Fernando Di Leo's "Milano Calibro 9" is an out-and-out masterpiece of Italian Crime cinema and, in my opinion, one of the most astonishing crime stories ever told. The first film in Di Leo's excellent 'Milieu' trilogy, "Milano Calibro 9" was followed by "La Mala Ordina" (aka. "Manhunt", also 1972) and the brilliant "Il Boss" (1973). The three films are not connected story-wise, but all three are excellent, and highly realistic portrayals of organized crime. As far as I am concerned "Manhunt" is (allthough excellent) slightly inferior to this one and "Il Boss" which both stand out as absolute all-time highlights of crime cinema. "Milano Calibro 9" is the best of them all, a film that is astonishing in all aspects, be it the ingenious plot that, apart from a compelling story and clever twists, includes social criticism, the performances, the gritty atmosphere and suspense or the brilliant score. I can hardly find the right words to express my admiration for this masterpiece which easily ranks among the greatest Gangster flicks ever brought to screen.　　Gastone Moschin stars as Ugo Piazza, a tough and elliptical ex-convict who has just been released from prison. Immediately after his release, Ugo is approached by members of the Milan mob lead by the irascible gangster Rocco (Mario Adorf), as they suspect him to be responsible for the disappearance of a large sum of money belonging to their boss, an American (Lionel Stander) who controls the organized crime in Milan...　　"Milano Calibro 9" is a film that delivers an astonishingly realistic mood of the underworld like hardly another. The intriguing storyline goes in hand with interesting characters, raw atmosphere, suspense and breathtaking action, social criticism and brutal violence. The film is simply stunning from the beginning to the end, which is even intensified by the brilliant score, a collaboration of the famous composer Luis Enríquez Bacalov and the Italian Progressive Rock band Osanna. Ugo Piazza must be one of the most charismatic gangster characters ever in cinema, and Gastone Moschin was the prefect choice for the role. Moschin delivers a brilliant performance, and the rest of the cast is also great. Mario Adorf is irascible like a rabid dog as the ferocious gangster Rocco, a role that fits him like a glove. The great Lionel Stander fits perfectly in his role of the American Mafia Don.　　The two cop characters in the film are played by two of the greatest regulars of Italian genre-cinema, Luigi Pistilli and Frank Wolff (who committed suicide before the film was released). The ravishing Barbara Bouchet is astonishing and incredibly sexy in the role of Ugo Piazza's stripper girlfriend. Bouchet is both a stunning beauty and an excellent actress and this is doubtlessly one of her most memorable roles. This is also a political film and director Di Leo embedded a lot of social criticism about topics like corruption. This film simply has everything one can possibly desire in cinema. Films like "Milano Calibro 9" are the reason why I love cinema. This is an absolute masterpiece in all regards and, without exaggeration, one of the greatest Crime flicks ever made! The ingenious opening scene alone is more memorable than most films get in two hours.

　　本片乃韓籍導演張一湖於1972年執導的功夫片，故事講述日本財閥小川(井淼 飾)，為謀奪燕姓所有之森林，收買燕家的內侄徐千(陳鳳鎮 飾)，盜取地契印章。後被燕老發覺，徐千竟將燕老痛毆致死。關甫凌有女月花(井莉 飾)，與燕家小主人子飛(凌雲 飾)，本有嫁娶之約，燕老死後，子飛雖愛月花，但鑑於其父與日人相勾結，國恨家仇，兒女私情無法兼顧，只得示意決絕……

　　黃包車伕江龍跟隨"天健道場"主持歐陽天健習武, 未及三載, 武功冠於眾徒. 一日, "奇門武壇"送來挑戰書, 邀請歐陽比武, 適逢歐陽赴杭州, 江龍應戰, 但卻不是敵手. 歐陽獲悉其私自赴約, 罰以一年內不准學武動武. "奇門武壇"又來挑釁, 組成"鐵三角"向歐陽挑戰, 歐陽不敵身亡, 江龍發誓為師父仇......

