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CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN

Dir. Damiano Damiani
Italy, 101 min.
In Italian with English subtitles

"One of these days you'll turn on the tap and blood will run out."

Commissario Bonavia (Martin Balsam, in a role originally planned for Ben Gazarra, which is easy to imagine) is the titular police captain, willing to go outside the law to prosecute those protected by the Mafia, whose presence is everywhere, perverting justice to its ends. This is the mob as a Catholic force of evil, a presence which can kill from a distance, an endless network of paid politicians and crooked cops. At his side is Deputy D.A. Traini, played by the equally great Franco Nero (where do you even start with Nero), with elegance to spare, until Certainly a must for polizioteschi fans, though far more in the vein of INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN UNDER SUSPICION than, say, LIVE LIKE A COP DIE LIKE A MAN. Director Damiano Damiani (who brought us the insane LA STREGA IN AMORE, A BULLET FOR THE GENERAL and AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSSESSION!) knows exactly how best to play the corruption in which our antagonists find themselves: inescapable, fundamental, and ultimately victorious. Featuring a jaw-dropping score by master Riz Ortolani, it's a film perfectly suited to an age where a corrupt politician aided by a diabolical force rewards cronies and lackeys the same as enemies and anyone who stands against them: violent retribution.