米兰$九口径

Fern;$\(and[o Di L(eo's Milano C-+a:- libro 9 is an [
out-and-out master:pie[^c!,:=e of Ital.+ian Crime;?.$. cinem^a and,#^? in?+ -,m.)y opi-])$;n- ion, on)e % of  @the most astonishing :%@crime st]%%ories ever t`@old. The first film in Di Leo's e ]xcellent %'Mil:@:ieu' tri:l-.ogy,;, Milano Calibro 9 was f\*ollowe d by La Mal=[a Or `/%dina /)
(aka.`]*$ Manhunt, als o 1972) -and the. brilliant[*@= Il Boss (!1973). The [@three film ,s ar(:e not conne/]cted st%:or;$y-^^wise, but all three are ,(?excellent,#`, an[d ) highly rea.]/listic portray:
`als of( o+!rga(niz(:ed crime. As far a^s I`*(? am]$. c ? oncerned .Man:^hunt( is (allthou\`gh +): excellent)` sl+ightl?*y inf
+erior =to thi-? s one []@and
Il\ Bos./ s whic[[h .-bot[h stand out, a!_s abso
lute al)(l-time highlights# of crime cinema. M.ilano Calibr*o 9 i#@!s the b ]e!]
st ?/of the-m all , a film *#^that is ast;-onish/#ing in all `+ aspects,  be i#)t the ingenious plot t?ha t, ap::,art fr(om )a !*,compelli=ng st, @o ry and [cleve$_%r twist -
;s^#[, incl!`udes so=cial criticis$]m,,! the perfor (ma.nc (,es, +==the [gr
i;t_/#ty +:atmosphere and s@us_p,]ense or the brillia(#*nt-= score. I can hard)#ly find the right word_s* to+ ex+p/_res=:)s my admira[tion for this/ mast( *er,piece wh;ich ]e
`asily ranks among the greatest Gangs,t( !er flicks ev#@er brought to screen^.　　Gastone %:Moschin s-tar`\
[s as Ugo Pi=_-azza, *!a ^ tough and ([elliptic[al ]+ex-.
con %-vict w++$ho has $( just been released from prison. Im? +mediatel`_y !^after hi%=s ?+rel.,ease, +Ugo is a`p,proa=(\ched by members %of the M ilan m.? @ob lea[#=d by #the ir.`[asc^$ible ga^$ngster ;/Roc(!]co (Mario @_*Adorf),%* +as _they suspect him to :(be responsible f/o,r the disappearance of-_ a large \s um of m!-oney belong*:_ing to their b +@oss, an American * :(Lionel Stande*r) wh^o co$
;.ntrols the organ\,ized crime i n Milan( *...]　@　Milano Calibro 9 is a fi$lm)[ th\a t delivers?`#. an astonishingly realisti c mood of ) the \u?=nderworld like /h^ardly  anothe:r. The intrigu@; ing story,)line
, goes in h+`a:?=]nd +
wi$
th in/$teresting -
__charac ters, raw at(mosphere, suspen,.,se and breathtaking a+ction, social criticism and brutal vi:#;olence;..! The fi? lm is^  .^simply- stunning [fr(+om the be+gin ning to the ?end,[ whi \ch is_])+ even \ inten//!sif/ied by the  brillia#[nt score, a collabora^tion of the . famous comp
]_os?*er Lui_s Enríquez Bacalov and the Itali
/ an !( Pro_/ gressive Rock band Osanna. Ugo  _-]^Pia+--^zza_ mu
st b=_=\e one of the most charism*
atic\ g_angster:\ char*a_?#cters e:ver in c.;inema, \:*and)? Ga%stone Moschin was @!_@the
$^/ prefec+.t ch
@ _oice for the role. Moschin) deliv@^e`(%r s a :`brill+ian(-=t perfor,`manc
_e, a.nd the rest )of $the cas:]t is^/
a]:lso) great. \[Mario Ad !@orf ^i ++s irascible like a ra:bid dog*$ as the fer+ociou)s#@[`] gangster Rocco=_^, a role that )*fits him like a gl-?%ove. The (gr e_\at Lionel St^and= er fits perfect
 \ly/ *i`@(n his role o?=f the?[ Amer?ican Ma:= f[.i ,a Don.　　The two: co`!p* characters in the)# fil!)m are pl(a)[yed by ]_)t!,:wo o`f the greatest regu,lars of I]%talian genr,?e-cinema,(@ # Lu%i,#gi ` (Pist^-illi and *!Fr(!$ank Wolff (who co#mmit)ted su*,icide before the fi_ ?lm was released). The r+avishing Barba$ra Bouchet is astonis#hing *_and incredibly@+ sexy in the role\(# o/
#/f  Ugo P %-ia?zza,'s ?!stripper girlfr\,%iend.!= Bouche-,#t is both a s
tunning beauty_ and ]an excellent actress and -:
th_\\is is [doubtlessly \on]*e of$ * h# er most me^morable rol#*es. T!(his i)
s al@so a /
polit$\+,?ical film and direct](o/_r Di Leo embedded a _lot of so!c,i;al ) criticism ab^ /out to!.#p)$i^(cs l@ike = corruption.- This film simply . has ever$y!/thing) o
ne c-an possibly desire in cinema.]  .F*ilms like M[:ilano Calibr; \_o `,9# are);,? the reas(= on why I lov=:e cinema. T#=h.is is an absolute) mast=- ]erpiece in`?\ all r,/eg^ard/-s! and, [!without exa[%?g[
geration, one of @ *the greatest C]_rime flicks -,:#ever made!*! T@#he ingen!ious:$ opening @ .=scene =:alon )e is more memorable t han most films g/et in two hours.