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Violent City (1970)

Directed by Sergio Sollima

Crime

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.

Rated R | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Charles Bronson | Telly Savalas | Jill Ireland | Michel Constantin | Umberto Orsini | Ray Saunders | Benjamin Lev | Peter Dane | George Savalas | Beryl Salvatore | Robert Spafford | Goffredo Unger

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/31/2021Home TheaterStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
06/02/2011TVDVDRented6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Violent City, aka The Family, isn’t Bronson’s best, but it did hold my interest.

Like The Mechanic, Violent City is pretty cynical in it’s take on humanity: no one can be trusted, everyone is a double crossing bastard. Jill Ireland, Bronson’s real life wife, is gorgeous in this.

Though it’s slow at times, and some of the edits seem to leave out crucial information, it’s still a decent watch.

Comments

avatarsleestakk
10 years ago

Wish I had seen this post before I ordered the crummy VHS. My own search to find this movie failed. Could have bought the Blue Underground release for roughly the same price. I may still do that because I dig the film enough and want to see a better presentation of it. Agreed about Ireland; she looks amazing in this.