简介：Thisisaninterestingmovie.ItisatendencyofItalianexploitationmoviesingeneraltoeschewlogicalplottingandcharacterdevelopmenttofocusonelaboratecinematic"setpieces".Whilethisusuallyworkswithgialli(andsomewouldsaycannibalandzombiefilms)itisoftenproblemintheItaliancrimefilmswherethesetpiecesusuallyinvolveshoot-outsandoverlongcarchases,twoareaswheretheItalianshadNOchanceofoutdoingbigger-budgetHollywoodfilms(althoughtheyoftendidtheirdamnedest).ThisfilmisinterestingthereforebecauseitDOEShavealotofcharacterdevelopmentespeciallyamongthevillains,threeprivilegedyouthsthatbecomedesperatecriminalsaftertheirclean-cutbutincreasinglypsychoticleader,"Blondie",startsagunbattleduringabotchedgasstationrobbery.Oneoftheotheryouthsisamoreobviouslyderangedthrillseeker,whilethethirdyouth,the"wheel-man"isdecidedlynon-violentbutloyaltoafaulttohistwofriends.Roundingoutthecastisthegirlfriendofthewheel-man(EleanoraGiorgi)whoironicallysetsthewholethinginmotionbyreportingtherobberyplanstothepolice(andmistakenlytellingthemthatthetrioonlyhavetoyguns).TheheadcopmeanwhileisplayedbyTomasMilan,usuallythepsychoticheavyinthesetypeoffilms.Milanlendsaniconicpresenceandisaninterestingcharacterinthatheisnotunsympatheticbutisalsonottheusualborderline-fascist"rebelwithabadge"oftenseeninthesemovies.Mostlyhejustprovestragicallyincompetentatstoppingtherampagingyouths.Theplotismostlyprettybelievableexceptforascenewheretheyhookupwithanothergroupofyouthsandshoot-upandrobagrocerystore,evenkillingtheirownaccomplicesfornogoodreason.There'ssomeprettygratuitousnudityincludingaprettysorryexcusetogetGiorgitopless(butwho'sgonnacomplainaboutthattoomuch?).Theendingistypicallycynical,butthat'sonethingIadmireaboutthesefilmsovertheviolence-glorifyingHollywoodversions.…