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The Heroin Busters

1977 · 92 min

A gritty, fast-paced Italian crime thriller full of chases and shootouts, with a tense undercover edge.

Overview
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton, is at his wits' end. Fed up to the back teeth with the local police force's incompetence, his only hope is to rely on one of his own men, Fabio, an officer so deep undercover that no-one but Hamilton knows who he really is. Even as Fabio gains the trust of cartel leader Gianni, however, the dealers are edging ever closer to the truth, and when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted as Fabio finds himself alone in a desperate fight to survive.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • survival
  • deception
  • violence
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action, thriller, crime
Directed by
Enzo G. Castellari
Written by
Enzo G. Castellari, Massimo De Rita
Starring
Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo, Angelo Ragusa, Sergio Ruggeri
Music
Agostino Marangolo, Claudio Simonetti
Cinematography
Giovanni Bergamini
Runtime
92 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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