Fernando Di Leo

"La Mala Ordina": A semi-masterpiece of action noir incredibly marketed as "poliziottesco," when throughout the film not a single policeman can be seen. Moreover, it is a genre that has also given birth to some major cinematic crap. Superior in direction to the previous "Milano calibro 9," slightly inferior in every aspect to the subsequent "Il Boss." Excessive in some scenes, but overall more realistic than many great American films.