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A man throws a burning Molotov cocktail at a stationary van. Then a gang intimidates a shopkeeper
Are you going to pay us, or are we doing things the hard way?
Impossible. I work alone here. Poor man, he's all alone. We're so mean.
Im the money collector.
Please.I don't have that much money.
Very well. It doesn't matter.
What's the address here? 38, Piazza Navona, right?
I'll send someone to help you with the renovations.
The gang smash the windows of a fashion boutique once inside, they pull down the rails of clothing.
I'm charging them with racketeering.
And where's your proof,Inspector Palmieri?
The gang attack Inspector Palmieri's car,as he cowers in the front seat.
He is disarmed and punched viciously in the face.
The gangsters heave the car over a cliff, with Palmieri semi-conscious inside.
Palmieri struggles as the car crumples andsomersaults down the syncline and slowly comes to rest.
A caption reads: THE BIG RACKET
The shopkeeper says to Palmieri: I'm here to help you.
Do you know how risky that is?
They threatened me. They said to me, "Pay up or close down."
How would I make a living?
I only have one daughter who wants to study.
Members of the gang hold down and assault his daughter in an abandoned factory.
Afterwards, the father carries her limp body, refusing help from the medics. He stares grimly at Palmieri.
It's a serious problem. New people, big business.
Who are they? Good question.
My friend, they're people from Milan, Marseilles, Sicily, Calabria.
The scum of the earth.
A gangster throws a grenade,destroying a manned patrol car.
Policemen are caught in a deadly fusillade of machine gunfire. A wife turns to her husband...
Gianni, what are you doing? Where are you going?
- Wait here for me. - You're crazy! Where are you going?
The Inspector shoots and kills a gangster.
A man fires a shotgun, killing a gangster, who falls from the roof of a train.
Men hunt each other between parked trains. One shoots from the roof.
Rossetti kills another gangster and he drops to the tracks below.
I'm Engineer Rossetti.
I just got back from a skeet shoot. I heard the shots, so I stepped in.
Thank you for your help.
Members of the gang attack and rape Rossetti's wife in her own home.
A female gangster strangles Rossetti: That's what you get for helping the cops.
Watch! Watch!
The body of a fallen man is superimposed on a street map of Rome.
The Chief Inspector says: You're fired. You're out.
If you're all here risking your lives,
it's because every one of you has a very specific personal reason.
They raped your daughter. And she took her own life.
They broke your back. You're nothing but a wreck.
They raped and killed your wife.
We all have the same people to blame.
But we have one goal in common: revenge.
Along a waterfront, Palmieri shoots at a speeding Mercedes, causing it to crash.
He takes careful aim and drops another gangster.
A police roadblock fires on a fleeing Ford Mustang.
The Mustang driver then hits a man, sending him over the bonnet and roof to collapse behind in a heap.
Palmieri fires at the car's engine block...
He watches dispassionately as it erupts in flames.
A caption reads: THE BIG RACKET
Arrow Films
Over a long and wide-ranging career, director Enzo G. Castellari (Keoma, The Inglorious Bastards) helmed some of the most infamous of all the poliziotteschi – the gritty, action-packed crime films that proliferated in Italy throughout the 70s. Buckle up for a heart-stopping thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Italian society in two of his most celebrated thrillers!
In 1976's The Big Racket, Inspector Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi, What Have You Done to Solange?) is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers. Realizing he's not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians to dole out their own brand of justice. Then, in 1977's The Heroin Busters, rule-flouting cop Fabio (Testi) goes deep undercover, chasing a globe-trotting ring of drug-smugglers suspected to be operating out of Rome. But can he and Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings, Deep Red), an Interpol agent with a hair-trigger temper, stay one step ahead of the criminals long enough to bring them down from the inside?
Featuring death-defying stunts, explosive shoot-outs and a pair of addictive, toe-tapping soundtracks courtesy of the De Angelis brothers (Torso) and legendary prog rock group Goblin (Suspiria), these two films represent the crème de la crème of the Italian crime thriller, both making their high definition debuts with stunning new restorations in this feature-packed box set from Arrow!
2-Disc Limited Edition Contents:
- Brand new 2K restorations of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films
- High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentations
- Original Italian and English front and end titles
- Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- New audio commentaries on both films by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and Barry Forshaw
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
- Twelve double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards
Disc One - The Big Racket:
- The Years of Racketeering, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Violent Times, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- Angel Face for a Tough Guy, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- King of Movieola, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- The Great Racket, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
Disc Two - The Heroin Busters:
- Endless Pursuit, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Drug Squad, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- The Drug Dealer, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- How They Killed Italian Cinema, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- A Cop on the Set, a new video interview with retired poliziotto and criminologist Nicola Longo
- The Eardrum Busters, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Goblin by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Arrow Video
- 198 mins approx
- 18
- Italian
- 2
- Arrow Video
- Enzo G. Castellari
- English
- David Hemmings
- Sherry Buchanan
- Vincent Gardenia
- English / English SDH
- 1976
- B
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A man throws a burning Molotov cocktail at a stationary van. Then a gang intimidates a shopkeeper
Are you going to pay us, or are we doing things the hard way?
Impossible. I work alone here. Poor man, he's all alone. We're so mean.
Im the money collector.
Please.I don't have that much money.
Very well. It doesn't matter.
What's the address here? 38, Piazza Navona, right?
I'll send someone to help you with the renovations.
The gang smash the windows of a fashion boutique once inside, they pull down the rails of clothing.
I'm charging them with racketeering.
And where's your proof,Inspector Palmieri?
The gang attack Inspector Palmieri's car,as he cowers in the front seat.
