To say that I was disappointed with Torino violenta (I prefer that name to the American title – Double Game) would be an extreme understatement. To begin with, the movie is dull. It lacks the good action sequences, gunfights, and car chases that make so many of the other Italian cop/crime films entertaining. What action scenes the film does have pale in comparison with those from films like Almost Human, Revolver, or Syndicate Sadists. On top of that, the actors appear to be as bored with the film as I was. You can generally count on George Hilton to give an interesting performance regardless of the material. Here, he appears to be sleepwalking through the whole movie. He looks as if he expended as little energy as possible while making Torino violenta.

Next, Torino violenta has no real plot. The first half of the film consists of a series of seemingly unrelated small-time crime scenes. It's not until the second half of the film that the plot finally reveals itself. But by then, it's too little, too late. Too little because the plot lacks any real substance and only serves to provide a stage for more of the same. Too late because by this point, I don't think I could have cared less. There's a whole subplot about George Hilton's character acting as a vigilante, working outside of the law. The problem is that this subplot goes nowhere and is only brought up when convenient.

Finally, both the dubbing and subtitles are horrendous. I normally don't complain about this kind of thing, but this is the worst I've seen. The dubbing and subtitles match neither each other nor the action on screen. I had to watch the film with both so I could try to decipher what was going on.

Looking over what I've written, I may need to revisit that 3/10 I gave Torino violenta. A 2/10 would seem to be more appropriate.

NoShame's DVD is another example of a technically sound presentation and transfer. The problems I mentioned with the dubbing and subtitles have nothing to do with NoShame. These issues, no doubt, can be traced back to the source material that NoShame was give to work with. Even though I'm disappointed with the film, as usual, I'm impressed with NoShame.

Well, almost every review ever written for Double Game says that it's not a good film; and who am I to buck that trend? I actually went into this film with some high hopes; 1977 was a good year for Eurocrime (Fearless, Weapons of Death, Destruction Force etc) and George Hilton usually puts in a good turn - but unfortunately, the film is just far too boring and less than half the way through, my mind began to wander. The plot is very thin and simple, and we just; as usual, focus on crime in the city, and this time a vigilante that takes the law into his own hands. However, in spite of it being simple; director Carlo Ausino has somehow managed to completely mess the plot up. It's confusing and turgid throughout, and this makes it very difficult to care about anything that's going on. This is not George Hilton's best performance either; and I can't say I blame him for not giving his all. There's very little action, and when the car chases and things do finally make an appearance; they're not well shot and unlikely to wake the sleeping audience. Overall, I'm really quite appalled at how bad this film is, and needless to say I'm not looking forward to Another Double Game.

I'm from Turin, I heard from my cousin about this film,he's cinephile like me, I tried watch this film, and I loved it. Except the plot, that isn't too bad, the stunts and the all technic part of the film,looking at the budget, it's a very good job