Act of Aggression (1975) User Reviews

Half interesting half "confused" 70's Euro rape/kill/revenge film.

[von-13 · 5/10 · 8 April 2000]

Shown on the Italian tv-channel Rai Uno the other day and with

actor names as J L Trintignant and C Deneuve featured in a Euro "giallo" from the seventies I naturally hooked up my vcr for taping. Dubbed in Italian language I ofcourse didn't understand a single spoken word, but several scenes are experimentally(!!) actionpacked and although it dosn't come near (or tries to be) a sleaze-movie, one cannot help comparing it to films like Night Train Murders( Aldo Lado), Spoorloos(Dutch film)and Mario Bava's Rabid Dogs in terms of associations, at least. Anyways...J L Trintignant's wife and daughter are raped/killed at the very beginning by a gang of viscious bikers. Then follows a lot of talky talk always accompanied by agressive behaviour by the charactors of the movie. I'm not quite sure where and why Miss Deneuve fits in, but she does a fine job looking sexy and mature and we even get a slight glimpse of her breasts. Guess that means this is an art-movie !!?? Trintignant gets his revenge at the end and a "drive-by" shooting of one of the bikers is indeed very well executed. A bikergirl is terrorrised by a guy(who befriends Trintignant + Deneuve),who turns out to be really creepy. His "hobby" is really perverse and adds the sleaze-associations to the film. As for the music, aahhh....??? Lemme know what You think, ok?? Overall I totally recommend it to fans of Euro films....You won't be disappointed I'm sure, but try catching an English languaged version, as I'm pretty sure I missed out on a whole lot of interesting talk....yep.

Dude is on a revenge mission, gets caught up in giant subplot

[jamespetercarroll · 9/10 · 13 October 2015]

Yeah, recently picked this up as a beta max. No expectations, have no idea what kind of movies were being made in France at this period in time. I usually throw it on and listen t it. The thing that got me, is that no matter how detailed and convoluted the subplot became, I didn't mind it cause the dialogue and delivery are so good. It's really weird. Mix in some random nudity, violence, and good stunts and makes for a good ride.

This stupid thing won't let me submit until I've reached the minimum amount of lines. Since when did I have to follow directions when expressing an opinion.

haunting

[jminer · 8/10 · 27 July 2000]

I have seen this twice, and only on television but found it haunting in the same way as The Vanishing, or Passager de la pluie - I just can't forget it. The revenge element is not so strong as the mystery, and of course the three leads are enthralling, convincing actors. One I would dearly love to see again because it stays in my memory like a tune you can't get out of your head.