Giallo (translated to "yellow" in Italian) is the latest thriller from Dario Argento (Suspiria, Tenebre, and many other gems). The way I looked at Giallo, I looked at it as a parody of other giallo films (many done by Argento). The film is insanely predictable, but I personally thought that was the point. Argento hasn't really been on a streak lately (his last film "Mother Of Tears" was his only pretty good movie in the last several years).
Giallo is about Linda (Emmanuelle Seigner) who was out in Italy to see her sister who is modeling internationally, as Linda was going to have dinner with her, she never showed up and is now missing. We see her sister getting kidnapped by a yellow skinned killer (noticed why it's called Giallo). This killer basically kidnaps beautiful women and tortures, take pictures of them tortured and eventually kills them. Linda goes out to hire a dectective Enzo (Adrien Brody) to race and find her before she gets killed.
As mentioned earlier, this movie is predictable, it's also badly acted on many occasions. All the stuff with Seigner and Brody were bland and flat, the only amusing part was the killer himself. Anytime he was on the screen, I was laughing hysterically at his antics (for example: he goes on his laptop and looks at the pictures of his victim and starts whacking off), just the way he talks is pretty damn hystertical.
I'm not gonna go further in this review since I'm sure many people can already tell where this is going. So I'm gonna sum up this review to tell people to watch this if they want to watch a predictable, badly acted thriller with occasional scenes where you'll laugh hysterically and witness some pretty graphic violence. If you don't want to see that, then I don't suggest seeing it.
Overall Grade: C
