Naked Violence

I ragazzidel massacro (Fernando Di Leo - 1969)  

It’s Fernando-time again and as often before his openings are hard to watch. A female schoolteacher is raped and killed by drunken pupils. 

There is no Henry Silva coming around to get the bastards, unfortunately. This one is more in the vein of left wing 70thies drama.

Much of the film centers around Police Inspector named Liberti and his effort to make the kids come forward to testify. The kids are from troubled backgrounds, so the society is to blame. Liberti also reckons that there is a mastermind behind it all that has misled the young delinquents.

A talkative movie that does not have the power to convince.

Watched on a 16:9 enhanced DVD from Raro Video. One is given the choice between Italian (with English subtitles) or English audio.

Killer vs Killers

Killer contro killers (Fernando Di Leo - 1985)

After viewing the Fernando Di Leo's Crime Collection on Blu-ray (a highly recommended box set from Raro Video USA) I wanted to revisit more entries by the same director. I had previously seen Killer vs Killers on VHS, but remembered only fragments. 

Like many other of Di Leo’s films the opening is brutal and cynical, as he wants to establish the rules of the game as early as possible, even before the title sequence. The plot surrounds a great caper. The theft of an industrial formula is carried successfully through in the first half of the movie. The organization that commissioned the theft wants to get rid of all “loose ends” in second half of the movie. Unfortunately for them one of the “loose ends” is Henry Silva and he once again makes himself worthy of the merciless badass reputation. His numerous appearances in De Leo movies are among his best performances.

Viewed on a Raro Video release featuring a non anamorphic letterboxed image. It’s a two disc set with Il boss presented with a 16:9 enhanced image.