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| Action across the streets and rooftops of Naples |
If you're interested in any type of Italian genre film, eventually you're gonna end up in front of an Umberto Lenzi movie. Seriously, you could get a decent primer on the trends in Italian cinema by just glancing through his filmography. Over the course of 34 years, Lenzi tried his hands at peplum, Euro-spy, spaghetti westerns, giallo, poliziotteschi, sex comedies, cannibals and zombies. This has caused some commentators to write him off as a hack or a mercenary. I prefer the term "craftsman." His work was never path-breaking, never particularly innovative nor profound. Yet he was adept at working within received structures and conventions and putting together films that were professional, often quite exciting, examples of their kind.
