The Final Justice (1985)

Cast
Helena Abella
Joe Don Baker
Rossano Brazzi
Stephan Chow
Greydon Clark
Lino Grech
Bill McKinney
Patricia Pellegrino
Venantino Venantini

Director
Greydon Clark (also writer and producer)

Director of Photography
Nicholas Von Sternberg

Composer
David Bell

Editor
Larry Bock

Special Effects
Mario Cassar
Roberto Messina (Stunts)

Production
Louis George and Greydon Clark in association with Arista Films and Mediterranean Film productions
Daryl Kass (Associate Producer)

Genre
Crime

Duration
90 minutes, color

Synopsis/Review
A quick plot summary: two mafia guys murder the friend of a southern redneck American sheriff, with the improbable name of Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III. (Joe Don Baker). He kills one, captures the other (Venantino Venantini) and has to escort the survivor back to Italy. Once in Italy, the criminal in custody escapes and goes into hiding at the estate of the very rich and powerful mafia baron, Don LaManna (our hero!!! Well, ok, maybe he's not supposed to be, but he's Rossano Brazzi! So what if he runs a pornographic business??) and the chase is on.

For those of us who prefer being forwarned about unsavory films: violence, way too much nudity and semi-nudity, a brutal shower rape scene, brutality, prostitution, blood ... you name it, it's in here. Even worse, this is one of those "ain't we the coolest?" American films aimed at brain dead American machismos who swagger around crowing that Americans can "beat the crap" out of everyone else in the world. In this case, Joe Don Baker feels compelled to hold the entire Italian judicial system up to ridicule, a xenophobic stance which, were he anywhere but in a movie, might have given him an immediate taste of the real thing, wherein he would quickly learn that the Italian police are nowhere as dimwitted as this film would suggest. In any event, those as seriously misguided and misinformed as Mr. Baker will love this movie; the remainder of us will cringe. Except for Rossano (the only actor in the movie with anything approaching dignity and style), this entire film is little more than a violent and offensive embarrassment. But buy it anyway ... Rossano's quite charming in it, criminal or not.

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