With the English title of this movie being "Shoot First, Die Later", and the art on the DVD case depicting someone's head exploding from a gun shot, some people may expect this to be an action packed movie. But it really isn't. It's mostly a serious drama about police corruption. However, don't let that fact discourage you from watching this movie, because it's pretty good. Although the serious parts of the movie could have used a little more work (there is, in my opinion, not enough focus on the father/son relationship), it does all the same end up interesting, mainly because its tone is very cynical, which makes it very memorable. Although there's a lot of talk, director Fernando Di Leo does go from scene to scene pretty quickly, so there are no slow spots. And when the action does come, it's very memorable, particularly the car chase sequence in the first fifteen minutes of the movie. If you have a taste for European crime movies from the 1970s, more likely than not you'll find this offering more than decent.
Review of Shoot First, Die Later
