'Blutiger Freitag' (1972) (aka) 'Bloody Friday' - Rolf Olsen.

Excitingly shot against the undeniably picturesque backdrop of Bavaria, Germany, Rolf Olsen's schnapps-sharp 70s shoot 'em up, 'Blutiger Freitag (1972) (aka) 'Bloody Friday' is a bullet-shredded, blazingly brutal, Euro-crime classic! This bona fide, bloody-knuckled German icon of cult Grindhouse cinema benefits greatly from red-headed rapscallion, Raimund Harmstorf's super-masculine charisma, its appealing Munich exteriors, and suitably energized score. Olsen's grimy, full-throttle exploitation epic,'Blutiger Freitag' is certainly no less skull-rattling an experience than equally flint-edged poliziotteschi classics, 'Bloody Payroll', 'Violent Naples', 'Almost Human', and Michael Apted's vastly underappreciated Brit-crime masterpiece, 'The Squeeze'. 

With its unleavened thuggery, exhilaratingly cavalier vehicular carnage, close quarters douchbaggery, and an unfiltered, genuinely terrifying performance from the muscular, enigmatic actor, Raimund Harmstorf; a force of corrupted nature, his bellicose, hugely misogynist misfit, Klett frequently indulges in bloody bouts of splenetic, bone-breaking violence; all the while cutting a darkly erotic dash in bespoke grungy, 1970s turtleneck sweater'd, leather-jacketed chic! 'Blutiger Freitag' is one of those rare 70s actioners that more than lives up to the fanboy hype, all its destructive Alpha energies resolutely undimmed! Throw in a sinuous crime-funk score from the estimable composer, Francesco 'New York Ripper' De Masi, and you have an all-time, Top Ten-list making, gun-happy Goliath of German grindhouse madness that deliriously delivers bravura, hard-boiled 70s skulduggery unlike any other German film from then, or now. Prost!!!!

'Twisted Alpha Dog, Raimund Harmstorf's hateful heist-merchant, Heinz Klett, is one psychotically sour Kraut!!!' - Weirdlingwolf.

'This meaty, Bratwurst-bursting bacchanal of Bavarian B-Movie mayhem will have you coming back for more!' - Tor Bronson - Heroic Blood Shed.  

 

 

'It don't open up any wider, which is Jim Dandy coz you don't get any bigger either, pee-wee!'

'Are you sure the red hoods aren't little too much, Julian?

'I'm not feelin' Pedro at the back, but we look pretty gnarly, dude!'

'Lock up tha' hoose'! There's a bearded wrong 'un on tha' loose! 

'While the ceiling's shallow, baby!!! I am still, very, VERY tall!'

'I goddamn HATE leaves!!!!'

'I'm not trying to be being funny, luv, but I look way more shocked that you do!'