An interesting mystery thriller awash with unsympathetic roles, good action scenes, sharp dialogue and pretty confusing script with lots of twists and turns. This crime thriller packs intrigue, suspense, noisy action-packed with exciting chases ,explosive excitement, thrills and violence. Wily, veteran agent Cross (Burt Lancaster) is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier (Alain Delon) , alias "Scorpio", a gifted free-lance operative. But Cross may have turned traitor, and he's set-up to be killed by a CIA boss (John Colicos) . One day, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross and leaves him no choice but to obey. Codename Scorpio has some trouble fulfilling his assignment The most incredible manhunt of them all!... Code Name for a Killer!.When Scorpio wants you... there is no place to hide!
OK tough espionage thriller in which crosses and double-crosses abound, alongside spectacular pursuits, shootouts and violence with grisly cold blooded murders. Burt Lancaster is very good at his most taciturn way as the agent who wants to turn it in, but inevitably cannot shake himself free of the spider's web cast by his organisation and finds another hitman -well played by Alain Delon as Scorpio, the cold-blooded and very systematic murderer- on his heels. They are supported by a notorious secondary cast giving sompetent performance, such as: Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J. D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, Mel Stewart, Vladek Sheybal, Mary Maude, Jack Colvin, James Sikking, among others.
It displays a tense and nail-biting musical score by Jerry Fielding and colorful cinematography by Robert Paynter; both of them were common in Michael Winner's films. The motion picture was professionaly directed by Michael Winner, though it has some flaws, imperfections and gaps. In the mid-70 Winner had great commercial hit in violent films with Charles Bronson, box office successes he repeated when badly in need of other hit smashes made similar movies, but both, Bronson and Winner teaming again, looked increasingly passionless and mechanical in the later years of their partnership. After directing the successful ¨Death wish¨ he made worst sequels in which Bronson-Paul Kersey goes on to torture and kill robbers, all of them inferior and the violence could be deemed excessive, they are the following: ¨Death wish II¨ with Jill Ireland and Vincent Gardenia, ¨Death wish III¨ with Ed Lauter and Deborah Raffin. Subsequently, Michael Winner career was failed, alternating some hit as ¨The sentinel¨ and various flops as ¨Firepower¨, ¨The big sleep¨, ¨The wicked lady¨, ¨Appointed with death¨, ¨A chorus of disapproval¨, and ¨Bullseye¨. While ¨Scorpio¨ had moderate but successs enough. Rating: 6/10. Passable and acceptable. The filck will appeal to Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon fans.
OK tough espionage thriller in which crosses and double-crosses abound, alongside spectacular pursuits, shootouts and violence with grisly cold blooded murders. Burt Lancaster is very good at his most taciturn way as the agent who wants to turn it in, but inevitably cannot shake himself free of the spider's web cast by his organisation and finds another hitman -well played by Alain Delon as Scorpio, the cold-blooded and very systematic murderer- on his heels. They are supported by a notorious secondary cast giving sompetent performance, such as: Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J. D. Cannon, Joanne Linville, Mel Stewart, Vladek Sheybal, Mary Maude, Jack Colvin, James Sikking, among others.
It displays a tense and nail-biting musical score by Jerry Fielding and colorful cinematography by Robert Paynter; both of them were common in Michael Winner's films. The motion picture was professionaly directed by Michael Winner, though it has some flaws, imperfections and gaps. In the mid-70 Winner had great commercial hit in violent films with Charles Bronson, box office successes he repeated when badly in need of other hit smashes made similar movies, but both, Bronson and Winner teaming again, looked increasingly passionless and mechanical in the later years of their partnership. After directing the successful ¨Death wish¨ he made worst sequels in which Bronson-Paul Kersey goes on to torture and kill robbers, all of them inferior and the violence could be deemed excessive, they are the following: ¨Death wish II¨ with Jill Ireland and Vincent Gardenia, ¨Death wish III¨ with Ed Lauter and Deborah Raffin. Subsequently, Michael Winner career was failed, alternating some hit as ¨The sentinel¨ and various flops as ¨Firepower¨, ¨The big sleep¨, ¨The wicked lady¨, ¨Appointed with death¨, ¨A chorus of disapproval¨, and ¨Bullseye¨. While ¨Scorpio¨ had moderate but successs enough. Rating: 6/10. Passable and acceptable. The filck will appeal to Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon fans.