CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

LeonLouisRicci Offbeat, Violent, and incredibly Intense Gangster Movie Cobbled together by Rat Packers and a host of Character Actors. This Lively, but Depressing and sometimes Gruesome Mob Movie is Fascinating and Frightening at times.Henry Silva plays a Mafia Protégé sent to America by an Italian Gang Leader to Wipe Out the Competition and does so in many Varied and Brutal ways. Elizabeth Montgomery makes quite an Impression as a somewhat Naive Society Girl that is Mesmerized by Johnny Cool's Cool and Machismo and it unleashes Her Libido and She is Hooked, "I need you, I need you now!"Almost every Scene Features a Recognizable Actor or Two and the whole Movie is so Breathtakingly Fast Paced that there Isn't Time to Figure out who They are or why They are there. The Movie is Sleek and Snake Like winding its way from NY to Las Vegas.The Third Act has a couple of Scenes displaying some Nasty Torture Devices that can Send Chills even Today. Overall, the Movie is Different and while Not quite Stylish it makes up for it with a very Downbeat Demeanor, Rapid Pacing, and a Terrifying Tone. It Pushes the Production Code to its Limit.

henri sauvage There's murder and mayhem to spare in this wild ride through the underworld of the early 1960s.There's simply no one who could play a merciless killer better than Henry Silva, with his beady black eyes, and that inimitable smirk which plays across his face as he dispatches his victims. Here he's put to perfect use as a remorseless "messenger boy of death" sent by deported mobster Johnny Colini (Marc Lawrence) to settle scores with Colini's former associates in the US.In the odd and somewhat awkward opening scenes of "Johnny Cool", we're introduced to Silva's character as a young boy in Sicily. When fascists kill his mother, he's adopted by the hill bandits who rescued him. Next we see him as a bandit chief, a sort of Sicilian Robin Hood who's an honored guest at a local wedding. Which makes Silva's seemingly easy transition to a cold-blooded hit man a bit inexplicable, after Colini on his own initiative bribes the authorities to fake the bandit's death. I have a feeling there's something missing here; maybe the novel explained it better.But once Silva -- who at the mobster's behest has taken Colini's name for his own -- hits New York, the movie shifts into high gear, and from that point on it never lets up. Bouncing from New York to Vegas to LA and back, the new Johnny Colini -- or "Johnny Cool" as he's inevitably nicknamed -- eliminates his targets with icy aplomb, leaving a trail of corpses to mark his journey through the underworld.Along the way, he gets involved with bored little rich girl Darien 'Dare' Guiness (Elizabeth Montgomery), who demonstrates dramatic chops which may come as quite a surprise to those who only know her as Samantha from the TV series "Bewitched". Though she's basically a decent person, something within her is fascinated by the darkness she senses in Johnny, and she's swiftly drawn into the violence that swirls around him. He loves her, but of course in traditional "Beauty and the Beast" fashion, it will be his undoing.Besides being produced by Peter Lawford and featuring a couple of songs by fellow Rat Pack member Sammy Davis, Jr. as well as cameos by Davis and Joey Bishop, this film sports a striking assemblage of actors in supporting roles: from up-and-comers like Telly Savalas to noir and gangster flick icons like Elisha Cook, Jr. and Robert Armstrong, to some not-so-obvious choices for mob bosses in Jim Backus and Mort Sahl. In his brief appearance Sahl leaves quite an impression, as he greets the prospect of his imminent death with a sort of weary, good-humored resignation. He correctly divines Johnny's fate, offering him some rueful advice that he really should have taken.And Silva's final scene is unbelievably wrenching, incredibly disturbing for all that it lacks any gore or overt violence. I guarantee you, you will never forget it.This is a neat little film, compact and brutal as a sawed-off shotgun. While not as stylishly executed as later gangster revenge sagas like "Point Blank" or the original "Get Carter", this one still carries one hell of a punch.

bill engleson Johnny Cool moves along at a bloody and violent pace. The bad guys are complex and heroic deeds few and far between. Dare's self-revelation about the innocence of her 'dolce vita' friends and the corruption and the prevalence of the underworld is almost understated. 40 years since the film was made, it still intoxicatingly drags the viewer back to a simpler albeit vicious time. The acting is almost uniformly true. Henry Silva is powerful and Elizabeth Montgomery is as sexy as the times would allow.It has some funny moments including Joey Bishop as a very verbal used car salesmanThe murders are mostly quick and effective. Some are sloppy and brutal the way you know they must be in real life.Every moment of this film is a hard little gem. Why films like this are so elusive escapes me.

SquirePM This is an entrancing film in which you get lost and don't even thinkabout getting out again until its stunning conclusion. I've been aHenry Silva fan ever since I saw him in it. And it features ElizabethMontgomery in her most enticing roll ever. The story starts a little rough, and you just have to stick with it for awhile, but it ripens into a headlong thriller and finally cruises to itswrenching climax. What do you think? Can a guy like this getaway with a relentless series of assaults on such powerful peopleforever? All that said, and still giving it a high rating, this movie is definitely a1963 film. What passed for heavy action back then has long beeneclipsed. There is somehow almost an innocence to theslaughter, if that's possible. Henry Silva's character, however, willalways stand up as a smart, remorseless, merciless andinexorable visitor of revenge. And he's so cool.