Final Justice (1985)

For those of us who prefer being forwarned: way too much violence, way too much nudity and semi-nudity, a brutal shower rape scene, prostitution, gushing blood ... you name it, it's in here. Even worse, this is one of those "ain't we the coolest?" American films aimed at brain-dead American rednecks who swagger around crowing that Americans can "beat the crap" out of everyone else in the world. In this case, Joe Don Baker feels compelled to hold the entire Italian judicial system up to ridicule, a xenophobic point of view which, were he anywhere but in a movie, would have given him an immediate taste of the real thing. The Italian police are nowhere as dimwitted, or as tolerant of the ridiculous behavior of Baker's character, as this film would suggest. In any event, those as seriously misguided and misinformed as Mr. Baker will love this movie; the remainder of us will cringe. Except for Rossano (the only actor in the movie with anything approaching dignity), this entire film is little more than a violent and offensive embarrassment. But buy it anyway ... Rossano's quite charming in it, criminal or not.

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