Mark il poliziotto

The very first incendiary instalment in hard-driving action master, Stelvio Massi's gloriously rumbustious 'Mark Trilogy' arguably Marks one of the high points of the once hugely popular cycle of durably hard-nosed, politically incorrect Poliziottesco actioners, that many avidly thrill-seeking reprobates of the sinful 70s favoured so highly!

The svelte, strikingly handsome, Franco Gasparri makes for an engaging, pistol-packing lead; while he lacks the bullish masculinity of, Maurizio Merli, the whippet-lean pistolero cuts a beguilingly dishy dash as the relentlessly crusading maverick copper with a penchant for dapper outfits, groovy wayfarer sunglasses, and a deadly facility with high caliber weaponry, which he utilizes most expertly against a multifarious gallery of murderous criminality! Burly, Lee J. Cobb does his Stentorian, mongoose mean ol' guy routine, and soundtrack genius, Stelvio Cipriani unleashes one of his most memorably funky themes! 'The Narc' (aka) 'Mark il Poliziotto' is a pulse-pounding Euro-crime exemplar, unequivocally proving that sublimely gifted action director, Stelvio Massi was one of the more reliable Italian practitioners of this most exhilarating cinematic art.