Our friend, the good Du Monteil, the most prolific french IMDb user, has already told much about this film. I won't add much more. I like this one. But what is amusing to point out is that you have here Delon playing a sort of anti fascist cop who fights against a terrific right winged superintendent of the police force. A fierce, brutal, sadistic head cop played by Serrault in a character he certainly was not used to. He is outstanding here. So, you must absolutely know that, in the actual life, it was the contrary.
Yes, folks, Serrault was known to be a rather left winged fighter, and Delon...Hmmm. Not a fascist, NO, absolutely not, don't misunderstand me. But everyone knows that Delon has always been a right winged true believer. Delon has always supported army force, weapons of all kinds, not repression, but almost. He is a good friend of an extreme right winged french leader - I won't name him here, but everybody knows him - an old timer who fought in Indochina and Algeria war. And Delon was shot on a picture, back in 1975 during the Zorro shooting, in Spain, just besides Leon Degrelle, the former Belgian fascist leader during WW2.
So, you see, when I Watch this film, hmmm...
I know you have understood what I mean.
Besides this, I prefer MAGNUM FORCE, starring Clint Eastwood, on the same topic. This film is faithfully adapted froma Frederic Fajardie's novel, itself I suppose inspired by a Nelson De Mille's book: DEATH SQUAD, far better than this film at least. If the De Mille's material had been adapted, this would have been terrific. Because in this story - De Mille's one - even the Internal Affairs were "contaminated", not here....
Yes, folks, Serrault was known to be a rather left winged fighter, and Delon...Hmmm. Not a fascist, NO, absolutely not, don't misunderstand me. But everyone knows that Delon has always been a right winged true believer. Delon has always supported army force, weapons of all kinds, not repression, but almost. He is a good friend of an extreme right winged french leader - I won't name him here, but everybody knows him - an old timer who fought in Indochina and Algeria war. And Delon was shot on a picture, back in 1975 during the Zorro shooting, in Spain, just besides Leon Degrelle, the former Belgian fascist leader during WW2.
So, you see, when I Watch this film, hmmm...
I know you have understood what I mean.
Besides this, I prefer MAGNUM FORCE, starring Clint Eastwood, on the same topic. This film is faithfully adapted froma Frederic Fajardie's novel, itself I suppose inspired by a Nelson De Mille's book: DEATH SQUAD, far better than this film at least. If the De Mille's material had been adapted, this would have been terrific. Because in this story - De Mille's one - even the Internal Affairs were "contaminated", not here....