The Family (1970) aka Città violenta
aka Violent City
aka Violent City
Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Country: Italy | France | Director: Sergio Sollima
Language: Italian, English or French (3 separate audio tracks)
Subtitles: English (optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Subtitles: English (optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 109mn
After a bloody double-cross leaves him for dead, professional hit man Jeff tracks the shooter and his beautiful mistress to New Orleans. But when Jeff takes both revenge and the woman, he finds himself blackmailed by a powerful crime boss who wants the fiercely independent gunman to join his organization. Jeff refuses, and is hunted through an unforgiving city where love is like a loaded gun and debts of vengeance are paid in bullets.
VIOLENT CITY is definitely not your average Charles Bronson action extravaganza, but there is so much more going on than you think. Italian filmmaker Sergio Sollima (REVOLVER, THE BIG GUNDOWN) brings his energetic flair from his Spaghetti Westerns to this exciting tale of revenge loosely based on Jean Pierre Melville's LE SAMOURAI. From watching the stunning opening credits sequence, the audience knows they're in for a rough, wild ride.
Ennio Morricone (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, THE UNTOUCHABLES) delivers a magnificent, pulse-pounding score as always ranging from the orchestral to the psychedelic. Cameraman Aldo Tonti takes advantage of the Techniscope format with stunning compositions and tight close-ups.
There may be no way to recommend VIOLENT CITY except that it's a striking masterpiece of the always-overlooked Eurocrime genre.
There may be no way to recommend VIOLENT CITY except that it's a striking masterpiece of the always-overlooked Eurocrime genre.
The Family (1970)
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