Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.
Acting
Henry Silva's thousand-yard stare carries the entire runtime.
Practical Effects
That experimental machine gun prop is gloriously fake.
Direction
Tarantini rips off every '70s thriller technique simultaneously.
Director
Michele Massimo Tarantini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Henry Silva filmed this between two Frankenheimer movies, treating Italian exploitation as paid vacation.
Released during Italy's Years of Lead, the military-coup paranoia mirrored real far-right terrorism fears.
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