christopher-underwood Spanish, Italian co-production, set in London and already we are wondering if all will be well. We certainly get some strange accents and if this is giallo influenced, it is not drenched in the genre. What we don't get is lots of gore and nudity. On the plus side there is some Morricone soundtrack, great night shots of late 60's London and some unusually serious discussion of bribery and corruption in high places. Actually these suggestions of a totally corrupt judiciary might be references to Italy rather than England but hey.. There are some nice twists and if the piece is a little wordy it never stops being interesting as the characters change their stance and help to keep us on our toes. Meanwhile Fernando Rey spends the film sitting at his desk waiting for a bomb to go off, which it does and it doesn't!

Infofreak 'Cold Eyes Of Fear' starts off well enough. Against a backdrop of Swingin' 60s London a young playboy type "steals" a beautiful Italian girl from her elderly date and suggests she comes back to his place for some good times. "His place" being owned by his father, a rich and respected solicitor. Unfortunately a couple of criminals have plans of their own, one for money, the other for revenge, and the lovers end up prisoners in a tense siege situation. So far so good. The problem is that you keep waiting for the movie to jump up a notch and it never does. Most giallo I have watched either feature some tasty violence or sex, have some amazing plot twists, or something else really spectacular about them, but 'Cold Eyes Of Fear' just ambles along, and stays on course as a reasonably entertaining thriller, no more, no less. The cast are all okay, the girl (Karin Schubert) is beautiful, and the solicitor is played by the legendary Fernando Rey, best known for his work with Bunuel. The best thing by far about the movie is Morricone's outstanding jazz rock score. If you don't expect much this is pretty good entertainment, but if you want to see some amazing examples of this genre try 'Tenebre' (Argento), 'Don't Torture A Duckling' (Fulci) or 'Autopsy'.

gridoon Pretty good little thriller, with many tense situations, an interesting plot, and gimmicky, stylish direction (lots of zooms!) by Enzo Castellari. Probably the main reason that this film isn't so well-received is that it wasn't directed by a "specialist" of the genre like Dario Argento, but if you compare it objectively with, say, the following year's "Four Flies On Grey Velvet", it's far less boring! (**1/2)

Bobfingr Never been more bored. There are plenty of italian films of that time which have more content, action, excitement and better acting. First of all the italian versions are always better. Those international english speaking edition always miss something and never almost match with the acting. In this movie, nothing happens. The woman is very irritating, it should probably show a very spoiled italian woman. Hum, don't really get very close to that. The "criminal" dudes are not as such. If you really want to see some good italian Thriller choose directors like Mario Bava and you will never waste either your time or your money. PS - If Castellani would have made a movie entirely dedicated to the actress Karin Shubert, wow that would have been much much better and enjoyable.