　　山东小子马永贞（陈观泰）的拳脚功夫虽十分了得，但因属无名小辈，初到十里洋场的旧上海的他也只能凭借过人力气做苦力。因为秉性善良，路遇不平事时马永贞会拔刀相助，令某歌女（井莉）对他暗生好感，也因此得以成为上海滩风流倜傥、武艺高强的黑道“不小人物”谭四（姜大卫）的好兄弟。　　因为对谭四成就的羡慕，马永贞决意凭自己的拳脚打出一片天下来，并渐渐如愿以偿。可惜江湖险恶，他没想到地盘逐渐扩大的自己和谭四成了杨老板的眼中钉。不久，他目睹谭四为杨老板所杀，决心为谭四报仇，然而他的仗义和功夫并不能玩转江湖的游戏规则。

　　江湖上传出消息，巡抚海刚峰辞官归里，所携箱箧中珠宝价值连城，于是引起了一些歹人的觊觎。高家店店主高山峰、其姘妇邓三娘，以及数帮黑道人物，均于高家店埋伏，准备等待海刚峰经过之时伺机下手……

　　不久之前，温德尔（杰克·莱蒙 Jack Lemmon 饰）的父亲在一场车祸中丧生，这让温德尔不得不千里迢迢的赶到意大利去处理父亲的遗体。没想到，在这场车祸中丧生的并不只父亲一人，还有一个他闻所未闻的陌生女子。原来，这名女子是父亲的旧情人，每一年，他们都会在意大利幽会。父亲的出轨让温德尔十分震惊，同样震惊的还有同样赶来处理遗体的陌生女子的女儿帕米拉（朱丽叶特·米尔斯 Juliet Mills 饰）。　　思想上的差异让温德尔和帕米拉之间产生了诸多的误会，但随着时间的流逝，父母亲之间深厚而动人的感情引导着他们慢慢领悟爱情的真谛，一段美妙情缘就此展开。

　　霍华德（瑞安·奥尼尔 Ryan O'Neal 饰）是一名音乐学家，他带着自己的未婚妻尤妮丝（玛德莲·卡恩 Madeline Kahn 饰）前往旧金山，霍华德发现了一块火成岩石标本，这个标本能够证明音乐的起源，霍华德想要凭借着这个标本获得拉雷比基金会颁发的奖学金。　　霍华德和尤妮丝住在一间名为布里斯托尔的旅店中，同样下榻酒店的，还有霍斯金斯太太（Mabel Albertson 饰）、史密斯先生（迈克尔·墨菲 Michael Murphy 饰）和霍华德的狂热追求者朱迪（芭芭拉·史翠珊 Barbra Streisand 饰）。巧合的是，他们四个人所拎的行李箱竟然一模一样。接待员弗里斯（斯特凡·吉拉什 Stefan Gierasch 饰）想要霍斯金斯太太箱子里的珠宝，间谍琼斯（菲利普·罗斯 Philip Roth 饰）觊觎史密斯先生手里的秘密文件，阴差阳错之下，一场大乱斗开始了。

　　一名年轻的社会学家准备写一篇以犯罪女性为题材的论文，他在做资料搜集时，认识了一个女性连环杀人凶手，这个在农村长大的少女九岁时已经亲手杀死她的父亲，长大后先后谋杀了她的丈夫和她的几个情人。社会学家在不知不觉间，被她的故事和魅力感染，尽力帮助她找出有利证据，使得女囚无罪开释。出狱后的女囚犯故计重施，把社会学家送进了监狱。

　　这个导演十分可恶，先极尽勾引诱惑之能事，逐步升级，把你搞得遐想连翩，简直都要控制不住了，然后兜头一盆冷水，一下浇灭了你的热情如火，让你不禁质疑起自己的性心理——我真的如此丑陋？真的不能把别人当作有人格的人来尊重，而只把他们当成欲望的工具？我的欲望本身难道不是丑陋的吗？　　他其实在抨击现代传媒方式，是媒体把人们变成了这样——我要满足我要爽，而这并不是生活的真相，真正的美好常常与爽无关。　　虽然手法有些恶劣，但其实，他是想要传达一些信息，帮助你改善自己的生活。

　　In the not too distant future, a very smoggy and overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules and gets in a lot of trouble. (Z.P.G. stands for Zero Population Growth).

　　心理学家克里斯•凯尔文（Donatas Banionis 饰）在飞往索拉瑞斯星之前来到儿时的父母家与当年的索拉瑞斯飞行员亨利•伯顿（Vladislav Dvorzhetsky 饰）见面。伯顿警告凯尔文索拉瑞斯星上会有不可思议的奇事发生，但后者并不以为意。凯尔文离开前，当 着父亲（尼古莱•格陵柯Nikolai Grinko 饰）的面焚毁了自己的个人物品。凯尔文到达索拉瑞斯星附近的太空站后，对科学家奇巴瑞安博士（Sos Sargsyan 饰）之死进行调查，却发现自己多年前已经去世的妻子哈莉（Natalya Bondarchuk 饰）竟突然出现。惊慌失措的凯尔文与太空站上的科学家们讨论该如何面对怪事，却发现原来每人都深受其扰，不明就里……　　本片被提名1972年戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，并获同年戛纳电影节评委会大奖和国际影评人协会大奖。

　　This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.　　Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.　　One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.

