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  1. Sol
    May 10, 2003
    10
    An important film documenting the real drama of police corruption. It is also stylishly made, with good cinematography and an exteremely fitting music score. This should not be missed.
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  2. Nigel
    Apr 26, 2005
    9
    One of the great movies; erotic, disturbing, powerful and perverse it SHOULD be remade several times over and become a sub-genre in itself.
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Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critics

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  1. Reviewed by: Elliott Stein
    90
    Petri's visually flamboyant film turns into a heady mix of Marx, Freud, Wilhelm Reich, and Brecht, with a bit of Dashiell Hammett thrown into the blender.
  2. Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    80
    A piercing satire of Italian investigative techniques, and an interesting meditation on the relationship between class and guilt.
  3. Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    100
    Balkan probably gives her best performance to date to create a woman tormented by instability, sexual drive and psycho demons -- disjointedly portrayed in the script.