Rent The Big Racket (1976)

3.5 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 41min
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Synopsis:
Inspector Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) is hot on the heels of a gang of ruthless racketeers hell-bent on extorting local business owners with intimidation and violent reprisals. Injured by the gang in the line of duty, Nico is determined to bring the crooks to justice, but his superiors warn him off the case. Realizing he's not going to get anywhere within the confines of the law, Nico recruits a crack squad of civilians who have themselves fallen victim to the gang to dole out their own brand of justice, Italian-style.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Galliano Juso
Writers:
Dino Maiuri, Massimo De Rita, Enzo G. Castellari
Aka:
Il grande racket
Studio:
Vipco
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
Collections:
Heist Movies: Masterminds and Mavericks, A Brief History of Film...
Countries:
Italy
BBFC:
Release Date:
10/02/2003
Run Time:
101 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Gallery
  • Trailers
  • Filmographies
BBFC:
Release Date:
18/04/2022
Run Time:
104 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • New audio commentary by critics Adrian J. Smith and David Flint
  • 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

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Reviews (1) of The Big Racket

A very dated and simple mob film - The Big Racket review by RD

Spoiler Alert
15/09/2022

Although the picture quality is good, the same cannot be said for the sound track which features relentless irrelevant music, with sound effects and dialogue in thin distorted and compressed mono.

If you remember In a Gadda da Vida by Iron Butterfly from 1968, you will recognise the bass line which appears all through the film. You can hum along as it may help to brighten up the viewing experience.

The plot is extremely simple and hackneyed; the mafia terrorises a town, a brave policeman (the hero) is constrained by his superiors so much as to be ineffective, then the hero recruits relatives of victims, arms them and ambushes mob in one enormous shoot out. That's all folks, end of film.

This is the 70's at its most cheesiest, and with the screeching mono soundtrack is not a good experience.

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