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Street Law

Enzo G. Castellari (Director), Franco Nero (Actor), Giancarlo Prete (Actor) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: Blu-ray
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Contributor Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete, Enzo G. Castellari, Barbara Bach
Language Italian
Runtime 1 hour and 45 minutes

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After Carlo is mugged by thugs he goes to the police, but when they drop the case, he loses faith in the justice system and decides to take on the hoods himself. Teaming up with a young robber, he goes on a mission of vengeance.

This smart poliziotteschi movie directed by Enzo G. Castellari (Inglorious Bastards) and starring legendary spaghetti western favourite Franco Nero (Django), is a cool and entertaining street-level crime pic bursting with Italian flavours.

Extras
2K Restoration From the Original Camera Negative
HD (1080p) Blu-ray™ Presentation in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio
2.0 English Mono
2.0 Italian Mono with Newly-translated English Subtitles
Audio Commentary with Italian Cinema Experts Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thomson
Shorter US “Grindhouse” Cut
Sniff Around and Find Out - Featurette by Mike Malloy
Enzo’s Law - An Interview with Director Enzo G. Castellari
Oliver Onions - An Interview with Composer’s Guido and Maurizio De Angelis
Street Stunts - An Interview with Actor and Stuntman Massimo Vanni
Original Trailer
TV Spot

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  • Rated ‏ : ‎ Suitable for 18 years and over
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Italian
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17 x 13.8 x 1.7 cm; 120 g
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Enzo G. Castellari
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 45 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 26 Feb. 2024
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete, Barbara Bach
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ 88 Films
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CNDCPM6N
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Poland
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  • West25
    5.0 out of 5 stars Robbery, assault, murder. One man has had enough.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 June 2012
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    Carlo Antonelli is in a bank when a group of robbers burst in with guns. When Carlo attempts to grab his money that he left on the counter, he's spotted and receives a beating from one of the theives. Eventually an employee manages to set off the alarm, but Carlo is taken along as a hostage. They bundle him into a car where they continue to beat him senseless, after an exhilarating car chase with the cops in hot pursuit, the criminals get away and Carlo regains consciousness, only to be met by photographers taking his picture. A little while later we're with Carlo at the police station where they basically tell him that there's not much they can do, and he's lucky to be alive and should just go home and forget about it. Embarrassed at not being able to protect himself and disgusted that the police don't seem to care, Carlo sets out to find the bank robbers and exact his own revenge, with the help of a young criminal called Tommy.

    Franco Nero is an absolute joy in the role of Carlo, he seems to live and breathe the character. What I really enjoyed about his performance was the fact that he played Carlo as a normal everyday guy, he's vulnerable, scared, and spends most of the film getting beat up. He's also a very physical performer and did most of his own stunts which adds a lot of realism, in several scenes where he's beaten and dragged through the mud, it's all very real and it's clear to see. I really enjoyed Giancarlo Prete's performance as Tommy, he's one of the most likeable criminals I've ever seen put on screen, sadly the actor passed away aged just 58 in 2001. Barbara Bach gives a pretty decent performance as Barbara, Carlo's girlfriend that wants nothing more than for Carlo to stop his stupid vendetta and come home, she's a little underused to the point where you wonder whether the character was really needed at all, she's probably best known for being a Bond girl in The Spy Who Loved Me and for being married to Ringo Starr. Renzo Palmer is good as the police inspector who receives an earful from Carlo about how useless the police are, himself and the police only start to do anything once lives are being threatened.

    One of the main reasons that Street Law works so brilliantly is Enzo G. Castellari's confident direction, there's nothing really new on show but he manages to create an excellent film. He was good friends off the set with Franco Nero which I think helped a lot, himself and Nero had a great understanding of what the other wanted, Nero's performance may have been very different under somebody else. The action scenes are shot with an energy that so many action films of today lack, and he doesn't shy away from the brutality of the crimes being committed. Some of the locations chosen are strange but wonderful, and the soundtrack by the De Angelis brothers is superb. Castellari gives himself a small cameo as the man at the port, he does well in the scene and I would have liked to have seen him a little more. He seems to be quite an underappreciated director, his name is rarely brought up when people mention their favourite directors. Along with Street Law, he directed The Big Racket, Keoma, The Heroin Busters, the Bronx Warriors films and Inglorious Bastards which was the inspiration for Tarantino's film. He did eventually move into very low budget Italian TV movies, but show me an Italian director other than Argento that didn't once the 80s ended and Italian cinema virtually died.

