Eyes of Crystal (2004) Occhi di cristallo
Eyes of Crystal (2004)
DVDRip | AVI | 592x320 | XviD @ 807 Kbps | 107 min | 704 Mb
Audio: Italiano MP3 @ 100 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
DVDRip | AVI | 592x320 | XviD @ 807 Kbps | 107 min | 704 Mb
Audio: Italiano MP3 @ 100 Kbps | Subs: English hardcoded
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Eros Puglielli
Writers: Luca Di Fulvio (novel), Franco Ferrini (story)
Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Lucía Jiménez, José Ángel Egido
When a young couple and a peeper are killed in the field with sadism, Inspector Amaldi and his partner Freese unsuccessfully follow the leads trying to track the criminal. Meanwhile, the college student Giuditta is being stalked and goes to the precinct, where she is attended by Amaldi, and immediately they feel a great attraction for each other. When another woman is murdered, Amaldi and Freese realize that they are chasing a serial killer. Amaldi visits Professor Civita, trying to find the meaning of three leaves found in the crime scene. Amaldi, who battles with his violent temper, tries to put the clues together and to avoid the next murder of the unknown psychopath.
Most effective, and if this Italian thriller is a little more C.S.I. than Argento, maybe that is no bad thing these days! Storming and very scary start with the momentum not really letting up till about halfway through. For me there is just a little too much soul searching from the otherwise most effective lead, Luigi lo Cascio. This is further complicated by his developing relationship with the also most effective, Bulgarian actress, with the catchy name of, Desislava Tenekedjieva. It is only a slight carp but I felt that at a crucial stage this pause for thought and sex didn't actually help the film. Anyway it is soon back to the very warped and hard edged action and I guess we then begin to wish maybe we had stayed in the bedroom. A very dark and violent film with, if not gushing gore, plenty of gruesome and bloody sights as seemingly random folk get cut about and carried away.
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Eyes of Crystal (2004) Occhi di cristallo
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