Italy strikes back with ... Calibro 70

Here comes something really cool. A must for all lovers of Italian “polizieschi” (Cop Movies from the Seventies).

Calibro 70 is a short movie, written (together with Ivan Fabio Perna), directed and indipendently produced by Alessandro Rota. The director, born 1984, has always been fascinated by this great italian genre (but hey, who doesn’t?), which has seen so many great directors in the past like Enzo G. Castellari (High Crime, The Big Racket), Fernando di Leo (Calibre 9, Manhunt), Umberto Lenzi (Almost Human, Tough Ones), Stelvio Massi (Magnum Cop, The Last Round) and Sergio Martino (Violent Professionals, Silent Action).

As in the Spaghetti Western, there was a bunch of main players, actors such as Maurizio Merli, Enrico Maria Salerno, Luc Merenda, Tomas Milian and Franco Nero, who became rapidly the stars of the genre.

Always considered by critics as pure exploitation and accused of being “fascist”, there has been a revaluation of these movies in the last ten years, which exploded defintely with the DVD market (think of labels like NoShame, Rarovideo, Koch Media or Blue Underground).

Calibro 70, is intended to be a hommage and also a new take on the genre.

The movie is still in production, but from what one can see in the trailer, and considering the amount of time and money spend to get this done, it looks absolutely awesome: just look at the single shots, the locations, the cars (the typical Alfa Romeo Giulia) and costumes. There is really some love for details going on.

So, check out the trailer and share your opinion.

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Calibro 70 Website (under construction)

Calibro 70 Trailer with English Subtitles (at YouTube)

Calibro 70 Italian Trailer (at YouTube)