　　此片不同于以往的 Hammer 吸血鬼的故事模式，描写由吸血鬼化身而成的巡迴马戏团来到一个已经遭受诅咒与疫情的村落，并且带来灾难的故事。此部片的故事背景设定在19世纪的塞尔维亚，这些如吉普赛人般的马戏团成员事实上都是会变身的吸血鬼。

　　　吳宇森《縱橫四海》的原型。阿倫狄龍今趟「改邪歸正」，首次飾演執法者警探高文，為了搗破毒品交易，查案至海邊一個寧靜小鎮，邂逅上美豔的嘉菲(嘉芙蓮丹露)。可惜俊男美女的故事並不是快樂的保證，因為美人兒原來是販賣頭子兼老友的情婦。兩位好友一黑一白，愛上同一個女人，面對友情和愛情，該如何抉擇？梅維爾的簡約主義在本片盡情發揮，精要的對白、短促的場景、極少量的配樂，甚至連阿倫狄龍的演出也比其他電影更為內歛。開首一場械劫案，冷冽得來逼力甚強，借風借雨，營造氣氛，場面調度之精緻，絕非一般的類型片所及。梅維爾在影片拍攝期間已經抱恙，本片也成為導演的最終回。

　　1：...And All Through the House　　这个故事讲述一名在圣诞前夕谋杀了自己丈夫的女子正在处理尸体之际，曾在广播中报道过的一名有着强烈杀人倾向并乔装成圣诞老人的模样变态却逃窜到她家附近，而这时的她却无法报警....　　2：Reflection of Death　　一名男子为了私奔，不惜抛妻弃子，深夜与情人驾车逃离本来的居处，可是在路上却发生了令人异想不到的恐怖事件，这个故事十分精彩，后期的《小岛惊魂》，甚至是《死神来了》等很多恐怖片的灵感来源都可以在这个故事里得到充分体现　　3：Poetic Justice　　讲述两名冷酷势力的父子，为了赶走他们一向讨厌的邻居，用尽残忍冷酷的手段而逼死他人并最终得到报复的故事，这个故事非常传统，剧情也几近老套，但是由于老牌演员Peter Cushing那令人惊叹，入木三分的表演而提高到了另一个层次，让观众深深为故事里那位受尽排挤，但却善良孤独的老人而同情悲愤。

　　理查德是一名飞行员，退伍后，他在一家酒吧打工，认识了同事芭芭拉（安娜·玛西 Anna Massey 饰）并与之相爱。性格粗暴的理查德同老板发生口角后被开除，身无分文的的只得投奔前妻布伦达（Barbara Leigh-Hunt 饰）。布伦达经营着一家婚姻介绍所，她友善的接待了理查德并偷偷的在他口袋里塞了一些钱。没想到几天后，布伦达在介绍所中被她与理查德共同的朋友鲍伯（巴里·福斯特 Barry Foster 饰）玷污并用领带勒死，原来鲍伯就是伦敦臭名昭著的领带勒杀狂魔。　　布伦达死了，理查德成了最大的嫌疑人。为了将更大的罪嫌推到理查德身上，鲍伯又趁机杀死芭芭拉，一时间理查德成为了全城通缉的对象，最终落网。负责此案的奥克斯福德（埃里克·麦克文 Alec McCowen 饰）觉得事有蹊跷，经过夫人的提点，他发现真正的罪犯已经露出了马脚。

　　”Candelabra-bearing Evelyn Stewart and her guests have a procession through an old basement filled with festive costumes and spirits of death.“

　　因发电厂筑坝施工，卡胡瓦西河将要变为湖区而消失，路易斯（伯特·雷诺兹 Burt Reynolds 饰）、艾德（强·沃特 Jon Voight 饰）、波比（尼德·巴蒂 Ned Beatty 饰）和德鲁（罗尼·考克斯 Ronny Cox 饰）四个爱好冒险和自然的好友结伴，计划在周末前往卡胡瓦西河漂流。四人在即将成为湖区的萧条小镇找到向导，终于抵达河岸，简单准备后就开始了冒险。第二天早上，试图打猎的艾德一无所获，在强壮敏捷的路易斯面前颇感无趣，与胖子波比先行下河探路，然而他们遇上了两个持枪的陌生人，对方将他们控制并施以侮辱，路易斯赶到后将陌生人杀死。四人匆匆逃离此地，此时，河水变得狰狞，激流与岩石处处致命，一场冒险之旅成为了夺命之旅……