Alain Delon plays a cop, and Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a crook who has escaped a mental institution in this French based-on-a-true-story procedural. It is a good one, and you can read my full review over at Cinema Sentries.
Tag: crime dramas
Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)
I’ve talked about Radiance Films many times in these pages, mostly because I review a lot of their films. They put out international arthouse films that I’ve never heard of, but I always appreciate. Well, mostly. I had a hard time with this one. It is a punk rock film about a pretty horrible person. I appreciated some of the filmmaking but struggled to find anything else to enjoy about it. You can read my full review here.
Caliber 9 (1972) Blu-ray Review
I’ve got a terrible sinus headache, and I’m utterly exhausted from work, but I’m dedicated to fulfilling my goal this week of posting multiple things per day. Luckily, I still have a backlog of things I’ve reviewed for Cinema Sentries and not posted here.
And here we go.
Caliber 9 is a terrific Italian Poliziotteschi that blends plenty of action with a hard-hitting political message. It’s from director Fernando Di Leo and he never lets you down. It also has Barbara Bouchet and if you know her you know it is worth watching.
You can read my full review over at Cinema Sentries.