Poliziotti violenti

Antonio Sabato and Henry Silva as violent police officers in Rome

This tough crime film was shot by Michele Massimo Tarantini in 1976. However, it was only released in cinemas in West Germany in 1982. The great film music is by the De Angelis brothers.

He's a great kid, this Inspector Paolo Tosi (Antonio Sabato)! And he knows it too when the camera glides over the body of this model athlete from a worm's eye view. But somehow his weapon seems like a strange extension of his arm. And he also seems to be a lone wolf with no social connections. But he's the best at his job, maybe a little too brutal, but oh well. While fighting crime in Rome, he has to deal with Major Paolo Altieri (Henry Silva), who, as an accidental witness, behaves just as brutally as the smart inspector. This Major Altieri was recently sent away to Rome because he asked too many unpleasant questions in his parachute unit. Just like Tosi, he seems to be more of a lone wolf, but he met the lovely kindergarten teacher Anna (Silvia Dionisio) on the train to Rome. In any case, the major is astonished that the gangsters in Rome used weapons from his parachute unit's inventory. There's something wrong going on there! Tosi and he are getting closer and closer and are looking for clues together. There two found each other! Somehow there seems to be a large organization behind this story, in which the influential lawyer Vieri (Ettore Manni) is somehow involved. In any case, the gangsters take extremely brutal action against the two investigators. They don't even shy away from a bomb attack in a crowded restaurant. After that the measure is full...

Car chases, shootouts, brawls - everything that the police and gangster film genre has to offer is here. But love and the political background are not neglected either. And with Golden Globe candidate Antonio Sabato (1943-2021) and Henry Silva, born in 1928, there are two deserving veterans of the EuroCrime era at the start.

It's worth it!