It is one of Castellari's very best and actually three of his greatest within a couple of years. After this one is Keoma (1976) a wonderful spaghetti western and another poliziotteschi with The Heroin Busters (1977) but the first one maybe the best. We have a mafia connected protection with ruthless racketeers and disgruntled left-wing students happy to have violence, sleaze and cause any trouble they can enjoy. Fabio Testi always good is really at his best here and of course is up against his top police and the lawyers. He clearly has a difficult job and gradually he has to move further and further away from the orthodox position. The terrible action by the gangs even with the rape and burning of a wife and the awful gang rape of the young girl whose father would not play the game. So, it is all set up for Testi and his friends to really get the whole lot at the end.
Review of The Big Racket