    Blue Underground do their usual excellent job with the DVD, picture quality for the most part is really nice and the sound is better than expected. There's a great commentary track with William Lustig talking to Castellari and his son, his son rarely talks and at times I actually forgot he was there. Castellari has some great memories and doesn't need much prompting in sharing them with us, Lustig's enthusiasm and love for these Italian films comes across quite nicely as well, though he can get slightly annoying at times. Sadly Franco Nero for some reason was missing from the commentary, his inclusion would have been the icing on an already pretty sweet cake. He is very involved with the 17 minute featurette with interviews from himself and Castellari talking about the making of the film and their careers, there's also a trailer and a TV spot. It's an American DVD but is region 0 so will play on region 2 players without a problem.

    Street Law is often unfairly labelled as a Death Wish knock-off, a mistake even William Lustig makes in the commentary only to be very quickly corrected by Castellari. It's unfair because Street Law was actually made first, and it has a lot more going for it than the straight revenge vigilantism of Death Wish. As much as I like Death Wish, I did prefer Street Law by quite a margin and consider it a classic, and one of the finest, if not the best film of its type to have come out of Italy's golden age of cinema. Anybody that likes Death Wish or any other type of film where the main character decides to take justice into their own hands, surely owe it to themselves to take a chance on Street Law. It's a thriller, drama, character piece and action film all wrapped into 105 glorious minutes. Highly recommended.
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  • wishwell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Gangster/Action
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2021
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    Excellent Italian Gangster/Action movie originally released in Italy in the mid-70's.The Blu-Ray includes
    the original edit and the cut International version.Exciting action scenes from the start with -in my view-a great soundtrack.Gritty,well photographed,with Franco Nero and others providing the effective acting.An
    interesting evocation on the vigilante theme that became popular with audiences at the time and released at cinemas in Italy prior to Death wish,however this movie in my opinion stands very well on it's own ground even compared to that movie.Excellent transfer-i only wish there was a Italian audio option with optional English subtitles included on the disc.Even so well worth it.
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  • Richard "very short review" Williamson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Oops, my strides!!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 April 2024
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    Hairy hunk poops himself while shooting crims to blistering tunes. Awesome!!
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  • Richard Sykes
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Enzo G Castellari classic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2021
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    I remember this little gem from my youth when we rented it under the title Vigilante 2 although I'm pretty sure there was another UK VHS release under a different title maybe it is the alternate version included on this bluray titled "Anonymous Avenger" please correct me if I'm wrong. This Code Red release bluray is REGION FREE so no need to worry about your local region coding There are 3 versions to choose from on this disc 1st is the brand new 2018 HD scan framed at 1,85:1 and this looks fantastic then there is also the severely truncated 76min US cut in HD which really does look quite rough and the 2017 HD scan of in 1,66:1 under the title "Anonymous Avenger" which is no slouch its self in picture quality. Also included is a brand new interview with star Franco Nero and a very informative audio commentary by Troy Howarth
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  • molly
    2.0 out of 5 stars ... ITS FRANCO NERO WHO IS ALWAYS WATCHABLE WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2016
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    ONLY WATCHED IT COS ITS FRANCO NERO WHO IS ALWAYS WATCHABLE WITH THOSE BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES ,BUT THOUGHT IT WAS A LOAD OF RUBBISH
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  • Collin Thomas
    4.0 out of 5 stars Street Law
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2011
    An engineer named Carlo Antonelli (Franco Nero), is beaten by a group of robbers one day while he goes to the post office. The humiliation however is too much for him, and he can't get the men off his mind and revenge becomes his main priority. However, he quickly finds that finding out information in the criminal underworld isn't easy as most people don't want to talk; so, via blackmail, he recruits a young criminal named Tommy (Giancarlo Prete) to help him find the men who humiliated him and get his revenge.

