VIOLENT COPS, also known as CRIMEBUSTERS, is another of the ultra-violent Italian crime thrillers released in the wake of the DIRTY HARRY series. This one features Henry Silva playing a good guy for a change; he's a tough former army officer who hooks up with Antonio Sabato to bring down a gang of violent robbers using ultra high-tech machine guns to commit their crimes. Anyone who's a fan of this genre will know what to expect here, and while VIOLENT COPS isn't quite as assured as, say, one of Umberto Lenzi's movies, it's still brisk and fun. There are shoot-outs, beat-downs and car chases a-plenty, with lots of violence lovingly captured with snappy editing and crude dubbing. Silva proves the ultimate stone-faced protagonist and is given solid support by the usual dependable character types.
Review of Poliziotti violenti
