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Mean Machine
Cauldron of Death / Rico / Gangland

Italy/Spain 1973
produced by
Edward L.Montoro (executive) for B.R.C.Produzione, Tecisa
directed by Tulio Demicheli
starring Christopher Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo, Eduardo Fajardo, Paola Senatore, Manuel Zarzo, José María Caffarel, Ángel Álvarez, Tommaso Bianco, Victor Israel, José Canalejas, Antonio Mayans
written by Mario di Nardo, José Gutiérrez Maesso, Santiago Moncada

review by
Mike Haberfelner

2 years ago, Rico (Christopher Mitchum) was sent to prison because he has atttacked Don vito (Arthur Kennedy) the killer of his father, now his out again & bent on revenge. But much has changed in the last 2 years, Don Vito has taken over not only Rico's father's organisation but also Rico's girlfriend Rosa (Malisa Longo). Rico finds allies though in Rosa's father, who despises her new choice of mate, & his niece Scilla (Barbara Bouchet), whom Rico not only falls in love with, but she also volunteers in providing him with access to Vito's villa, where Rico, before having to make his getaway, can meet Rosa & persuade her to tell him who really killed his father - though pretty much everyone knows it was Don Vito -, & Rosa agrees.

Meanwhile  Rico & Scilla get to work to sabotage the operations of Vito's organisation, including depriving Vito's moneycollectors of Vito's money (which involves a delightful stirp by Scilla) or stealing both money & diamonds from one of Vito's diamond deals (where Rico almost gets killed by Cyrano [Eduardo Fajardo], Vito's right-hand-man , who has decided to work into his own pocket).

After a while, all this has grown too much for Don Vito, who with great regularity turns his employees into soap via a big acid pool, once they have failed him. So Vito decides to take the offensive, & he has Rico's mum, sister & brother-in-law killed in cold blood. Plus, he catches Rosa in bed with one of his bodyguards, so he has her made into soap as well, but not before she can tell Rioco it ws indd Vito who killed his father.

It all ends in a big shoot-out in Vito's soap factory between Rico on one side, Don Vito & his men on the other, & Rico shoots them all, but once he has killed Vito too, he dies as well from multiple bullet holes.

Unremarkable gangster/revenge movie that iss way too straightforward to stay interesting, & does hold little in either the surprise or the suspense department. Even the rather macabre idea of turning people into soap is rather downplayed.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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