A Day of Violence (2010)

A Day of Violence (2010)
d:  Darren Ward
s:  Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Nick Rendell, Christopher Fosh, Victor D. Thorn, Peter Rnic, Helena Martin, Tina Barnes, Steve Humphries
format:  Personal Collection NTSC:  Region 1

(out of 5)

     Imagine a much more violent Payback without all the Hollywood actors and you have A Day of Violence.  And when violence is in the title you can believe that I was going in expecting there to be lots and lots of violent mayhem.  Well it certainly paid off in that respect.  Hell we even get a gut wrenching scene most men will shy away from but that's all I'll say there. 

     Mitchell has stolen a large amount of money from the local

mob and as a result people begin getting murdered and tortured as they try and figure it out.  Once the thugs make their way to the home of Mitchell's best friend and begin interrogating his wife things get out of control for Mitchell.  The main goon Chisel begins extracting her teeth and Mitchell goes ballistic knocking Chisel out cold.   Now they are after him and soon enough also figure out that he is the one who stole all the money.  I won't go into much more on the story and plot to keep things spoiler free but let's just say the movie may have borrowed it's idea from Payback but it certainly isn't the same once everything has unfolded.  I would say I liked this better but this doesn't have Lucy Liu in a G-string.

My favorite Italian actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice plays a small role in this movie at the very beginning and in fact really begins the "Day of Violence" when Mitchell murders him in search of money Radice's character owes to the mob.  The fx on the killings and torture in this movie are very much on point I especially liked how well they did creating a smashed up swollen face when Mitchell finally gets caught.  None of the actors really did a bad job in this movie.  One guy at the very end whom arrived late off a plane to a mob meeting was a bit of a tool but I think in fact that was exactly the character he was playing so he worked well.  Radice is just as awesome as he ever was.  Nick Rendell who played Mitchell was absolutely great being our protagonist and Christopher Fosh who played Chisel both worked very well in the fight scenes I was very impressed there.  Another great talent in this movie was the girlfriend of Mitchel's late friend whom was played by Helena Martin.  Her reactions and emotional breakdown could not have been more believable. 

    

As for the shots and music in this movie there was not a whole lot in the way of creativity from either but I will say the sex scene at the introduction of the film was very hot and better than 90% of sex scenes I see these days.  Truthfully some nice shots during this scene and the boner boys will certainly be happy with it to say the least. 
I definitely found interest enough in this movie to watch it again.  I'll never look at pruning shears in the same light!  Very recommended to anyone in the mood for a hearty violent picture of mob life.