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 Undercover Operations Survival in Narcotics Investigations $40.95 If you think this type of investigation interests you or you are just starting out in the field, this is a great beginning point for your UC career. I read the book in one sitting and couldn't put it down. Tony covers all the bases in an easy to read format. The "war stories" are quite entertaining as well.  The Heroin Busters $14.95 HEROIN BUSTERS, or translated literally from the Italian, "The Drug Avenue" (la Via della Droga), is a fascinating, action-packed movie, pulling all the stops for thrills and action, not excluding plenty of gun-shooting, in a race between the criminal element and law enforcement. There's motorcycle, airplane and car chases around Italy on land, foot and air. The action is dubbed in English, in an extremely fluent, understandable manner. The success of this movie, is that it is outstanding in its quality considering the "technology" that was at the director's disposal at the time. Obviously, the Hollywood studios, with 100's of millions of USD greater budgets, and with technology 20 years newer than at the time the film was made, create products these days that are measurably different. But are they really that much better ? Some things never change, such as the human species, emotion, and the cultural, economic and social aspects of a country, whether it by Italy, USA, etc. Having been filmed in Europe, in 1977, anyone with memories of hat era, will judge as occasionally comical the immediately recognizable FIAT vehicle models of the time, and others (such as Citroen 2 Horse Power, FIAT, small compact Fords, etc.), the presentation of outdoor and indoor cafes, pinball machines, cobble stone roads, and overall landscape scenes from the Italian countryside, that are almost identical to those found in Spain, and Portugal. The soundtrack is extremely well chosen, as well, with a few repetitive riffs, reminiscent of the 70's heavy metal scene, such as Yngwie Malmsteen's style or Black Sabbath, or Jean Luc Ponty's more fusion jazz elements. The opener is somewhat provocative to perhaps those residing outside the major agglomerations, by depicting the red light district major metropolises around the world, such as those of Tokyo, Amsterdam, Thailand or Hong Kong, New York, London, and from there, progresses to show a certain marginal element of society. These are outside of the mainstream, consuming and trafficking at times heroin, visibly. The marketing aspect is also touched upon, by a character admitting that free drugs were supplied to school kids to get them hooked from an early age into the substances, not unlike major American and multinational corporations give away free comic books, DVD's, breakfast cereal with other propaganda, to impart in their minds a brand loyalty that will pay off bigtime when the kids become breadwinners and adults. Considering the outstanding results the director obtained with the budget and technology available in 1977, the cast can be proud of the results, as it's cool enough for the DVD to be pulled out a few times again, considering the extremely sharp digital filming, stimulating story. As a bonus, there's a director commentary in the extras. |
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