Ma que cosa, Canalli is one rightious hot Dude... and J&B is THE whisky of the century. Hot action here!!!