Review by Gary Tooze

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Description: A great example of “Poliziotteschi” (Italo-crime) with a plot based upon the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan, Killer Cop begins with an explosion in a hotel killing dozens of innocent people. Police inspector, Matteo Rolandi is a witness to the massacre and the suspect, Franco Ludovisi is a young political activist. Ludovisi, even though the General Attorney Di Federico puts him under protection, is shot and killed. Behind this event there seems to be a conspiracy aimed at destabilizing the political social scene, but despite the fear instilled by the bombers, inspector Rolandi continues his investigation, strongly determined to find the people behind this brutal terrorist act.

 

 

Killer Cop is a pretty damned good reflection on how the Italian public looked at their country at the time. There was a lot of politically themed activity and a lot of corruption in the country and obviously filmmakers where going to tap into that. Within the Giallo sphere it’s quite common that policemen and detectives are portrayed as pretty incompetent characters, hence forcing the plot device of amateur sleuth into taking personal action. The directors and screenwriters of many movies at this point in time where not only coming up with some great movies, but also flirting with their audiences and merely projecting onto the screens what the audiences already thought. This is also one reason why many of the Poliziotteschi deal with themes of corruption and dishonest officials, which also generates the strong protagonist characters that take law in their own hands, either as a vigilante outside of the law, or that one hard headed cop who won’t do as his superiors tell him. But remember for every badass cop, there’s an even worse villain.

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Raro offer audio in either Italian and English - both with a linear PCM 2.0 channel track at 1536 kbps. Of the English track Raro states:

We get a 20-minute video interview with production manager Alessandro Calosci in Itlain with English subtitles to a backdrop of clips from the film and him in an outdoor cafe. He is quite animated in his remarks. There is a 12-page liner notes booklet with an essay and photos.