Hired Killer Coming To Blu-ray

[Ian Jane]

Damn it. Merge powers, activate!

[Andrew Monroe]

http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/s...t=hired+killer

[Ian Jane]

Cineploit Releasing Professional Killer

Diabolik has a pre-order up here.

aka ICH HEIíŸE JOHN HARRIS aka PROFESSIONAL KILLER aka THE HIRED KILLER aka NO TEARS FOR A KILLER

Italy/France 1966

Director: Francesco Prosperi aka Frank Shannon

Cast: Robert Webber, Franco Nero, Jeanna Valerie, Jose Luis de Villalonga

Music: Robby Poitevin

Worldwide 2K Blu-Ray Premiere!

EXKLUSIV produced Featurette with MIKE MALLOY (Eurocrime: the Italian Cop & Gangster Films that ruled the 70s)

Complete Score separately playable

International Foto Gallery

Hardcover Mediabook with UV Spot.

28 pages Booklet with an Essay by Udo Rotenberg in german and english filled with italian, French, american, german promo material and fotos.

Double-sided Poster with the two italian locandias

Clint Harris is one of the best hired Killers of the Organisation but he ´s done with it and wants to leave the business. The Organisation gets him for a last job to get rid of a traitor and this time even with a partner. The target is hard to locate because that person has done a face-change operation. The two Killers are on the hunt but after some time it is unclear who to trust and how to finish the mission……

The film's seriousness, together with the cool visuals and slow pace, positions “Tecnica di un Omicidio” more in the direction of Jean-Pierre Melville's “Le Samourai” (1967) then the usual direction of Eurocrime movies.

„Hired Killer“ is a impressive Gangster movie with an american look, an outstanding cast and with a fantastic score.

Technical specifications

Running time: 97 minuten

Format: 2.35:1 (Techniscope). 1080p, 23,98 fps

Sound: DTS-HD 2.0

Audio: German, Italian, English

Subtitles: German, English

Exklusive produced Featurette with MIKE MALLOY (Eurocrime) - 13 min.

Audio: English

Subtitles: German

[Andrew Monroe]

Yes, I remember liking this one too, Andrew. I think I have the old Japanese DVD release (from King Records), which I'm pretty sure is non-anamorphic. Definitely worth an upgrade, imo.

I'm pretty sure the ETC copy is sourced from that dvd, Paul.

[Paul L]

This is a pretty decent noir-ish crime film, sort of similar to the French gangster films of the time. I've had a copy from European Trash Cinema for ages. Cool Robby Poitevin score as well. I would probably pick this up.

Yes, I remember liking this one too, Andrew. I think I have the old Japanese DVD release (from King Records), which I'm pretty sure is non-anamorphic. Definitely worth an upgrade, imo.

Stylishly directed by Franco Prosperi too (the LAST HOUSE ON THE BEACH/MEET HIM AND DIE Franco Prosperi, rather than Franco 'mondo' Prosperi).

[Andrew Monroe]

This is a pretty decent noir-ish crime film, sort of similar to the French gangster films of the time. I've had a copy from European Trash Cinema for ages. Cool Robby Poitevin score as well. I would probably pick this up.

[Ian Jane]

4 different cover options to choose from, coming soon from Cineploit. A.K.A. Tecnica di un omicidio.