    After reading about this I thought it was going to be the Italian Version of Death Wish but I actually found both films to be very different and I actually like this one more.

    Franco Nero is great as usual but I think this is one of his greatest performances. Giancarlo Prete is also good as Tommy and theres a very small and prohaps pointless role played by former Bond girl Barbara Bach in the role of Nero's wife.

    Enzo G Castellari's direction is fast paced with some good use of slow motion and the end sequence in the warehouse is fantastic, when you see it you will know why.

    The score by the De Angelis brothers is good but I expected more from the reviews I read about it.

    Overall a great Italian Crime flick
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  • Gregg Robert Davis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great blu ray
    Reviewed in Canada on 30 July 2020
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  • Allen Garfield's #1 fan.
    5.0 out of 5 stars From the master - a great Code Red bluray.
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 May 2020
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    Released the same year as Michael Winner'sDeath Wish, Enzo G. Castellari'sStreet Law,also known asVigilante II, is yet another tale of a common man pushed too far by criminals who gets fed up with waiting for the police to do something about it.

    An engineer named Carlo Antonelli (Franco Nero) is in line at the post office one day. A trio of thugs make their way in and rob the place at gun point, kicking Carlo in the chest and taking him hostage to ensure their getaway. As they race to their hide out, they pistol whip him and leave him bleeding and beaten in the mud. He goes to the cops, but when he's unable to pick them out of a series of mug-shots, the complacent fuzz merely shrug. Which only serves to infuriate him even more. Big Mistake. He tells his girlfriend, Barbara (Barbara Bach fromBlack Belly Of The Tarantula,The Spy Who Loved Me as "Agent XXX," and The Humanoid), that he's hellbent to make them pay. Franco rants about the useless cops being useless and not caring what happens to the everyman.

    Now completely and thoroughly Pioughed at the world, Carlo hits the seedier side of town looking for the thugs who beat him and shattered his dignity. He meets with some wary resistance when poking around in places he shouldn't be (remember, Nero, like Bronson is a "solid citizen.") He soon hatches a plan to blackmail a small time thug named Tommy (Giancarlo Prete of Castellari's later post-nuke films,The New BarbariansandBronx Warriors 2 - he would Hollywood film and TV roles) into helping him get some weapons and find the men he's looking for. Tommy resists, but Carlo, undaunted and....persuasive, let's say. Franco as Carlo, cleverly makes Tommy work for him as he prepares to launch a one man war on the thugs who drew First Blood.

    The comparisons toDeath Wishare inevitable and completely warranted, but Castellari's film is hardly a rip off of Winner's (the novel, by Brian Garfield was an international best seller the previous year). Carlo's mission is more focused than Paul Kersey's, and although both men snap and end up taking the law into their own hands, Kersey goes it alone where as Carlo enlists the aid of a crook he eventually befriends and hopes to reform. (Indeed, Street Law might be considered liberal; Death Wish was thematically a film about the old saying: "A conservative is a liberal who's been mugged." Both films have a similarly bleak view of the world, and the police specifically - portrayed as inept and uncaring. Castellari infuses some politics into the action, showing us newspaper headlines and hitting us more than one with an 'Italy Revolt' headline or two which serves as some nice foreshadowing to what is to come. It's worth noting that the police in Death Wish (book and film) at least tried, if not cared.

    Barbara Bach, who gets second billing functions primarily as eye candy (no complaints here). Speaking of which: the lovely Renata Zamengo (Suspiria, The Perfume of the Lady in Black and Appassionata) also stars. Nero, of course, gives a fantastic performance. He chews through the scenery with a stone cold stare, a look of absolute and fierce determination behind his steely blue eyes. He is a man completely obsessed with vengeance, willing to kill to get the revenge he wants and made all the more furious by the police indifference (and interference) he's up against. When he ultimately finds his own solution in the form of a sawed off shotgun, it's entirely believable.

