Opium for the people In the title role, Fabio Testi is one of the popular Italian actors of the 70s, who became famous thanks to his participation in films of the thriller and politicotto genre, where he played the roles of both policemen and criminals with equal success. The plot of the film tells the story of an undercover police officer, you can not immediately tell whether he is really infiltrated into a gang or is actually a drug dealer. The second main character, the head of the anti-drug department from Interpol, is played by David Hemmings, who is known to many viewers for his roles in the popular and already cult films “Photomagnification” and “Bloody-Red”. In Drug Street, Hemmings only vaguely resembles the stylish photographer from the Antonioni film. A new time has come and young heroes have taken his place, and this is not about Fabio Testi, with whom they were born in the same year.
From the first shots, the plot plunges into the environment of the narcotic whirlpool: countries of purchase, methods of transportation and delivery, methods of distribution, a huge international web in which small dealers depend on big drug lords and the mafia flounder. The "consumers" are quite clearly shown - disheveled and crippled people without certain occupations, representatives of marginal youth of a disgusting kind, ready on their knees to beg for goods from sellers, young girls who have lost the last remnants of dignity and sell themselves for a dose to anyone, parents of drug addicts tired of fighting for their children. Caught in this network policeman without any support of his colleagues, trying to pull from the vicious network at least one important thread that will cut off at least one head of this insatiable monster called “white death”.
Screen time is full of chases, fights and shootouts, from interesting can be noted the scene of the chase in the tunnel of the unfinished subway, and the final scene in ancient ruins among frightened tourists. And, of course, do not forget about the soundtrack, which put their hands on the members of the group “Goblin” – gurus of electronic arrangements, favorites Dario Argento.
7 out of 10