Tango 2001 (1973)
9/10
'Tango of Perversion' finally proved to be a giddy foray into murderous, Mediterranean-set decadence!
23 January 2014
An absolutely atypical example of exhilarating, Jess-Franco-esque titillation from sun- splashed Greece. Able Director, Kostas Karagiannis doesn't appear to be a sleazoid neophyte, as he corals his feisty, and not to mention nubile cast with great aplomb, and gets on with the sordid matters at hand with admirable alacrity! This especially lurid narrative concerns the exploitative, and overtly libidinous orbits of one especially Greek male animal, Stathis; a tall, handsome, and brooding manipulator, who finds little trouble oozing his way into the innumerable confines of many a young ladies undergarments, and yet sharing the similarly frustrating fate of many a conniving, psychologically shallow Lothario, he also seems emotionally unable to keep hold of these most beauteous of fleshly gifts, having been only temporarily bestowed upon him by his prosaic erotic, game-play! This wonderfully pulpy tale of arch, self-serving sexual machinations is handled well by, Karagiannis, and I found myself wholly absorbed, not only by the splendorous generosity of exposed nubile flesh, but by the fascinating perversity of these uncommonly seedy, amoral characters, all of whom spiral inexorably into a gloriously angst-laden, Giallo-esque vortex of fervid sex and hysterical, bloody violence! I must admit that my initial, pre-viewing interest was somewhat perfunctory, but merest seconds into the preternaturally funky, hep-cat title sequence my initial fears were demonstratively allayed, as the triumphantly titillating, sordidly satisfying,'Tango of Perversion' finally proved to be a giddy foray into murderous, Mediterranean-set decadence!
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