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 THE LAST ROUND
(No Shame Films-defunt) 1976. Unrated. Italo Crime Film. Lots of guns,
gals and blood the Italian Crime Cinema way. Marco (Boxer Carlos Monzon)
hitchhikes into town carrying a music box with pictures of two women and a
single, small, white rose. Once in town,
he proceeds to pit the two big crime families of the Manzettis and
the Belmondos against one another. His only motivation is revenge and the
price for payment is blood; lots of blood.
The Last Round
is a fine example of 70’s Italian cinema. Lead Monzon comes across as a
simmering Charles Bronson type. His emotions are never more than pure rage
even when he seems to be in a good mood you can see the violence waiting
to erupt. His nemesis Rico
Manzetti is played by Luc Merenda who brings his pretty boy looks to a
psychotic crime boss. As a bonus we get a small documentary of Luc in his
antique shop where he has been an antique dealer for the last twenty
years. A very cool insight
into the life of the actor, but whoever was in charge of the camera needs
some practice. I thought they were having some kind of seizure. In the
end, No Shame Films once again proves why they are the leader in bringing
these classics to an appreciative audience. And don’t miss the bonus
disc ‘The Eclectic Ultimate Cinedelic Experience’, a CD of classic
tunes from seventies Italian action films as performed by Entropia.
-Douglas A. Waltz
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