Racket (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Racket |
| Original title | Il grande racket |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Enzo G. Castellari |
| script |
Dino Maiuri Massimo De Rita |
| production | Galliano Juso |
| music | Guido & Maurizio De Angelis |
| camera | Marcello Masciocchi |
| cut | Gianfranco Amicucci |
| occupation | |
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Racket is a Poliziesco released in 1976 with Fabio Testi in the lead role. The film is considered one of the main works of the genre and its director Enzo G. Castellari . The film is characterized by an innovative and precise camera work. The film was unable to build on the success of its predecessor, Dead Witnesses Singing, and became a financial success. The video title of the film is Racket - Murder on Call .
action
Rome is drowning in crime. Inspector Palmieri is a young policeman full of ideals. But organized crime is growing and growing. Armed groups blackmail business people and spread fear and terror. Under the leadership of the leader Rudy from Marseille, the violence of the criminals intensifies. Palmieri wants to curb crime. After an attack on his life, Palmieri loses the last bit of trust in the judiciary and state organs. The victims of the criminals do not testify out of fear. Trials do not take place and the resourceful lawyer Giovanni Giuni prevents any conviction of the criminals. Palmieri loses his police job as a result of his investigative work. In order to fight organized crime, he uses unusual means. He wants to fight crime with a quick-witted force. This group consists of convicts, victims of criminals and ousted competitors of criminals. With this group he ambushes the criminals in an abandoned industrial hall. To his surprise, Palmieri realizes that the criminals bribed several police officers. The head of the gang is lawyer Giovanni Giuni, while Rudy from Marseille plays only a minor role. Palmieri is the only one to survive the skirmish between Palmieri's group and the criminals.
additional
- Due to the success of the film, director Castellari made the film Dealer Connection - The Road of Heroin with Fabio Testi in 1977 .
- The film has a large number of excellently filmed scenes. A scene in which the actor Fabio Testi is sitting in a car and rolling down a slope should be highlighted. The entire scene was shot in the car with Testi.
- A recording by Fabio Testi from the film was used as the cover image for the Jerry Cotton Volume 1152.
criticism
- "... very well made but still quite conventional police film that turns into a rude vigilante spectacle."
- The lexicon of international films saw Racket as a "brutal vigilante-justice film that is only about speculative effects".
- Il Messaggero praises the film for the psychological development of the characters and the build-up of tension.
- film.tv.it praised the extraordinary composition of the troupe put together by Palmieri as unmatched and described the film as one of Girolami's best films.
Web links
- Racket in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon.it
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 - US DVD by Racket - Murder when called at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Terror is directed - The Italian gangster and police film by Michael Cholewa and Karsten Thurau, p. 164, 2nd edition 2008, ISBN 978-3-931608-91-0
- ↑ Racket. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.pollanetsquad.it/film.asp?PollNum=20
- ↑ http://www.film.tv.it/film/38017/il-grande-racket/