    Castellari directsStreet Lawwith loads of style, going from some slick camera movements (courtesy of DP, Carlo Carlini who lensed Autopsy, The Bloodstained Butterfly, Black Emanuelle, The Cry of a Prostitute, The Pyjama Girl Case, to name a few) through an office to some Peckinpah styled slo-mo action sequences with ease. The screenplay was written by the legendary Dino Maiuri(who goes way back to Mario Bava). Castellari already had a few spaghetti westerns on his resume. Of course, many more war/horror/crime/sci-fi and "hard" Westerns of the later seventies were just down the pike.

    There are no pacing problems here, even at an hour and forty minutes it's a lean film with very little fat. The finale in the warehouse and the scene in which Nero runs from a hood behind the wheel of a Mustang stand out as some truly intense moments in a film that starts with a bang and ends with a slaughter. Blood and guts blow out in bloody red chunks, bullets whiz through the air, tires squeal as drivers make hairpin turns and Nero just gets angrier and angrier until he finally explodes. While Castellari ("the second best Italian director, " according to Al Pacino in QT's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.) would top himself in the genre withThe Big Rackettwo years afterStreet Law, this one comes dang close in terms of quality, excitement and intensity.

    Code Red Bluray:

    This release is on a 50 GB dual layer BluRay. The film is presented in a 1080 progressive widescreen. The main feature is given 22.8 GB’s of space. Here is the information given about the source for this releases transfer,“Brand New 2018 HD Scan.”The source used for this transfer is in great shape and any source related debris is minimal. Colors are nicely saturated, details look crisp, black levels fare well and any compression related issues are minimal.

    This release comes with one audio option, a DTS-HD mono mix in English. The audio is in great shape, there are no issues with distortion or background noise, dialog comes through clearly and everything sounds balanced. Range wise the score and action set pieces sound robust.

    Extras for this release include, an English language trailer for the film (29 seconds), an interview with actor Franco Nero titledFranco’s Law(28 minutes 19 seconds, in English) and an audio commentary with film historian Troy Howarth.

    Topics discussed in the interview with Franco Nero include, director Enzo G. Castellari,High Crime, Street Law, locations, his thoughts aboutStreet Law’sopening sequence, the cast, stunts, his thoughts aboutStreet Law’sfinale and howStreet Lawremains relevant to what is happening around the world.

    Topics discussed in the audio commentary include, Hallmark Releasing / background information aboutStreet Law’sU.S. theatrical release, composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis / the score, Enzo G. Castellari, Franco Nero / the cast, cinematographer Carlo Carlini / the visuals, background information aboutStreet Lawand Italian crime cinema.

    Other extras include, alternate U.S. theatrical version ofStreet Law(76 minutes 20 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles) and an option to watch the 102-minute version ofStreet Lawin a 1.66:1 aspect ratio under the alternate titleAnonymous Avenger. The audio for this alternate aspect ratio version is Dolby Digital mono English and no subtitles. The U.S. theatrical version is given 11.6 GB’s of space, while the 1.66.1 aspect ratio version is given 8.5 GB’s of space.
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  • cookieman108
    4.0 out of 5 stars "...and when the law is unjust it's not only your right but your duty to rebel!"
    Reviewed in the United States on 14 July 2006
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    A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed, or locked up; but if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can't stop you, you become something else entirely.

    Henri Ducard - Batman Begins (2005)

    I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!

    Howard Beale - Network (1976)

    Can't you people take the law into your own hands? I mean we can't be policing the entire city.

    Chief Wiggum - "The Simpsons"

    Street Law (1974) aka Il Cittadino si rubella aka Vigilante II...directed by Enzo G. Castellari (High Crime, Keoma, Bronx Warriors 2), the film stars popular Italian actor Franco Nero (High Crime, Keoma, Force 10 from Navarone, Die Hard 2: Die Harder). Also appearing is Giancarlo Prete (Mister X), Barbara Bach (The Spy Who Loved Me, Caveman), Nazzareno Zamperla (Ballad of Death Valley), Massimo Vanni (The New Barbarians), and Romano Puppo (The Heroin Busters).

