Emergency Squad/Squadra Volante (the latter actually translating as `Flying Squad`) is an okayish no-budget poliziotteschi that there`s absolutely no reason to watch but which fills the time slightly better than expected if you do. The usual cop out to find his wife`s killer plot suffers from having a lead who is barely present (the usually reliable Tomas Milian is a surprisingly dull turn in an almost non-existent role), but there are a few minor flourishes (such as Milian imagining crooks standing in front of the targets in a pistol range) and it fulfils every exploitation film`s remit: always include an explosion for the trailer and book a helicopter for one day`s shooting. The best moment comes not in the film itself but on the DVD extras in a brief but rambling interview with the film`s dying director, Stelvio Massi, when he tries to remember the name of some American director who wrote him a fan letter until his wife suddenly remembers: "Tarantino?" "Yes, I think that`s it."
