Good concept, poorly executed.

Best movie ever!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

After the spaghetti western genre died in Italy, Italian filmmakers moved to cop movies. Like with spaghetti westerns, there were good and not so good efforts, this movie belonging to the latter category. Tomas Milian, an actor who's made an impression in other movies, seems kind of helpless here, thanks to the costume department dressing him up like a homeless person, and a screenplay that gives him very few opportunities to show some kind of character. Jack Palance is pretty much wasted - he only makes two very brief appearances in the first hour, and not much more in the last half hour. But the main problem with the movie is that it feels oh so tired. There are chases, punch-ups, and guns fired, but it all feels so mechanical. Maybe that's why the musical score plays the same bars of music over and over ad nauseum. Even die hard fans of Eurocult movies would be better off skipping this one.

...so retarded, in fact, that it is actually mildly amusing. I highly recommend this for anyone who plans to watch it with a bunch of friends while in an intoxicated state. Although I was not intoxicated when I viewed this bowl of soggy Italian pasta (in fact, i was eating vegetables and whole wheat crackers) I still had a difficult time picking out any blue jeans. As others have mentioned...Jack Palance only staggers onto the screen for a few brief moments before collecting his paycheck and heading out for booze (or vegetables and wheat crackers). There seems to be no story line whatsoever - just a few vaguely familiar thugs (didn't I see that guy with the terrible haircut a few scenes ago? no wait...that was another terrible haircut guy) thumping on each other (just for the fun of it) to tinny Italian meatball music. An incredibly painful/comical waste of 95 minutes.

Tomas Milian is a very good Italian actor who is know for play non-traditional protagonists. He plays Nico, 1/2 cop - 1/2 ex-con, who is dirty (literally), unshaved and doesn't like to wash (he also wears multiple pairs of socks, shirts and an ugly assortment of hats). This movie attempts (unsuccessfully) to capture (exploit) various elements of successful American movies and themes. The director definitely enjoyed Steve McQueen in the Great Escape (the director loves motorcycles - he put them everywhere in the movie. I'm surprised they weren't listed in the credits) and Al Pacino in Serpico (a poster hangs in Nico's apartment - and he names his white mouse Serpico). Thats where the similarities end. There are so many pointless motorcycle jumps, and chase sequences (the sequences are accompanied by Italian "spaghetti" music - one expects some pizza and sausages to fly in during the sequences) and fights, that one wonders what movie the director is trying to pay "homage" to. The criminal element in Italy is quite comical. The "bad" guys, who are indistinguishable from the "good" guys, usually surrender willingly once caught. They actually stand there .. and wait patiently while the cops fumble to cuff them. This movie does have a heavy Hollywood power to the credits, namely Jack Palance. If you watch this movie, you will be saying the same thing : "Where the hell is Jack ?" Jack is literally in 4 scenes (one scene shouldn't count considering it was mostly a stunt driver and Jack in a stationary vehicle) throughout the movie and a total screen presence of about 10 minutes. Out of the scenes he is in, he is dealt much physical harm; from the spray paint (mace) to the face to the infamous Nico knee to the crotch diplomacy tactic. In the end, this movie is more pointless than going to the corner store to get some smokes. If you want to see a good Milian movie, check out Companeros. If you want to see a good Jack Palance movie .. ... keep looking. In the end, this is a great movie for insomniacs and those returning from a night of debauchery.

THE COP IN BLUE JEANS, the US title of this film, was quite widely available in the video budget bins of the 80s and early 90s, so this may be the best known in the US of Tomas Milian's series of films as longhaired, unconventional cop Nico Giraldi. The films starts with a bang as a mini-crimewave is depicted in rapid-fire succession (the scene with the guy mooning the tourists to divert their attention as their possessions are stolen is a classic!), until after seven or eight minutes Milian jumps into action. Like most films of Bruno Corbucci, there is a serious political element in the film too, while it completely satisfies fans who just want an exciting violent action film. And of course, Tomas Milian is brilliant, creating an anti-hero (as he does so well!) who is unlike ANYONE in US cinema. I'm sure there are copies of this sitting in the 99-cent rack of video stores, so check it out if you want to see what is so good about the 1970s Italian police film genre or why Tomas Milian is one of the great icons of world film. My favorite film of this period w/ Milian is SWINDLE, where he is paired with David Hemmings. If you EVER see that offered or shown on TV, don't miss it!