I'm not really a big fan of the mondo movie. The genre flourished after the success of Franco Prosperi's MONDO CANE in 1962, as documentary after documentary was released featuring real-life future of destruction, both in the human world and in nature. Death and sex were the main ingredients of these sleazy efforts that usually amount to little more than attempts to gross-out the viewer, with FACES OF DEATH being the nadir of the cycle. Narrative and structure are usually ignored in favour of trying to get the viewer to offload his lunch.
DAYS OF FURY is a little different: firstly as it's Dutch, and secondly as it does attempt to have some semblance of a structure. Unfortunately, that structure is barely existent and virtually falls apart as the film progresses. It's no more than excuse to have scenes of natural disasters interspersed with some clips of human disasters and frailty. There are volcanoes exploding, chicks and seals being destroyed by mankind, political assassinations and a chilling segment of a bridge caught in a hurricane. Luckily there isn't too much stomach-churning footage, although the seal clubbing moment is deeply unpleasant. Footage of human death is in fairly short supply here.
The great news is that an ageing Vincent Price has been drafted in as narrator, and his presence alone doubles the entertainment on offer. Price is the perfect kind of host for this kind of faux-dramatic documentary and his voice adds a lot to the experience. Sadly, though, at the end of the day there still isn't much to be had from this blatant attempt at money-making, which offers nothing you haven't seen before.