Hit man Charles Bronson, double crossed and barely escaping an assassination attempt, is now determined to get those responsible, including, seemingly his girlfriend, played by Jill Ireland.
Hard to overstate how much I disliked this film. The plot is sort of complex in a silly way mainly because I believe nobody understood what on earth they were making. The set pieces are slow, drawn out, sluggish, badly edited exercises milking Morricone's repetitive score for all its worth with Bronson out Bronsoning Bronson for looking tough and not resorting to the use of any expressions etc. Jill Ireland is dreadful both as a character and in the acting stakes, completely overdoing it in just about every scene, with director Sergio Sollina seemingly contriving to have her appear in various states of undress throughout the film. Bronson's relationship with Ireland is extraordinary - one minute he's beating her up or raping her the next it's all champagne and smiles. The whole thing is an extraordinary mess.
I saw this on a streaming service and whilst the film is Italian, it is largely in English. However vast swathes of the film are in unsubtitled Italian featuring badly dubbed Bronson and Ireland - it even changes languages in mid scene. As a result if you don't speak Italian you're going to miss a great deal of plot - not sure that's necessarily a bad thing! I assume this is an error as opposed to some form of artistic jigger-pokery, either way it's very annoying. I urge you to avoid this mess and tidy your sock drawer instead.
Hard to overstate how much I disliked this film. The plot is sort of complex in a silly way mainly because I believe nobody understood what on earth they were making. The set pieces are slow, drawn out, sluggish, badly edited exercises milking Morricone's repetitive score for all its worth with Bronson out Bronsoning Bronson for looking tough and not resorting to the use of any expressions etc. Jill Ireland is dreadful both as a character and in the acting stakes, completely overdoing it in just about every scene, with director Sergio Sollina seemingly contriving to have her appear in various states of undress throughout the film. Bronson's relationship with Ireland is extraordinary - one minute he's beating her up or raping her the next it's all champagne and smiles. The whole thing is an extraordinary mess.
I saw this on a streaming service and whilst the film is Italian, it is largely in English. However vast swathes of the film are in unsubtitled Italian featuring badly dubbed Bronson and Ireland - it even changes languages in mid scene. As a result if you don't speak Italian you're going to miss a great deal of plot - not sure that's necessarily a bad thing! I assume this is an error as opposed to some form of artistic jigger-pokery, either way it's very annoying. I urge you to avoid this mess and tidy your sock drawer instead.