It's rarely a good sign when 4 people are credited for working on a screenplay, like it happens with "Risking". The plot of this movie gives away its one big secret - that Ray Lovelock's character is not an incompetent robber but an undercover cop - too early into the game, then proceeds choppily (it doesn't take long for crime boss Martin Balsam to proclaim "He's like a son to me!" for Lovelock), and doesn't end - it just stops. Fortunately, director Franco Prosperi - better known for his "Mondo Cane" shockumentaries - stages some pretty terrific action scenes, which make "Risking" worth the risk: there is a car chase, a bike vs. truck chase, and a couple of fights. Ray Lovelock proves to be a fitting action lead (at one point he rolls and rolls and rolls down a hill), but Elke Sommer is underused - she doesn't even appear until 50 minutes into the movie! ** out of 4.
Review of Risking
