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David Hemmings y Fabio Testi di LA VIA DELLA DROGA Year: 1977 |
It's distracting that, in the first twenty minutes of THE HEROIN BUSTERS, handsome Italian actor Fabio Testi just doesn't look right. As if a similar yet grungy, emaciated actor with the same semi-beard took his place during scenes where he's busted at an airport, and then helps a junky escape from jail...
The junky, played by Wolfango Soldati, who, to further complicate matters, resembles Fabian, initially seems like an important side-character, as does gorgeous TENTACLES starlet Sherry Buchanan as a bisexual model wielding much appreciated gratuitous nudity. But soon enough this FRENCH CONNECTION inspired programmer turns into a simple and singular action/chase flick (undercover cop Testi being chased by a mob of spurned/betrayed dealers) ranging from a rural, broken-down-factory shootout; speeding cars getting rammed and smashed; motorbikes zipping down escalators then zooming through futuristic-looking subway tunnels; and a zigzagging, nail-biting, bombastic airplane sequence that, before you know it, concludes this drug-bust exploitation that seemed like it was just getting started...
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Bring back the head of Fabio Testi since he's making it hard to SCORE: *** |
Added to that a surprisingly upbeat, loose and funky Goblin score and English BLOW-UP actor David Hemmings providing random sideline lectures in what plays like director Enzo G. Castellari's 80-minute trailer...
And as these 1970's Italian crime flicks can often be overlong and plot-convoluted (like the director's prior THE LAST RACKET using many of the same cast), frugality's not such a bad thing. Although a second viewing is probably the best bet here: to figure out the first half's rambling exposition to then better appreciate and comprehend all of the last half's running around.
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Fabio Testi with a gun at hand in Enzo G. Castellari's The Heroin Busters |
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Here a Bruce Springsteenish Fabio Testi working out a plan in THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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Step one in a great setup by director Enzo G. Castellari of THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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Step two getting THE HEROIN BUSTERS gunman in his site... |
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Step three has Fabio Tesi testing out his plan in THE HEROIN BUSTERS and... |
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The final solution in Enzo G. Castellari's THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka Action immédiate |
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Sherry Buchanan in THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka La via della droga aka A Via da Droga |
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Sherry Buchanan kissed by Patrizia Webley in La via della droga aka Drug Street |
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Sherry Buchanan in The Heroin Busters aka La via della droga aka Esquadrão Anti-Droga |
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A ratty-looking Fabio Testi in Heroin Busters aka Dealer Connection: Die Straße des Heroins |
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Wolfango Soldati in an Easy Rider cell ala THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka A heroin útján |
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Action in the last act of THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka Oi ektelestes tis prasinis paparounas |
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Fabio Testi under the Noir-inspired direction of Enzo G. Castellari in LA VIA DELLA DROGA |
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Fabio Testi under the Noir-inspired direction of Enzo G. Castellari in LA VIA DELLA DROGA |
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Fabio Testi under the Noir-inspired direction of Enzo G. Castellari in LA VIA DELLA DROGA |
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Fabio Testi under the Noir-inspired direction of Enzo G. Castellari in LA VIA DELLA DROGA |
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Fabio Testi under the Noir-inspired direction of Enzo G. Castellari in LA VIA DELLA DROGA |
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Sideliner David Hemmings takes part in a little action in THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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Enzo's The Last Shark villain Massimo Vanni as the villainous Massimo in The Heroin Busters |
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Fabio Testi in the opening credits of THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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Plane Climax from Oi ektelestes tis prasinis paparounas |
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Plane Climax from Kynigoi iroinis aka The Heroin Busters |
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Plane Climax from Esquadrão Anti-Droga aka The Heroin Busters |
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Plane climax in Heroin Busters aka A heroin útján |
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Crashing hard with THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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Crash and burn with THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka Drug Street |
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Burn and churn with THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka Action immédiate |
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Fabio Testi in THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka Pot mamil |
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Fabio Testi in THE HEROIN BUSTERS aka La vÃa de la droga |
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Luke Perry looking Fabio Testi with Wolfango Soldati as Gilo in THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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Merde is a French word for Sh-t with lesbians behind The Heroin Busters door |
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A little bit louder now as Merde is a French word for Sh-t in Heroin Busters |
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Fabio Testi and a few Enzo G. Castellari stock actors in THE HEROIN BUSTERS |
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