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Giallo (2009)
A huge joke
I've seen the TV version of this hilarious movie...
The theatrical version may contain all the bloody (and maybe interesting) close-ups you can only imagine in that edited-for-TV version, nevertheless it is so full of clichés you can only stay in front of this movie if you choose to laugh. Emmanuelle Seigner is just acting like a whiny robot, keeping asking Adrian Brody "but why won't you help my sister?", "please help my sister!", where Brody as an American cop (from NYC of course) in Rome, roughly imitates a 1930's old fashion cop, who keeps saying "I'm a ruthless cop", "my methods are ruthless likewise", blah blah blah... but he's so ridiculous you won't believe a word of his ruthless attitude...
Then there is the bad guy, the killer, played by Brody himself... strange choice of Argento's, considering there is no link between the cop and the killer. Art may be the answer :) There is a obvious lack of imagination for defining each character: Girl wants her sister to be saved (let's say this one goal is quite OK), cop wants to kill the killer (because he is "ruthless" of course) and I'll keep my mouth shut about the motivations of the killer, ridiculous as well... ("You beauuuuuutifulll..." says Quasimodo before dismembering the princess -so pathetically uninspired)
In fact after 15 minutes, you're teared up between running away from a bad picture with extremely bad dialogues, poor script and terrible characters, or staying for fun... finally I stayed.
Argento may have done many great pictures, this one's just a big joke. If you're curious, please try the theatrical version, at least there will be (hopefully) blood and stylistic violence...