"Blutiger Freitag" or "Bloody Friday" is a West German/Italian co-production and this film exists as a German and English language version. It runs for approximately 90 minutes and was written and directed by Rolf Olsen. The main genre here is crime with some dramatic moments. I personally found it a very underwhelming watch. This film does not really deserve to be known. The story is poor for the most part and most of the actors also can't elevate the material, but then again you cannot really blame them as the material they work with here is so weak. Not even Raimund Harmstorf's usually strong physical performing managed to cut the cake here. I can really not think of a single reason to watch this movie. Not even crime movie fans should watch this one, or maybe I should say, especially those should not watch it as they will be heavily disappointed. There were no great or edge-of-seat moments and it was slowly dripping forward until the very end. I guess this movie is a good example of a film where the writing is ambitious, but the talent is simply not there to make such a story work as I would attest this film zero love to detail. Watch something else instead. I give this almost 45-year-old film a thumbs-down. They tried to make something along the lines of some of the impressive 1970s crime thrillers from the United States and they failed gloriously.
Review of Bloody Friday
