1973 · poliziotteschi · crime · thriller
Revolver
Directed by Sergio Sollima1h 50m1973
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.
Our read: Revolver (1973) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded poliziotteschi · crime · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme poliziotteschi / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- kinetic
- intense
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