简介：Yetanotheroffbeatpoliziottesco,thisisactuallyaninterestingsatire–againcentredaroundaparticularItalianmetropolis,Turin.Here,ratherthanhavingatoughyoungcopfightinggangstersorpettycriminals,wegetEnricoMariaSalernoasamiddle-agedintellectualPoliceCommissionerwhofindsthatthebiggestthreatcomesfromthecity'sdecadentaristocracy(eventuallyexposingadrug/prostitutionracket).HisfineperformanceismatchedbyFrancoiseFabianasthebeautifulwidowedmotherofoneofthesuspects(withwhomhesharesahesitantrelationship)andfilmdirectorLucianoSalceasacynicalandalcoholiccrusadingnewspaperman(andSalerno'slongtimeassociate). Still,thefilm'stoneisundecided(alternatingbrusquelybetweenbroadcomedyandheavydrama)andthenarrativeallovertheplace–encompassingnotonlySalerno'sownfailinghealthbutindustrialpolitics(inthefigureofacrazedex-FIATemployee)andtheproblemsofimmigrants(anirrelevantbutmovingsequenceinwhichayoungboyhangshimselfbecauseofpoorgradesatschoolandwhereSalernotriestobreaktheicebycommunicatingwiththebefuddledfatherintheirnativedialect).Allthewhile,italsoattemptstofulfilltherequirementsofthegenrebydepictingahold-upatajewellerywhichleavestheelderlyownerdead,therape/murderofateenagegirl,atrainrobberywhichturnsintoamassacreofbothcopsandcriminals,theattemptedsuicideofFabian'ssonoveraframe-up,theclimacticraidonthebrothel,etc. Ultimately,thefilmisoverlongthoughitconcludeswithacoupleofstrongsequences:SalernoandSalcedisruptingasocialgatheringbydistributingpornographicmaterialtotheclearlyembarrassed(buteverpolite)aristocracydepictingtheirdegenerateoffsprings,andSalernoangrilyshowingFabianthe'real'Turin–acityvauntedforitsmedievalrelics,andtowhosehedonismSalernomaintainsthepeopleareslowlyreverting!CarloRustichelli'sjauntymusicoftenservesasironiccommentaryontheproceedingsbut,forthisreason,doesn'thavetheurgencyofthetypicalpoliziottescoscore.…