Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

ThiefHott Too much of everything

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Get_your_azz_to_Mars I've seen a number of Samuel Fuller's films and few of them, if any, have disappointed me, and this 1961 film 'Underworld USA' is no different. It has a tightly constructed, almost Hamlet-esque plot with echoes of Dashiell Hammett's novel 'Red Harvest' along with the straight-forward revenge thriller to give the viewer an absorbing, post-classical noir experience. The acting is fantastic, most especially by lead Cliff Robertson, who manages to create a snarling, snarky borderline unlikeable anti-hero compelling and fun to watch. The visuals, as with most Fuller films of this period, are oftentimes jarring with abrupt cutting, unusual angles, and evocative lighting. If you like the work of Samuel Fuller you're going to love this film.

RanchoTuVu A tough adolescent (David Kent) witnesses four men beating his father to death. Three of the killers go on to higher positions (narcotics, unions, and prostitution) in Underworld USA, while Kent morphs into Cliff Robertson, now an ex-con with a perpetual sneer on his face as he manipulates his way into the syndicate in order to avenge his dad's brutal murder. Fuller's concern about narcotics reaching into the suburbs is ingeniously portrayed in the film as big boss Emhardt demands that the business pick up in order to keep up with other crime boss syndicates. He orders more dealers to patrol the after school hours while he runs a phony youth swimming program with a nice olympic-sized indoor pool. However, the indoor pool proves to be yet another great place to be a cinematographer as Underworld USA winds down. Hats off to Hal Mohr and Sam Fuller to combine to make such a tough film whose memorable moments pop up constantly.

evanston_dad Samuel Fuller plays the revenge game in this pulpy gem from 1961.Cliff Robertson plays Tolly, a man who finds out while in prison the identities of the four thugs who beat his father to death when he was a child, and who makes bringing them to justice his first order of business upon his release.The film is as seedy, gritty and dynamic visually as you would expect from Sam Fuller, and it's got a refreshing twist: Robertson is no golden boy, but he is interested in keeping his hands clean after getting out of jail, and so his method of revenge is to find ways of "dealing" with the gangsters without actually killing them himself. It makes for something beyond the run-of-the-mill revenge flick.Robertson is fine, but the star of the film for me was Beatrice Kay, who plays Robertson's blowsy broad of a stand-in mother, the owner of a nightclub who looked out for him when he was a kid and who takes him into her home as an ex-con. She's a female character right out of the Fuller mold: tough as nails but with a heart of gold.Grade: A

RicoFlan Only recently discovered this film, and as a fan of film noir, I found it a pleasant surprise.Fuller creates a pretty hardboiled piece -- not only is this classic noir, focused on the theme of revenge and betrayal, but also there is plenty of cynical, and for the times, quite graphic violence.The actors turn in solid, even exceptional performances and the camera work and lighting show good craftsmanship. A solid screenplay rounds this piece out nicely. The only reason I can think this has not received more exposure is that it comes very late in the noir genre (1961).Catch it if you can, it's well worth your time.