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От Ñеми лет и выше (1973 )
Buddy, Barilli, Mingo and Ansel, detectives with the NYPD, comprise a secret investigative unit called the Seven-Ups, who, largely undercover, focus on cases leading to felony convictions with prison sentences of seven years or more for the criminals in question. Many within the NYPD who know about the unit don't support the idea of it because of the often unethical way they work on the cases, but their superior, Inspector Gilson, defends the unit solely because of the results. On the sly, Buddy, who is the head of the team, gets much of the information for the cases from Vito Lucia, a childhood friend who still lives and works in the old neighborhood where much of the crime is based. Vito knows that his life could be in danger if the mob finds out that he acts as a snitch for the police. After Buddy starts looking into the loan sharking business of some local mob members, unknown to him some of those mob members are shaken down for a minimum $100,000 apiece, one by one kidnapped for. Written by Huggo
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The story of the police elite, - "The Seven-Ups"- the dirty-tricks squad that even the regular cops are afraid of! See more »
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An ancillary branch of the police department, "The Seven-Ups" were so named because any criminals busted by them were guaranteed to spend at least seven years in the slammer. According to the DVD sleeve notes, "The Seven-Ups" police unit are so named "after the minimum sentence of their targeted street hoods", which is seven years. See more »
During a shootout, the revolver in the cop's hand changes from Smith & Wesson to a Colt, then back to a Smith. See more »
Buddy Manucci. [ looking at the river ] You believe we used to swim in that shit?
Vito Lucia the Undertaker. Ehhh, nobody cares anymore.
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OK thriller filmed on authentic locations
The Seven-Ups is well-acted and has an authentic flavour thanks to the location photography, but it is by no means an exceptional film. In fact, its main drawback is that it is far too workmanlike. it often resembles a not very interesting documentary, shot in grimy and grainy colour.
The plot is about a secret undercover police unit in New York. They uncover a plot hatched by criminals to kidnap mobsters and hold them for ransom. Effectively, what is happening is that criminals from one side of the pasture are abducting criminals from the other side of the pasture and keeping them until a hefty fee has been paid for their release.
Quite often, the police dialogue and the deliberately grimy photography echo the feel created in The French Connection, but this is a tame retread of that film. The one thing that might pull in viewers is the film's ten minute car chase sequence, which is not only the best bit of the film but one of the very best car chase scenes from any film ever made. For that alone, The Seven Ups is worth watching at least once.
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