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Actors: Tomas Milian, Henry Silva, Anita Strindberg, Ray Lovelock, Laura Belli
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Almost Human |
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ALMOST HUMAN (Milano odia: la polizia non puo sparare) was directed by the Italian director Umberto Lenzi in 1974.
Giulio Sacchi (Milian) takes part in a hold-up and kills a police officer while his accomplices are inside the bank. Although the gang manages to escape from the police force, Maione, Giulio's boss, blames Giulio for having lost his nerves. Humiliated, Giulio decides to kidnap Mary Lou Perrino, the girl of an industrialist, with the assistance of only two of his friends, Carmine and Vittorio. On drugs, Giulio kills the two old people who provide him the weapons he needs. Furthermore, during Mary Lou's kidnapping, her boy-friend is coldly assassinated as well as five other people Mary Lou asked for assistance during an escape attempt. During this time, inspector Walter Grandi (Silva) starts to suspect that all these violent deaths are bounded. When the ransom demand arrives in Perrino's hands, Perrino asks Grandi not to intervene. But Giulio Sacchi is, in any event, decided to kill the hostage in order not to leave behind him a witness who could testify against him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Almost Human |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal kidnappers
If this is a criminal POV story...
- killing innocent people
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- longhair/girliemon (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- touching of personal anatomy
- licking
- seeing breasts
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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