Me, I was born to watch all the movies. And that's what I've been doing all my life for 62 years. I'm aware that it's impossible, I'm not crazy. Now, in present times, it's harder and harder to choose a movie to watch, when there are so many, millions and millions. It's hard to find a real good movie. That's why, many times, I choose to re-watch a movie that I really liked sometime in the past. I've seen this one for the first time in 1972 or 1973 and I remember that I liked it very much. I was only about 13 years old. Exceptional actors, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mario Adorf, Mariangela Melato, Franco Fabrizi, Cyril Cusack.
Cool music, with obsessive piano and violins, in Morricone's style, signed by Stelvio Cipriani. Cool cinematography too by Riccardo Pallottini and, especially, precise direction signed Stefano Vanzina (Steno). The film is "related" to "The
Great Kidnapping" (1973)La polizia sta a guardare (original title) directed by Roberto Infascelli. Enrico Maria Salerno plays a similar character in both films, Commissioner Cardone in the one directed by Infascelli, and Commissario Bertone in the one directed by Steno. This "Execution Squad" (1972)La polizia ringrazia (original title) has something in common with the absolute masterpiece signed Elio Petri, "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (original title). The character played by Salerno has very similar features to the police chief played by Gian Maria Volontè. OK, watching the film again in 2020, at the age of 62, I didn't like it as much as at 13, it didn't fascinate me anymore, but anyway, it's
worth seeing, it's a good film.
Review of Execution Squad
