This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
有点难想象这种家庭故事在是否在美国的很多家庭中上演
中规中矩的一片吧！
枪战动作戏爽就完事了，另外本福斯特为啥又光荣嗝屁了啊。
最多三分，30分钟能讲完的东西死撑硬撑撑了一个半小时
最後5min怎麼可以爛尾爛到這地步⋯導演你要是被綁架了就眨眨眼
《承包商》这种英文直译的译名不太好，不知道的还以为是讲职场的传记电影，更适合的译名应是“契约者”“合约杀手”。
巴霍巴利是真不错.打开印度电影大门.这个片子又给关上了.真是一无是处的片子.啥玩意啊.
40 what about the recon guy? the one holding his family photograph when he bled out? what about the old man helping James who has two beautiful daughters and left his family 13 years ago?
这剧本怕不是AI自动生成的。白瞎了派派的气质。
非常割裂 动作戏蛮好的 文戏也还行 但是整个逻辑和故事走向…………有几个点是不是太轻描淡写了……反正看完很无语
又是熟悉的自我感动剧本……派派也老了啊……
就是非常套路式英雄电影。男主跟空姐热恋，然后空姐死于恐怖袭击男主也变成瘫痪。然后印度政府利用高科技把男主变成了超级士兵，最后男主破灭恐怖分子的阴谋，拯救整个城市。
动作戏挺OK的，就是剧情稍微莫名其妙了点。
分数：60
承包商 2022.6.25 看了一星期，逻辑有硬伤，还是挺好看。无论发生了什么，都要认真对待。
虽然没有剧版那么惊艳，但是看到大家唱唱跳跳还是非常可爱！！我不太喜欢对Pritti的改动但是对Dean的一些补充非常棒！可惜原剧很出彩的Hedge老师没有那么棒了……；；以及能看到John实在是太惊喜了！！！虽然the legend of loco chanelle被删掉了很可惜但是改成的this was me好美啊，John+水星+一点点Jonathan Larson的氛围和影子我真的太喜欢了……！影版的主角可能没有John那么优雅自然但也非常美丽！Jamie就很美，无论如何都很耀眼，我好爱他
军人把自己的思想、身体和信念上交军队/国家，后者却在嚼烂之后，吐出了残渣般，即将被家庭抚养、银行账单和就业歧视压垮的退役军人。该片似PTSD电影《感谢您的服役》中“缺失”的第四章，即访谈中福斯特说的，被弃军人只能靠仅存的军事技能，淌入浑浊且危险的私营军事承包商水域。派派说初读剧本时像迂腐军事动作片，但读完后发现编剧的确在探究那些褪去制服和臂章后的退役军人的人性和危机，尤其是在没有军队荣耀、皿煮信念和家庭关怀支持下，孤身作战的悲惨PMC生涯（念叨着“归乡只是记忆”的滞欧阿富汗战争老兵；剧本原设定在中美洲展开黑色行动）。因有前GIGN组成的法国影视军事顾问团队Maratier，加之导演萨利赫延续《尼罗河希尔顿》的作者电影属性，放大个体情感与冷硬、干练Tactical动作视听设计很出彩。此外，编剧JPD有外交学硕士学位。
的确是一个缝合怪，可以看到各种大片的影子，但是我就喜欢大爽文
从退伍军人的视角揭露了群体生存状况，疫情之下，影射了不少现实话题，让人联想。
在没有谍影重重的年代，这样的片子已经算还可以的了，
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