You could easily dub this movie "What ever happened to Dario Argento's talent?"... The lethal combination of one of the worst screenplays he ever worked on, and one of the worst group of actors (should we call them "actors"?!?!?...they really do not seem to know what acting is about) makes for an awful, boring, shockingly dull movie. Argento displays his undisputed bravura only in two scenes (one, on a train, at the very beginning; the other, on a red carpet of a theater, much later), but it's really too little for a movie who's intended to be the sequel to "Profondo rosso", one of Argento's most beloved films...
It's a shame to see the great Max von Sydow sink in this sea of mediocrity... The other thesps' recitation grade from mediocre to cheesy to absolutely camp, and it's really difficult to award the palm for worst actor. Gabriele Lavia simply overacts his role, constantly frowning (why?); Rossella Falk goes for the "theatrical" performance, and it seems to be not a wise choice... what should we say about the others? Dionisi? Terrible. Caselli? She seems to be in another movie. Zibetti? Well, I thought he had already given his worst in Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty", but in "Nonhosonno" he simply outdo himself, with a performance so creepily horrible, so cheesily camp (and, jeez, let's not talk about his voice), that if the movie ever find an American distributor, he can surely make room on the mantelpiece for a well-deserved "Worst Actor of the Decade" Razzie Award...
It's a shame to see the great Max von Sydow sink in this sea of mediocrity... The other thesps' recitation grade from mediocre to cheesy to absolutely camp, and it's really difficult to award the palm for worst actor. Gabriele Lavia simply overacts his role, constantly frowning (why?); Rossella Falk goes for the "theatrical" performance, and it seems to be not a wise choice... what should we say about the others? Dionisi? Terrible. Caselli? She seems to be in another movie. Zibetti? Well, I thought he had already given his worst in Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty", but in "Nonhosonno" he simply outdo himself, with a performance so creepily horrible, so cheesily camp (and, jeez, let's not talk about his voice), that if the movie ever find an American distributor, he can surely make room on the mantelpiece for a well-deserved "Worst Actor of the Decade" Razzie Award...