Review of Faccia di spia

This is some kind of stranger. It isn't banned but it's hard to find, mostly you can find it at specialized shops or at conventions. The strange thing about it is that it's been hunted by the geeks and if it is available at conventions it's the first thing to get sold out. It's weird because the flick itself isn't really entertaining but rather boring except for some shots. It tells the story of the CIA being involved in coups in south America. The director (Giuseppe Ferrara) uses original and broadcasted footage combined with storylined features. The original footage contains some gory shots like beheaded bodies. The flick starts of well with the original footage but once the actors come in it's boredom all around. It's a lot of blah blah. I waited to see what the fuss was all about. I thought, well, maybe it's the mother of bloody real footage, 4 years later Faces Of Death comes out, except for the Mondo Cane's coming from the 60's. Luckily being an Italian movie it is available in dubbed English. In the beginning the language changes from Italian to English (on the same track so a bit annoying) but it only appears in the beginning. It takes exactly 1 hour before the torture comes in. And that is really not for the squeamish. First you see a girl captured standing naked on two open cans, of course her feet starts bleeding, being hit by the men surrounding her they start burning her nipples. Afterwards she's been raped but in a position you just can't believe. If you can stand that then the hardest part comes, A metal pin is inserted into a penis, imagine that, once the pin inserted it's being heated! Next scene you see eels being inserted into a vagina, you really see them going in! If you want to see that be sure to watch the full uncut. Also the last minute of this weird flick shows the WTC start bleeding, it's so realistic knowing that 26 years later (9/11) this shot becomes reality. A strange movie, but indeed worth catching for the real footage and the torture scene's.