简介：Thiswasthefirstbreak-throughsuccessofaPoliziottiItaliancrimemovieandspawnedseveraldozenimitations.Possiblythebestfilmevermade,HighCrimedeliversthegoodslikefewothermovies,blendingsomeexperimentalfilmingandeditingtechniquesinwithsomegoodperformances,solidactionsequences,greatmusic,andsomeprettystunningphotographybyAlejandroUlloa.Unlikealotofothercrimeflicksmadearoundthesameperiod,thisfilmisn'tsympatheticatalltothevillains.Theyarecoldandheartlessthugswho'ssoanythingtokeepthemselvesoutofjailwheretheyrightfullybelong.Thisfilmiscompletelyfascistandright-winginitsundertones,yetmaintainsanengaginglevelofemotionalimpactthroughout.ThescenewhereFrancoNerodiscovershisdaughterdeadmademealmostwanttocry...andCastellariexpertlyhandlestheflashbacksandknowsjustwhentouseslowmotioninalltherightspots. Thiswasn'tthefilmwhichsetthetrendinItaliancrimefilms(seeViolentProfessionals)butitwasanexcellentfilmwhichcausedtheirwidespread(yetshort-lived)popularity.Certainelements(likethegetting-in-car-gun-down)wereendlesslyrepeatedinthegenrebyCastellarihimselfaswellashisfatherMarinoGirolami,whototallyrippedofftheendingofthisfilminROMAVIOLENTA,amuchmoretypicalfilminthegenrewithMaurizioMerli,whoalthoughisnotasgoodanactorasFrancoNero,ismuchmoreintenseastheleadingmaninthesesortsoffilms.…