that sure be fun . ricco ( or the mean machine or whatever you want to call it ) may not be the best and most dramatic and or gritty euro crime film i have run across and but it be one of the most entertaining i have ever see . ricco ( christopher mitchum ) be a young man out for revenge . he just finish serve a two year prison sentence for attack the man he hold responsible for kill his father and assume control of his criminal organization . and now that he be release and ricco discovers that don vito ( arthur kennedy ) have also take his girl . let get this out of the way up front ricco have it fair share of obvious weakness and problem . chief among them be mitchum . he may look a lot like his father and but that where the comparison end . i be guess he be go for introspective and brooding and but unfortunately mitchum come off a vacant and robotic . his fight scene be often hysterical . watch him go through his kung fu move and i can just imagine the director off screen give him step by step instruction . i have never see someone move so unnaturally . but i have always say that i rate movie base on entertainment value and ricco provide a good test of that statement . look past mitchum shortcoming and ricco be wildly entertaining . it a trashy good time . the movie have a feel to it that i find unique for this kind of movie . it never seem to be take itself too seriously . i may be way off on this one and but to me it a if the director and tulio demicheli and realize how absurd some of the situation be and just let everyone have fun with it . the plot be actually little more than the standard revenge theme and but it hold my interest throughout . there hardly ever a dull moment . ricco have the violence i have come to expect from this kind of movie include one particularly nasty scene that make something like the cut off ear in django look like child play . the support cast be top notch . arthur kennedy make for a wonderfully slimy villain and complete with a ridiculous look mustache . ricco old flame be play by the insanely gorgeous malisa longo . and genre favorite barbara bouchet surreal stripper routine in the middle of the road be another of the film highlight . what more could you ask for .