Shoot First Die Later (Remastered)

Shoot First, Die Later BLU-RAY review
Throw away your barely watchable Greek VHS bootlegs! "Shoot First, Die Later" finally shows itself on Blu-Ray from Raro Video! My most anticipated home video title so far this year finally arrived in my mailbox last Monday (it shipped directly from Raro ahead of street date) and looks great. Also known by its original, and more fitting Italian title "Il poliziotto è marcio" (which roughly translates to "A Dirty Cop"), "Shoot First..." is yet another highly entertaining poliziesco from the master of the genre, Fernando Di Leo. It has all of his signature touches: A somewhat downbeat yet intense sense of pacing featuring realistic characters (at least compared to the comic book styling of most other Italian crime films), a great score from Luis Bacalov (It is reminiscent of his scores for the other Di Leo films but more subdued. There is even an Osanna ballad, "There Will Be Time", from the "Milano calibro 9" LP that plays during the love scene), and a truly dark ending...

Exceptional Release For This Di Leo Crime Classic
SHOOT FIRST, DIE LATER has been hailed as "one of the most impressive Italian crime/police movies ever made," and that's largely due to the inspiration of director Fernando Di Leo. Di Leo began his career in films as a screenwriter, penning mostly uncredited work on such spaghetti westerns as A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS and FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE. As his career progressed, he eventually was offered the director's chair; before he retired, he helmed an impressive 23 titles. His work is constantly cited as inspiration to the likes of Quentin Tarantino and John Woo. SHOOT FIRST, DIE LATER was released in 1974, and it remained sought after by film buffs and fellow art aficionados for years because it was never released worldwide.

Raro Video has finally answered that call with this new release.

(NOTE: The following review will contain minor spoilers necessary solely for the discussion of characters and plot. If you're the kind of reader who prefers a review entirely...

Save your money on this one
The blue ray was OK. The sound was dubbed to english, and was OK. Just not a great movie with a couple of long car chases, that we all know could never happen. This is a movie you will watch one time, and than sell it at a yard sale for one dollar.

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