'Quelli che contano' is no subtle crime gem, as it seemed clear to me that Aniante's boss was setting him up from the get-go. No, 'Quelli...' is a gem of the violent kind, with sensuality (Barbara Bouchet) and a cool soundtrack (though a bit repetitive) to spare. I read it is a remake of 'Yojimbo' / 'Per un Pugno di Dollari', two films I haven't seen yet...
Henry Silva is the right man for the job, and it was really cool to finally see a whole movie play out in rural Sicily (after that small part in 'The godfather'), in and around the town of 'Colle Pietro' - even if it wasn't actually filmed there. A brutal film, with lots of creative, brutal violence, and even the story is brutal at times - Tony Aniante is simply ruthless, even if there's a glimmer of mercy here and there as well. The acting is adequate (in which as usual the voice dubbing doesn't help much), though Silva and Bouchet are simply iconic as always.
There isn't much else to say about 'Quelli...', other than giving away the creative violent scenes and what naughty behaviour Bouchet gets up to, but if you're a fan of that, you'll do better to look this one up for yourself. Enjoy!
A big 8 out of 10.
Henry Silva is the right man for the job, and it was really cool to finally see a whole movie play out in rural Sicily (after that small part in 'The godfather'), in and around the town of 'Colle Pietro' - even if it wasn't actually filmed there. A brutal film, with lots of creative, brutal violence, and even the story is brutal at times - Tony Aniante is simply ruthless, even if there's a glimmer of mercy here and there as well. The acting is adequate (in which as usual the voice dubbing doesn't help much), though Silva and Bouchet are simply iconic as always.
There isn't much else to say about 'Quelli...', other than giving away the creative violent scenes and what naughty behaviour Bouchet gets up to, but if you're a fan of that, you'll do better to look this one up for yourself. Enjoy!
A big 8 out of 10.