Would totally watch an entire buddy cop franchise with him and exasperated David Hemmings. Year Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. It’s good, but there are much better in the genre. [1] It was distributed by Titanus and grossed 1,308,550,110 Italian lira. Damit als Film über Drogenkriminalität missglückt, als Poliziotteschi jedoch launige Unterhaltung. This is a story of a secret organization of former police officers, who go beyond the law, to kill notorious criminals without trial. Midnight Movies Vol 3: Action Triple Feature (Big Racket/Heroin Busters/Street Law), Street Law (Special Edition) aka Il cittadino si ribella [Blu-ray], The Violent Professionals (AKA Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia) [Blu-ray]. UNDERRATED: Fabio Testi, who's far and away my favorite Italian leading man of the '70s but doesn't seem to inspire quite the cult following afforded to Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, or Maurizio Merli. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. 1977 ‘La via della droga ’ Directed by Enzo G. Castellari. I watched it all the way through, and it has it's moments, but for the mostpart it's just kinda flat. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? We then get David Hemmings and Fabio Testi leading the war on drugs as we meet villains straight out of comic books. A cold-blooded cop goes deep undercover to take down an international drug syndicate but when a hair-trigger Interpol agent joins the investigation, the case takes a … A good bit of fun, just don’t take it too seriously. Fabio Testi gives an extremely physical performance in this, running, leaping, and sliding (that John Woo escalator!) Transaction reduced to action, just Fabio Testi barreling down the literal via della droga under the dictate of pure movement. Back to the days of perusing the shelves at my local movie store and buying literally anything with a Blue Underground logo on the spine, no questions asked. Simpler times. Castellari has definitely made better. An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned by his agency to do the same task. Restart. It's not bad exactly, it's just kinda boring. Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy, who are licenced-to-kill, undercover cops who thrive on living dangerously. Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Fabio Testi as an infiltrated cop doing anything illegal he can to bust a drug ring. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. That's it. Recommended, especially for fans of Fabio Testi; this is one of his best.. Please try again. Thanks to Tobias for his Random Movie Roulette which led me to finding this movie. More Actions. The immortal David Hemmings is his partner, and the only cop who knows that Testi's undercover. This movie is definitely a product of its time. David Hemmings and Fabio Testi collide and are great here. Dubbing Studio Goblin's main theme is basically their take on the Stairway to Heaven solo and shreds like crazy. Testi also performs his own stunts, which are very impressive. Watch Options. Original Title: La via della droga. The final fifteen to twenty minutes of HEROIN BUSTERS are incredible--the motorcycle chase in the subway, which leads into an outrageous airplane chase--some of the most interesting and daredevil action-film stunt-work I've seen in a while.