Tony Arzenta (aka Big Guns)
Alain Delon (Le Cercle Rouge) stars as efficient and ruthless mob assassin Tony Arzenta. With a young family, Tony wants to leave his life of crime to ensure his young son will not get caught up in the revenge killing that so often accompanies people in his position. But the bosses don't make it easy and Tony finds himself on a bloody mission that takes him across Europe to eradicate his former employers. Delon delivers a haunted performance that is as stoic as the iconic assassin role he played for Jean-Pierre Melville in Le Samourai though firmly within the Italian crime film poliziottesco framework, Tony Arzenta delivers thrilling set-pieces and an emotional core that carries the narrative trajectory to the final nail-biting frame. This underseen crime classic from genre master Duccio Tessari (A Pistol for Ringo, Death Occurred Last Night) features an incredible supporting cast of poliziotteschi regulars including Richard Conte (The Boss), Umberto Orsini (Violent City), Corrado Gaipa (Illustrious Corpses), and many others. Now newly restored it is finally released in the UK for the first time.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
New restoration, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
Uncompressed mono PCM Italian and English audio options
Archival interview with Alain Delon from 1973 discussing his work as an actor and producer and his future career
A new interview with Eurocrime authority Mike Malloy on the film’s place within the poliziottesco canon
Select-scene commentary with critic Peter Jilmstad on the incredible supporting cast of the film
Trailer
Newly translated English subtitles for Italian audio and English SDH subtitles for English audio
Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by scholar Leila Wimmer
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
I really like this. Got it in a decent (ish) gray market release from Cheezy Flicks so will definitely upgrade as it's one i've returned to several times.
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