This film begins with a young girl helping to guide a blind man into a jewelry store in downtown Milan, Italy. Once they go inside, however, he immediately produces a gun and along with a few other accomplices proceeds to rob the store. Upon leaving the jewelry store he shoots the young girl and she dies just minutes later. Needless to say, her parents "Davide Vannucchi" (Henry Silva) and "Vera Vannucchi" (Luciana Paluzzi) are overcome with grief and cannot understand how something like this could happen to their little girl. Yet, even though they both want those responsible to be held accountable, Davide is not nearly as patient as his wife and insists on an aggressive investigation by the police. That said, when he realizes how incompetent and inept the police are, has to choose whether to join a local vigilante group or hire a private detective instead. However, when the private investigator gets too close to these criminals and is killed for his efforts, Davide decides to take matters into his own hands. What he doesn't count on, however, is the cost he and his wife will have to pay as a result. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a decent Italian crime-drama which benefited from solid acting on the part of both Henry Silva and Luciana Paluzzi along with some good action and suspense as well. Admittedly, there are better "revenge movies" movies out there and Henry Silva isn't quite as good as someone like Charles Bronson or Clint Eastwood. But all things considered, he performed well enough for this particular film and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
Review of The Manhunt
