| View Larger Image | Violent City | DVDStarring: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Telly Savalas, Umberto Orsini
Directed By: Sergio Sollima
| List Price: | $9.98 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 108 minutes | | Format: | Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Starz / Anchor Bay | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 2.35:1 | | Release Date: | January 22, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 34,060th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 05/03/2005 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 10 reviews)
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Thrilling Eurocrime! by Matt Cataldo (New York)  5 Stars
September 11, 2009
Excellent story, entertaining action, and Telly Savalas freshly shaven all over, how could you go wrong?? I didn't even mention CHarles Bronson yet! Great movie all around, story especially. Going into it I read the back of the dvd and thought, alright, it's a Bronson, sounds pretty basic but should be cool. It is way more than that. THis is a gem. Very creative story for those that can appreciate it! Own it!
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Classic Bronson by Victor Spoils (Santa ana, ca) 5 Stars
June 22, 2009
First time viewing this film and loved it. Yes, there is some dubbing issues and you will have to read some subtitles, but I thought it made this movie seem more spagetti-ish. I LOVED it. If you like the best Bronson movies out there, you will dig this one too. Take my word for it.
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This is "The Family" re-titled... by harry44callahan (Columbus, OH) 5 Stars
December 29, 2005
First I want all Bronson fans to know that this movie was originally out as "The Family" back in the 70's! I had been looking for Bronson in "the Family" for a while, when a friend told me the plot of this one and I immediately realized it was "The Family"! Why the studio re-titled it is unknown to me and I believe will only confuse Bronson fans looking for this title. The movie itself is classic Bronson fare and if you're a fan who has not seen it, you will enjoy it. Good Bronson action with witty Bronson one-liners. Hey, Telly Savalas is in it too- what more can you ask for!
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Bad one for Charlie by M. A Spitzer (Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA)  2 Stars
November 16, 2005
Charles Bronson is one of my favorites, but VIOLENT CITY is example of 70's trash at it's worst.
Boring slow pacing and a "see-saw" action that gets old really fast.
Bronson's character is so stupid acting in this film for a hitman that you wish he would get killed off himself.
I love Charles Bronson... but this is one of his dud films !
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The Beauty Of Violence by Ramone P. Menon (oxford, england) 5 Stars
November 05, 2005
This is a relatively unheard of Bronson movie, which should take its place on the mantel of other great Bronson works such as Mr. Majestyk, The Mechanic, Rider on the Rain and Once Upon a Time in the West. Bronson is the cold killer in this film, and as anyone who has seen The Mechanic knows, no one plays cold blooded killer better than Charles Bronson. Only in this film Bronson is caught between being a "professional" and his love for the double crossing Jill Ireland. The director Sergio Sollima plays with this relationship and also with the audiences' minds by building up anticipation and delivering something they are expecting, but delivering it in the most shocking way possible. Sollima knows the rules of the genre he is working in and he toys with it. In turn this brings out some of the most innovative narrative that cinema has ever seen. Adding salt to the already tasty dish is Ennio Morricone's moody score, which has the undertones of a spaghetti western being played out in the present time. The score is layering every pore in Bronson's face as it is the film. The cinematography is perfect, as it entices the plot to move furthur on in the beautifully created shots and colours of the film. COOL is the word to sum up Violent City.
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