Let me make my position clear - I believe that Umberto Lenzi is one of the worst directors who ever lived. However, his movies are almost always highly entertaining. Nightmare City always gets a strong reaction, despite (because of?) its idiotic plot twists. Cannibal Ferox is so badly made, yet so nasty it is difficult to look away.
Violent Naples is Lenzi's attempt to make a cop movie. It's just an excuse to have one violent scene after another. Apparently Italian cops begin an interview by punching out their informants. At least this guy does. Also there is a gang who runs around raping women. Seriously, that's their whole purpose in existence. And what Italian movie would be complete without an annoying kid with no acting ability that you're supposed to like? Of course, instead you spend most of the movie praying for the brat's death.
The acting is surprisingly good for a Lenzi movie, at least for the lead. There is no real plot to follow, but who cares, really? Did we watch Dirty Harry for the tightly knit plots? Well, maybe - because the Dirty Harry movies actually DID have good plots. But you can tell Umberto didn't care - all he saw was the action, so that's all we get, all screened in the clumsy, yet adorable style which Lenzi fans (like me) can only applaud.
Violent Naples is Lenzi's attempt to make a cop movie. It's just an excuse to have one violent scene after another. Apparently Italian cops begin an interview by punching out their informants. At least this guy does. Also there is a gang who runs around raping women. Seriously, that's their whole purpose in existence. And what Italian movie would be complete without an annoying kid with no acting ability that you're supposed to like? Of course, instead you spend most of the movie praying for the brat's death.
The acting is surprisingly good for a Lenzi movie, at least for the lead. There is no real plot to follow, but who cares, really? Did we watch Dirty Harry for the tightly knit plots? Well, maybe - because the Dirty Harry movies actually DID have good plots. But you can tell Umberto didn't care - all he saw was the action, so that's all we get, all screened in the clumsy, yet adorable style which Lenzi fans (like me) can only applaud.