The Designated Victim

Minky Starshine

at 4:03 am

Had this on the shelf for awhile now..just got round to watching it..sunday afternoon,closed curtains..Well all I can say it’s totally beautiful..the locations,inside and out are absolutly stunning,grand Italian interiors and the beautiful Venice..acting wise it’s second to none..sometimes(well,alot of the time)the acting in these giallo films let them down,but not in this one…great story,but don’t expect loads of killing/blood,it’s all about the plot/storyline..alittle nudity in the begining for no apparent reason,and then none from then on,it doesn’t need it,so well done to shameless for bringing this to my attention..now then,where’s my copy of Venus in furs…
Rating: 5 / 5

Michael P. Dobey

at 8:08 am

This is a crime film from Italy from the early 1970’s and it’s a remake of a earlier film.

It’s got a great print that isn’t falling apart like other companies releases of older movies too. The lead actors put on solid performances and the movie holds up well. This isn’t a standard giallo (gloved killer mystery movie) though which is my favorite type of italian movie but it’s certainly a good crime movie that is perhaps giallo in it’s violence and murder aspect. We know who the killer is here and unlike most giallos it’s not a killing spree it’s a set-up involving a hitman. I am glad they got this one out but there’s so many true giallos out there to be released on dvd yet. films like : ‘the etruscan kills again” , ‘giallo de venezia” , ‘eyeball” (out in germany as labrynth of the shrekens with english subtitles! , ‘the killer reserved nine seats” films like those are pure giallo, a killer kills people , we don’t know who they are until the end of the movie and they are pretty cool flicks. But I will take any good italian movie from any region! America is getting out lots of giallos lately but it’s never enough in my opinion. The dvd has lots of special features and like no shame the defunct american dvd company most of shameless’s releases look very good and at least aren’t hacked up looking things. So lets get more true giallos out there like ‘whatever happened to solange” and others!
Rating: 4 / 5