Easy to see why this was Brynner's last starring role
This poorly put together mafia hitman film is just another dull movie wasting the talent of the late Yul Brynner.Seeing this film I understand why Mr. Brynner quit motion pictures and stayed in KING & I tour for many years.This mishmash has Yul as a hitman who finds out that a kingpin in Italy is the man that killed his brother.Yul takes on a rookie sidekick, fall in love with a dancer (bouchet) and Martin Balsam plays a italian cop. The film at least have Yul and Balsam not dubbed by someone else, and does have some car chase and nudity to keep the action audience entertained. I think Brynner could've made a career like most action stars who do Italian film, but this was the only low-grade film he ever did.I guess performing to a crowd on KING & I on stage is more rewarding than doing a film going straight to the drive-ins/grindhouse circuit.Only amusing moment is the rock star badly lipsinc a Oliver Onion tune in the opening scene which has nothing to do with the film.score /10
Serpent-5 18 April 2000
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