Christ on a bike! This one sure fumbles the ball by starting in a rather haphazard way that totally confuses you, then spends the rest of the film explaining what's just happened, before ending without much of a pay off at all. What's that all about?
Let me explain. The film begins with the police clearing up a mess of bodies after someone has gunned them down. Luc Merenda and his female companion seem to be responsible, and are looking for shelter while various gun battles spring up between the police and various revolutionary groups. Luc and the chick hole up in an apartment and immediately start arguing, leading to a flashback that lasts the rest of the film.
The flashback involves the backgrounds of these terrorist folks. Luc Merenda is a college lecturer and a family man, but his wife also backs his communist stance. Mara is also a parent but has dumped her kid on her rich parents so she can go change the world. On the other hand, Bruno is just a violent jerk who spends most of the film in various toilets looking at his machine gun, or having a wank while holding his machine gun. Why did I get a spell check on the word wank?
The thing is, there's a lot of talk about what they are about to do is a wake up call to the people of Italy, and there's some political and ideological arguments about what they are doing, but it all leads to nowhere. Lou Castel is practically wasted in a quick cameo and although the film is trying to be poignant and relevant, it's also very boring! Luc Merenda practically sleepwalks through the whole film.
Even worse, now I'm going to have to read into what was going on politically in Italy in the late seventies. I hate learning stuff!
Let me explain. The film begins with the police clearing up a mess of bodies after someone has gunned them down. Luc Merenda and his female companion seem to be responsible, and are looking for shelter while various gun battles spring up between the police and various revolutionary groups. Luc and the chick hole up in an apartment and immediately start arguing, leading to a flashback that lasts the rest of the film.
The flashback involves the backgrounds of these terrorist folks. Luc Merenda is a college lecturer and a family man, but his wife also backs his communist stance. Mara is also a parent but has dumped her kid on her rich parents so she can go change the world. On the other hand, Bruno is just a violent jerk who spends most of the film in various toilets looking at his machine gun, or having a wank while holding his machine gun. Why did I get a spell check on the word wank?
The thing is, there's a lot of talk about what they are about to do is a wake up call to the people of Italy, and there's some political and ideological arguments about what they are doing, but it all leads to nowhere. Lou Castel is practically wasted in a quick cameo and although the film is trying to be poignant and relevant, it's also very boring! Luc Merenda practically sleepwalks through the whole film.
Even worse, now I'm going to have to read into what was going on politically in Italy in the late seventies. I hate learning stuff!