January-February Film Challenge: A Film For Every Letter in the Alphabet
Film Nine: The Italian Connection (1972).
A loose sequel to Fernando Di Leo's Caliber 9 that is even more audacious than that film. A small-time criminal and pimp from Milan, Luca Canali, expertly played by Mario Adorf, finds himself set up by his boss and soon two hitmen are after him. Quentin Tarantino used these hitmen as the basis for the very similar ones in Pulp Fiction. The action and fight scenes are composed well, and the cinematography is top notch. Watch for an unexpected headbutt from Adorf that would never fly in an American film.
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