Destruction Force
- Year: 1977
- Country of origin: Italy
- Genre: Crime
- Director: Stelvio Massi
- Length: 95 min
Film Synopsis
Destruction Force (1977) follows a police commissioner tasked with suppressing a surge of violent crime linked to a ruthless gang operating across the city. As clashes intensify between law enforcement and criminal factions, he pursues both organized offenders and a volatile street criminal whose actions complicate the investigation. This Italian poliziottesco crime film escalates into a multi-sided urban conflict, as authorities struggle to respond, with law enforcement pressure, criminal opportunism, and retaliatory violence.
Destruction Force Blu-ray Editions
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| Disc Extras | Vinegar Syndrome BD-ALL/US 2026 | Cinestrange Extreme BD-B/US/OOP 2021 |
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| Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth | ||
| A Beautiful Ugly Face - Interview with Actor Corrado Solari | ||
| The Nonviolent Professional - Interview with Actor Luc Merenda | ||
| The Three Ms: Milian, Merenda, Massi - Interviews with Actors Tomas Milian and Luc Merenda | ||
| Stills Gallery | ||
| German Video Trailer |
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Edition and Packaging Notes
- Vinegar Syndrome’s Blu-ray is included in the “Eurocrime Rarities, Vol. 1” box set with The Iron Commissioner (1978) and Day of the Cobra (1980). It includes a 44-page booklet with writing by Francesco Massaccesi (“Trash Cans and Cops: Analyzing Stelvio Massi’s ‘Dirty Gang’ and Tomas Milian’s Career”), James Oliver (“Metallic K.O.: Down the Mean Streets with ‘The Iron Commissioner’”) and Adrian Smith (“Warrior Queen: The European Adventures of Sybil Danning”).
- Cinestrange Extreme’s Blu-ray is available in four MediaBooks, each containing a 24-page booklet with writing by Giorgio Navarro.
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Collector’s Guide
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A Beautiful Ugly Face (23:50) -
The Nonviolent Professional (20:01)
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Vinegar Syndrome BD 2026
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Cinestrange Extreme BD 2021
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth Vinegar Syndrome BD |
| A Beautiful Ugly Face - Interview with Actor Corrado Solari Vinegar Syndrome BD | |
| The Nonviolent Professional - Interview with Actor Luc Merenda Vinegar Syndrome BD | |
| The Three Ms: Milian, Merenda, Massi - Interviews with Actors Tomas Milian and Luc Merenda Cinestrange Extreme BD | |
| Stills Gallery Cinestrange Extreme BD | |
| German Video Trailer Cinestrange Extreme BD |