He is disarmed and punched viciously in the face.
The gangsters heave the car over a cliff, with Palmieri semi-conscious inside.
Palmieri struggles as the car crumples andsomersaults down the syncline and slowly comes to rest.
A caption reads: THE BIG RACKET
The shopkeeper says to Palmieri: I'm here to help you.
Do you know how risky that is?
They threatened me. They said to me, "Pay up or close down."
How would I make a living?
I only have one daughter who wants to study.
Members of the gang hold down and assault his daughter in an abandoned factory.
Afterwards, the father carries her limp body, refusing help from the medics. He stares grimly at Palmieri.
It's a serious problem. New people, big business.
Who are they? Good question.
My friend, they're people from Milan, Marseilles, Sicily, Calabria.
The scum of the earth.
A gangster throws a grenade,destroying a manned patrol car.
Policemen are caught in a deadly fusillade of machine gunfire. A wife turns to her husband...
Gianni, what are you doing? Where are you going?
- Wait here for me. - You're crazy! Where are you going?
The Inspector shoots and kills a gangster.
A man fires a shotgun, killing a gangster, who falls from the roof of a train.
Men hunt each other between parked trains. One shoots from the roof.
Rossetti kills another gangster and he drops to the tracks below.
I'm Engineer Rossetti.
I just got back from a skeet shoot. I heard the shots, so I stepped in.
Thank you for your help.
Members of the gang attack and rape Rossetti's wife in her own home.
A female gangster strangles Rossetti: That's what you get for helping the cops.
Watch! Watch!
The body of a fallen man is superimposed on a street map of Rome.
The Chief Inspector says: You're fired. You're out.
If you're all here risking your lives,
it's because every one of you has a very specific personal reason.
They raped your daughter. And she took her own life.
They broke your back. You're nothing but a wreck.
They raped and killed your wife.
We all have the same people to blame.
But we have one goal in common: revenge.
Along a waterfront, Palmieri shoots at a speeding Mercedes, causing it to crash.
He takes careful aim and drops another gangster.
A police roadblock fires on a fleeing Ford Mustang.
The Mustang driver then hits a man, sending him over the bonnet and roof to collapse behind in a heap.
Palmieri fires at the car's engine block...
He watches dispassionately as it erupts in flames.
A caption reads: THE BIG RACKET
Arrow Films
Over a long and wide-ranging career, director Enzo G. Castellari (Keoma, The Inglorious Bastards) helmed some of the most infamous of all the poliziotteschi – the gritty, action-packed crime films that proliferated in Italy throughout the 70s. Buckle up for a heart-stopping thrill ride through the seedy underbelly of Italian society in two of his most celebrated thrillers!
In 1976's The Big Racket, Inspector Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi, What Have You Done to Solange?) is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers. Realizing he's not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians to dole out their own brand of justice. Then, in 1977's The Heroin Busters, rule-flouting cop Fabio (Testi) goes deep undercover, chasing a globe-trotting ring of drug-smugglers suspected to be operating out of Rome. But can he and Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings, Deep Red), an Interpol agent with a hair-trigger temper, stay one step ahead of the criminals long enough to bring them down from the inside?
Featuring death-defying stunts, explosive shoot-outs and a pair of addictive, toe-tapping soundtracks courtesy of the De Angelis brothers (Torso) and legendary prog rock group Goblin (Suspiria), these two films represent the crème de la crème of the Italian crime thriller, both making their high definition debuts with stunning new restorations in this feature-packed box set from Arrow!
2-Disc Limited Edition Contents:
- Brand new 2K restorations of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives by Arrow Films
- High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentations
- Original Italian and English front and end titles
- Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
- New audio commentaries on both films by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the films by Roberto Curti and Barry Forshaw
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Colin Murdoch
- Twelve double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards
Disc One - The Big Racket:
- The Years of Racketeering, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Violent Times, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- Angel Face for a Tough Guy, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- King of Movieola, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- The Great Racket, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Guido and Maurizio De Angelis by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
Disc Two - The Heroin Busters:
- Endless Pursuit, a new video interview with co-writer/director Enzo G. Castellari
- Drug Squad, a new video interview with actor Fabio Testi
- The Drug Dealer, a new video interview with actor Massimo Vanni
- How They Killed Italian Cinema, a new video interview with editor Gianfranco Amicucci
- A Cop on the Set, a new video interview with retired poliziotto and criminologist Nicola Longo
- The Eardrum Busters, a new appreciation and career retrospective of composers Goblin by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Arrow Video
- 198 mins approx
- 18
- Italian
- 2
- Arrow Video
- Enzo G. Castellari
- English
- David Hemmings
- Sherry Buchanan
- Vincent Gardenia
- English / English SDH
- 1976
- B
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Action, Italian Style
Enzo Castellari channels his inner Peckinpah to deliver tons of slow motion action in these unhinged crime classics featuring questionable politics and killer soundtracks. Both flicks offer beautiful 2K transfers to boot. The sturdy box of this limited edition looks and feel great, good job Arrow ! Thumbs up.
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Great presentations by Arrow
People often seem to prefer The Big Racket for ome reason, but The Heroin busters is absolutely ridiculous and fun, filled with the most random things. The Big Racket mostly relies on repetative exploitation shock value in comparison.
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A must see double feature for fans of Italian crime cinema!
Having recently gone in for a deep dive of Italian crime movies; Arrow knew just what I was missing with this release! Beautifully restored pictures with faultless audio both films are unique with some immensely memorable moments and a treasure trove of must see extras for the seasoned and the new alike! Get these films in your collection! You won’t regret it!!
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