    The film begins with a four and a half minute display of various criminal activities including breaking and entering, vandalism, arson, theft, armed robbery, kidnapping, and murder...seems the criminals are running rampant and the authorities can do little to stop them. After getting all that out of the way we see a well-dressed man entering a bank and proceed to engage in some sort of transaction. Shortly after a gang of vicious masked gunman make the scene, manhandling patrons and bank employees alike. The well-dressed man, named Carlo Antonelli (Nero) tries to grab his dough on the counter, but gets brutalized by the robbers, who then grab him up (presumably as a hostage) during their getaway to which they beat the crud out of him in the car. After a lengthy high speed chase sequence the robbers escape, leaving a bloodied Carlo behind, frightened and humiliated by his ordeal. The authorities give Carlo a hard time for defying the robbers, and when their efforts to catch the criminals comes up seriously short, Carlo decides to take matters into his own hands in bringing the offenders to justice, much to the dismay of his girlfriend Barbara (Bach). After some failed attempts to get information from any number of underworld types, Carlo eventually resorts to blackmailing another crook named Tommy (Prete) to help him in his obsessive quest (Carlo stalked the man and eventually took some incriminating photos). Eventually Tommy and Carlo catch up to the original crooks, which results in Carlo receiving another beating, but afterwards Carlo comes up with a convoluted plan to finger the crooks and cause a public stir, along with forcing the police to crack down on criminal activity in general. Eventually the crooks force a showdown with Carlo, one they'll make sure he doesn't walk away from...

    While this film was most likely inspired by the popular Charles Bronson feature Deathwish (1974), it tends to follow a slightly different route in that Nero's character spends an awful lot of time stalking criminals for the purpose of collecting information to report to the authorities in the hopes they'll actually act (Bronson's character actively sought out to deliver some hot-leaded justice). This results in Nero's character grousing constantly about how the authorities are ineffectual (apparently a common sentiment in Italy at the time) and espousing how the common man needs to stand up to the lawless (the Italians seem to like to spell out as much as possible for audiences), receiving numerous beatings, eventually turning on his attackers only when they forced his hand. As a result, the film starts off quickly, slows down in the middle, and then picks up again in the last twenty minutes or so...there's a whole lot of time spent as Carlo sets up Tommy so he can use him as an underworld source, along with their setting up the whole scheme to force the authorities to put pressure on the thugs. I did learn quite a few things, though, including the following...

    1. Franco Nero's got spooky eyes.

    2. When robbing a bank, it's advisable to keep the getaway car nearby as if you have to run a quarter of a mile to get to it, that only eats up valuable escape time.

    3. In Italy you can be arrested for insulting a public official.

    4. Italians don't seem to be adverse to smacking women upside the head.

    5. Franco Nero sure does like to smoke.

    6. In Italy you can be arrested for simulating a crime.

    7. The lines painted on Italian roadways designating lanes seem to be there only for decorative purposes.

    8. In Italy, three time losers (criminals who are caught and convicted three times, of felonies, I'm guessing), are sent to prison for life.

    9. Franco Nero is a master of expressing shock and awe, even when it's unwarranted.

    10. Getting shot in the meaty part of the thigh is apparently infinitely more painful than getting shot in the kneecap.

    11. Beating someone repeatedly about the face with a shovel causes a lot less damage than I would have expected.

    12. You can actually score film that runs an hour and forty minutes with only two bits of music played over and over again (although I wouldn't recommend it).

    As far as the performances go, Franco Nero emotes the hell out of his role, for better or worse...I'm not a huge fan of actors wearing every emotion upon their sleeve, but at least it was entertaining. He does deserve a lot of credit for his athleticism as he seemed to really take to performing many of his own stunts, some of them appearing quite dangerous. As far as the rest, they did all right (for an Italian made crime drama), although I'm unsure what the point of Ms. Bach's character was other than to provide a pretty face and continually harp on Nero's character like his conscience come to life. Castellari does manage to keep things moving along (the first fifteen minutes are a blast) and overall I thought this an entertaining entry into the vigilante genre, I felt it could have done with a little less character development around the middle. This is the original version that played in Italy before it was transported to the states with some of the violent bits removed. I did like the theme song used in the film, but after hearing about thirty times it tended to wear a little.

