Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Feb 27, 2020 13:37:04 GMT
(Note: I originally posted this a couple of weeks ago in the "Film General" forum... Actually seems more appropriate to put it here.)
Recently watched this weird, disjointed British/Italian crime thriller (Italian title: Senza regione)... Telly Savalas stars as "Memphis", a southern American psychopath on the lam from the police in Italy following a badly botched robbery with his cohort in crime "Mosquito" (Franco Nero). As the pair head for the French border, the body count ratchets up with alarming regularity. (At one point Savalas' character kills an entire family of German tourists, including the kids.)
Nero is quite good as the stupid, bungling (but ultimately compassionate) partner... Ol' Telly, on the other hand, delivers what has to be his absolute worst performance of all time -- he's really that bad. (Much of his psychotic ravings seem to be improvised.) It's like he's channeling the "Maggot" character from THE DIRTY DOZEN, except while shit-faced drunk and cranked up to 11.
You'll actually feel embarrassed for Savalas while watching it!
Has anybody else here seen this?
Recently watched this weird, disjointed British/Italian crime thriller (Italian title: Senza regione)... Telly Savalas stars as "Memphis", a southern American psychopath on the lam from the police in Italy following a badly botched robbery with his cohort in crime "Mosquito" (Franco Nero). As the pair head for the French border, the body count ratchets up with alarming regularity. (At one point Savalas' character kills an entire family of German tourists, including the kids.)
Nero is quite good as the stupid, bungling (but ultimately compassionate) partner... Ol' Telly, on the other hand, delivers what has to be his absolute worst performance of all time -- he's really that bad. (Much of his psychotic ravings seem to be improvised.) It's like he's channeling the "Maggot" character from THE DIRTY DOZEN, except while shit-faced drunk and cranked up to 11.
You'll actually feel embarrassed for Savalas while watching it!
Has anybody else here seen this?
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