Violent Streets: The Umberto Lenzi/Tomas Milian Collection coming from Severin

[sb5]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

Just watched The Big Racket this weekend, can confirm it's awesomeness!

Also recommend Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man, Caliber 9, and The Tough Ones (The Cynic, The Rat, and The Fist is the sequel to this one).

All three of those are great. Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man is awesome; I just rewatched it after Ruggero Deodato died.

[Kakihara]

I have all of these and find Almost Human to be the only one worth double dipping. I also promised myself that I would limit my double dips to only 4Ks and my very favorite titles...but damnit if I’m just too afflicted by FOMO that I will eventually get this at the BF sale. My only complaint, and I seem to be in the minority on this here, is that I could care less about soundtrack CDs, which always end up being coasters for me. I would’ve preferred a booklet instead. Oh well, still a great looking set!

[Dvd Aficionado]

A lot of Poliziotteschi soundtracks are very catchy, which make them special. In the box set, we get three original soundtracks by the fabulous Franco Micalizzi, albeit not his best, and another from the great Ennio Morricone. The former composed three of the grooviest poliziotteschi soundtracks I've ever heard - Rome Armed to the Teeth, Violent Naples and Special Cop in Action!

[Mr. Thomsen]

Man, I hope someone (Arrow perhaps), will take a hint and release a similar box set with some of Fernando Di Leo's best movies. He really needs to be rescued from Raro's mediocrity.

[StarDestroyer52]

My copy from the Severin social media giveaway contest just shipped. Can't wait to dive into this set.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

My copy from the Severin social media giveaway contest just shipped. Can't wait to dive into this set.

Nice. Wonder if pre-orders will ship out soon. These are some fun films.

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by Mr. Thomsen

Man, I hope someone (Arrow perhaps), will take a hint and release a similar box set with some of Fernando Di Leo's best movies. He really needs to be rescued from Raro's mediocrity.

I bought the two Raro Fernando Di Leo sets recently, so maybe it will happen now

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Nice. Wonder if pre-orders will ship out soon. These are some fun films.

Looking at the email, Severin sent out saying that Accion Mutante is back in stock, it said that Severin is shipping out the Violent Streets set this week, so I would imagine they should be shipping soon.

[grahams76]

Wow, if so that's eight weeks ahead of release.

[By_His_Strypes]

Severin tops Vinegar Syndrome this month, it seems like that is being said more and more in recent months. I can't wait for my copy of Violent Streets to ship/arrive.

[By_His_Strypes]

I just got my shipping notice... Exciting!

[DukeTogo84]

Mine also shipped. Going to have a large stack of movies coming in with this and VS.

[sb5]

Me too. I’m usually at the bottom of the pile for shipping from boutique labels, so this is a nice surprise.

[DukeTogo84]

Finished the new release of Almost Human in the Tomas Milian collection. Wow. Every issue the previous release had has been fixed. The telecine wobble? Gone. The issue with the Italian audio for about 6 minutes? Gone. It also has much better detail and color than all previous releases and looks fantastic. Almost Human which is my favorite Italian crime film now has a truly near perfect release. Fantastic.

[barsalou]

Hell Yes!! That is great to hear.

Mine just arrived today, couldn't believe it when I saw it sitting on my doorstep after coming home from work tonight. This has to be the fastest I've ever received a package from the US, it shipped on Feb. 2nd... insanely quick. Looking forward to watching these soon!!

[Member-222782]

My copy is estimated for Monday but sometimes these do arrive early. Fingers crossed

[DukeTogo84]

Watched Syndicate Sadists late last night and this was a good one. This was a first time watch, but had a blast as it has a lot of the regulars from these type of films. Some fun moments and overall a solid release from Severin. I feel like the quality of Severin's releases continues to improve as time goes on.

[barsalou]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Watched Syndicate Sadists late last night and this was a good one. This was a first time watch, but had a blast as it has a lot of the regulars from these type of films. Some fun moments and overall a solid release from Severin. I feel like the quality of Severin's releases continues to improve as time goes on.

Watched this last night too and loved it. Milian is so freakin’ fantastic. Even when he’s the good guy, there’s still an underlying sense of danger and unpredictability around him. Maybe due in part to some of his other performances I’ve seen, but in the end he’s just a great actor that elevates anything he’s in. Looking forward to the rest of the set, will be saving Almost Human for last…

[DukeTogo84]

I think I asked this before, but don't remember the answer. What was the reasoning behind the Hunchback character being in Brothers Till We Die? What I mean is

[Show spoiler]that he clearly died in Rome Armed to the Teeth, so what led to him being in another film? Just wondering if Lenzi every explained why he decided to bring the character back from the dead only to kill him again?

[RiFiFi1955]

Man I think I am giong to have to buy this set...I initially said I wasn't since I own all the blu imports but man it is tempting, especially with these positive reviews.