Impatto mortale (1984)

Director:

Fabrizio De Angelis

Writers:

Dardano Sacchetti (story)
Fabrizio De Angelis (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 May 1984 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Money | Las Vegas Nevada | Helicopter | Fraud | Casino

Cast

Bo Svenson	...	George Ryan
Fred Williamson	...	Lou
Marcia Clingan	...	Kathy Heller
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Al (as John Morghen)
Vincent Conte	...	Kurt
Alain Blondeau
Norma Thyssen
Karen de Witt
Rik Wallace
Bill Dunun
Genie Thompson
Wanita Brown
Don Champlin
Alan Sylvain		(as Alan Sylvia)
Jeanne Marie

Also Known As:

Deadly Impact (USA)
Giant Killer (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min (DVD) | West Germany:80 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Norway:15 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

European International Films

Trivia:

All the music in the film is stock music from previous Fabrizio De Angelis-produced films, such as Thunder (1983), Fuga dal Bronx (1983, and 1990: I guerrieri del Bronx (1982) (even though the last was not scored by Francesco De Masi, but Walter Rizzati).

Goofs:

Plot holes: Slot machine rip-off scheme involves sending radio messages to a player who races from casino to casino to cash in on machines that are just about to pay off - but doesn't take into account that in many cases it would take up to a half hour to get from one casino to the next.

Not much impact.

Despite wild chases galore, a great B-movie cast (rather wasted) and a very enjoyable score, this is an utterly routine action programmer. It pushes moviemaking back to the primitive "cops chase crooks" level, and does little to stand out in one's memory. It's not the worst way to spend a free hour-and-a-half, but not the best either. Not by a long shot. (*1/2)