Although pretty much forgotten, The Last Round aka Il Conto é Chiuso is a good example of a familiar story made fresh by the quality of its execution, as a stranger drifts into a decaying Italian industrial looking to settle an old score. But this violent modern-day (well, 1976) poliziotteschi is closer to Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest than the first two films it inspired, Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars, set in its own Italian Poisonville divided between two rival gangs that he soon sets against each other. Surprisingly, despite being directed by the sometimes more adequate than inspired Stelvio Massi, it's shot with striking visual imagination and remarkably fluid camera-work from Franco Delli Colli. The two leads are impressive too, with Luc Merenda a wonderfully effective and dapper villain and undefeated middleweight champion boxer and offscreen wife-beater and murderer Carlos Monzon a surprisingly effective leading man in the mould of a young Charles Bronson.
In 1926, famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared for six weeks. When she surfaced, she claimed that she had been kidnapped and held prisoner in Mexico. Others claimed that she was off carrying on an affair with a married man. This movie dramatizes the court hearing held to determine exactly what happened.
1939年(😱)，纳粹(🌀)大张(zhāng )旗鼓地(💠)将数百(bǎi )名来(📍)自社会各(gè )个(🔣)阶层的犹太(tà(🗑)i )逃(🀄)亡者们(men )安置(💃)在(🚱)一艘豪(háo )华客(🥖)轮内(🔜)，载他们至古巴(🌜)(bā )的哈瓦那避(😣)难(nán )。然而，当轮(🀄)(lún )船抵达哈瓦(😵)那(nà )港，古巴(bā(💱) )政(🐂)府却依据本(bě(🕗)n )国严格的移(yí )民(mí(🎧)n )政策拒绝船(chuá(🛄)n )上的犹太裔乘(🐇)(chéng )客入境。其实(📵)(shí )纳粹早就预(🥘)料(🚖)(liào )到会有这(👆)(zhè(🐘) )样的(de )结果，而(é(💕)r )这也(👺)正是他(tā )们(men )所(😥)希望看到(dào )的(🐫)。当流亡者(zhě )们(🚘)从哈瓦那怏(yà(🏖)ng )怏离去的时候(🤸)(hò(⚓)u )，德国政(zhèng )府就(🎪)(jiù )可以凭此(cǐ )证明(⬜)犹太人是(shì )世(🏼)界上最不(bú )受(📗)欢迎的种族(zú(🙋) )，从而为希特(tè(🌰) )勒(👘)的种族清洗(xǐ(🌾) )政策找到一个(gè )合(🔱)情合理(lǐ )的借(🏼)口。
Mikami, a Japanese soldier serving in China, is captured by the Chinese. Although he is able to escape, his troubles are far from over. He returns to his unit but is treated with contempt for the disgrace of having been captured. Mikami falls in love with Harumi, a prostitute. She tries to convince him to desert from the army, with fatal results
A masterpiece (or trash?)..., 11 August 2000
Maurizio Merli may have come to fame as a Franco Nero impersonator; but after that he really came into his own and if his name is on the cast list (particularly if it's at the top of the cast list), you're pretty much guaranteed a good film. This one was the final outing for Merli's Commissario Betti character, and he ensures the ace crime fighter goes out with a bang as Marino Girolami's film is packed to breaking point with car chases, shootouts and fist fights and certainly delivers on the promise of being an action packed thriller! The plot focuses on Commissario Betti. Once again, he's aggravated at the amount of crime going on in the city and his attention is focused mainly on two big crimes; a bank robbery and a kidnap plot. The Commissioner battles bravely to ensure the crooks are brought to justice but soon realises that there's no point in merely sorting out the henchmen and decides to go after the man he believes is heading the criminal operations; slimy businessman Albertelli, although bringing justice on the head criminal may not be so easy...
原本(běn )太平(🖕)的青河(hé )镇(zhè(🏀)n )如今被当地(dì(📥) )的(🦍)地头蛇管辖(🌳)(xiá(🧀) )着，他们到处(chù(👓) )惹是(🐪)生非，砸(zá )坏老(🍻)百姓(xìng )的摊位(🖤)，欺负(fù )良家妇(🔍)女。他(tā )们还在(😟)青河(hé )镇的路(🌇)口(🎃)设置(zhì )拦路标(🕋)，只有(yǒu )给钱才可以(🐳)放(fàng )人通过，没(🕙)有(yǒu )钱的穷人(🙅)(rén )只能和畜生(🍳)一(yī )样从阴沟(📤)里(😷)(lǐ )穿过。这天，两(⛩)个年轻人经(jī(🐆)ng )过青(🥄)河镇，他(tā )们看(📦)到了拦路(lù )标(💪)后依旧(jiù )无视(🚇)，然后轻(qīng )而易(🆎)举(💈)就跳(tiào )过栏(📶)杆(🆖)。这样(yàng )的行为(🥐)让管(👊)辖(xiá )者气愤不(🌽)已，于是双方打(🤛)了(le )起来。后(hòu )来(🛰)才得知其中(zhō(🦏)ng )一人是自卫(wè(💾)i )队(😐)(duì )的队长凌志(🎤)(zhì )高（李家鼎饰(shì(🎾) )）。他这次来(lá(⛷)i )青河镇究竟是(🛷)(shì )为了什么(me )？(😃)而(ér )青河镇的(👅)(de )现(🥢)状又会发生(shē(👚)ng )改变吗？