I just watched Caliber 9 (or Milano Calibro 9) and I might not be a huge fan of poliziottesco films but I liked this one. It knew it's audience and had fun with it. Also: fun cast (behind it's boring lead).
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A ★★★½ review of Caliber 9 (1972)
For being somebody who isn't a fan of poliziottesco films... I kind of dug this. There is still a lot of blandly dressed men in gray police stations... talking about crime. But the crime part is fun and we get Barbara Bouchet dancing in every angle imaginable. Overall the casting is great, it is always nice to see Lionel Stander, specially when he get to do something like this, playing a cigar chomping crime boss. While the cop part of cop films are the most boring part we at least get Luigi Pistilli's cinematic face to look at. He should've