    The picture quality on this Blue Underground DVD release, presented in widescreen (1.85:1) anamorphic looks decent, but does include some flaws. There is a grainy quality throughout, one that ranges from slight to heavy at times, but I dealt with it telling myself it sort of corresponded with the gritty and sometimes raw material. The audio, presented in Dolby Digital mono, is a little uneven at times (the music often blares, while some of the dialogue is difficult to hear during the quieter scenes), but all in all came through well enough. As far as extras there's a commentary track with director Enzo G. Castellari, a featurette titled `Laying Down the Law' (17:27) which includes current interviews with both director Enzo G. Castellari and star Franco Nero, the latter who seems to have aged better than expected, a theatrical trailer, and a television spot. While watching the interviews with Castellari and Nero (these two seem to love on each other quite a lot), there's a really funny bit where Castellari talks about working with Barbara Bach, basically stating that while she wasn't a great actress, at least she was punctual...

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  • Manfred Zeichmann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Euro-crime film
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 May 2006
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    I am a huge fan of vigilante movies, and STREET LAW is a prime example of the genre.

    The film opens promisingly with a series of violent crimes - some hooligans break into a flat and engage in vandalism, business men are gunned down or kidnapped, a pair of baddies forcefully take away a man's briefcase and escape on a motorcycle, while the victim holds on to the speeding vehicle... Italy's peaceful citizens are under attack from the criminal scum! We then are witness to another hold-up: three masked and heavily armed gangsters raid a post office, where Carlo ANTONELLI (the great FRANCO NERO of the DJANGO spaghetti westerns fame) makes the mistake to defy them and is taken hostage during the gangster's escape. The baddies beat ANTONELLI up, but let him go. Fed up with the authorities, which do nothing to protect innocent citizens from the violent scum, ANTONELLI decides to take the law into his own hands and hunt down his captors...

    Wow! A great Italian vigilante movie! Admittedly the story is not overly original (but then again how much variation can there be to a basic revenge plot?), but STREET LAW delivers. Franco NERO turns in a powerhouse performance. Also the other actors are convincing in their roles - I particularly liked Romano PUPPI as the boss of the gang. Barbara BACH, who would later marry Ringo STARR, plays NERO's love interest. Admittedly she is not much of an actress, but nice to look at.

    With the noteable exception of a great scene, where a baddie unsuccessfully tries to run NERO over with his car (great stuntwork on display here!), most of the action takes place at the beginning and the end of the film. The final confrontation between NERO's character and the gang in an abandonded factory is violent and great action film making at its best. The film is helped immensly by a great soundtrack, delivered by the deANGELIS brothers, Guido and Maurizio, which will stay in your mind long after the film has ended. I also liked the twist at the end of the movie, which was clearly inspired by(or one could also say blatantly ripps off) DEATH WISH.

    While the STREET LAW DVD does not have the plethora of extra features of other Blue Underground DVDs, there is nothing to complain about either. There is a 17 minute interview with both director Enzo G. CASTELLARI and star Franco NERO. CASTELLARI recalls working with NERO, how STREET LAW reflected the time of its making with skyrocketing crime rates and how the critics dismissed the movie as "right wing extremism." NERO comments on his working relationship with CASTELLARI and on the soundtrack. All in all, a very informative interview feature! There is also the trailer for STREET LAW (which runs over 3 minutes and sells the film well without giving too much away) and a brief US TV spot. The cover artwork of the DVD is also excellent! Fans of violent 1970ies Italian crime flicks and vigilante movies in the DEATH WISH vein are well advised to check STREET LAW out!!
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  • OX
    5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT DVD, picture is clear and because it's been ...
    Reviewed in the United States on 17 August 2016
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    GREAT DVD, picture is clear and because it's been digitally remastered. BLUE UNDERGROUND with their digitally remastered or restored pictures are trustworthy of my DVD money.
    It is unlike some DVDs of old movies that the pictures were blurry, grainy and fading and seems to be produced by Desert Island videos and Mr fat-W videos. I now avoid these two productions like I avoiding defects. And they are defects indeed.
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