Fernando Di Leo's Mila no Calibro 9 is an out-and-out masterpiece of Italian Crime cinema and, in my opinion, one of t he most astonis hing crime stories ever t old. The first film in Di Leo's excellent 'Milieu' trilogy, Milano Calibro 9 was followed by La M ala Ordina (aka. Manhunt, also 1972) and the brilliant Il Boss (1973). The three films are not connected s tory-wise, but all three are ex cell ent, and highly realistic portrayals of organized crime. As far as I am conce rned Ma nhunt is (allthough excellent ) slightly inferior to this one and I l Boss wh ich both stand out as absolute all-time highli ghts of crime cinema. Mil ano Calibro 9 is th e be st of them all, a film that is as tonishin g in all aspects, be it the ingenious plot that, apart from a compelli ng st ory and clever twists, includes social c riti cism, the performa nces, the g ritty atmosphere and suspense or the br illiant score . I can har dly find th e righ t word s to express my admirat ion for th is m asterpiece which easily ranks among the gr eatest Gangster fli cks ever brought to screen. Ga stone Moschin stars as Ugo Piazz a, a tough and elliptica l ex-convict who has j ust be en r eleased from prison. Imme diately after his release, Ugo is approach ed by members of the Mi lan mob lea d by the ira scible gangs ter Rocco (Mario Adorf ), as they suspect him to be responsibl e for the disappearance of a large sum o f money belonging to th eir boss, an American (Li onel Stander) who c ontrols the organized crime in Milan... Milano Calibr o 9 is a film that delivers a n astonis hingly realistic mood of th e underworl d like har dly anothe r. T he i ntriguing st oryline goes in han d with interesti ng characters, raw atmospher e, suspense and breathtaking action, social criticism and b rutal violence. The film is simpl y stunning from the beg inning to the end, which is even inten sified by the brilliant score, a collaboration of the famou s co mposer Lu is Enríquez Bacalov and the Itali an Progressive Rock band O sanna. Ugo Piazza must b e one of the mos t charisma tic gangster characters e ver in cinema, and Gasto ne Moschi n was the prefect choice for the role. Mosc hin de live rs a brilliant performa nce, and the rest of the cast is also grea t. Mario Adorf is i rascible li ke a rabid dog as the f erocious gangster Roc co, a role that fits him l ike a glove. The great Lionel Stander fits perfectly in his role of the American Mafia Don. The two cop characters in the f ilm are played by two of t he g reatest regu lars of Italian genre-c inema, L uigi Pistilli and Frank W olff (who committed sui cide before the f ilm was released) . The ravishing Barbara Bouchet is astonis hing and in cred ibly sexy in the role of Ug o Piazza's s tripper girlfriend. Bouchet is both a stunning beauty and an excellent ac tress and this i s doubtl essly one of her most memorable roles. This i s also a political film and director Di Leo embedded a lot of social cri ticism about topi cs like corruption. This film simply has everythi ng one can possibl y desire i n cinema. Fi lms like Milano Cal ibro 9 are the reason why I love cinema. This is an absolute master piece in a ll regards and, without exaggeration, one of th e greatest Crime f lick s ever made! T he ingeni ous open ing s cene alone is more mem orable t han most films get in two hou rs.
精彩剧情/对白：“皇上，世界上可能真的 有延年益寿的药，但是你的身体，已经走向了衰 竭，过不 了多久的时间，就会死 的。若是那个时候，不管是谁，都没 有办法起死回生了。 你真的还那么坚信 吗？如今皇宫和朝堂一片的 乌烟瘴气，什么事情都不 对劲了。”
“我们这么多年 了，买卖赚的银子全花三弟身上了，到现 在那么长的 时间了，也够了。我们往后这买卖赚的银子呢，就 打算给你大孙娶 亲用，另外就是让老二跟着去城里做事了要 ，整日让他在村子里也不是个事情。还有就是 老三，年纪，无所事事的， 往后打算让他也去学堂读书了。”
“姐姐，这次我考耗成绩还不错，之后会换老师了，会换更好的老师，换完 之后，在庄子里也好过一点，你就算是没有过，去了庄子外面，有我这个弟弟在，他们也要 忌惮一二 ，不敢如何的，这两年我会好好表现，只要到了一定的成绩，我肯定是可 以把你弄回来的。
“田地的价钱呢， 都是透明的，也 是县里给出来的价钱，所 以我这里也没法给你们讨价还价了，但是你们买 的地，也的确是比较远的地，在村子里一直也 没有人要，你们既然要了，这是 好事情，我干脆这样 吧，把后面这座山 丘一并划给你 们了，就还是这么多银两，不另外多要银两了。”
“她不大爱 说自己的事情，我从温瑶家离开，就跟周围的邻居大妈打听了一 下，原来温瑶的妈妈再婚后嫁给小县城的男人 ，不过前两 年继父没了，她妈妈就 想着回城，靠她姨婆家的关系把她转到省城来读书，不过她妈妈 不是个省心的，爱赌博， 一直躲外债不 敢回家，她平时就一个人住 ……”
