Studiocanal Announces The Worldwide 4K UHD Debut For Two Italian Crime Classics
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Carl Roberts 
Studiocanal invites us to rediscover two Italian crime thriller classics on 4K UHD as part of their Cult Classics collection. Get ready to rediscover The Counsellor and Weapons Of Death!
Studiocanal is making us an offer we can’t refuse. The Cult Classics collection invites you to rediscover two Italian thrillers making their worldwide 4K UHD debuts on 20th July. Moreover, one of these is from director Alberto De Martino (Blazing Magnum). It stars Italian film legend Tomas Milian (The Tough Ones). The Counsellor is a slam-bang action thriller packed with shootouts and betrayals on the streets of San Francisco.
Releasing on the same day is Mario Caiano’s Weapons of Death. It stars Italian genre superstar Leonard Mann (Death Steps in the Dark) in perhaps his finest Eurocrime film performance. Both titles will hit the shelves on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and Digital on 20th July.
THE COUNSELLOR
From director Alberto De Martino (Blazing Magnum), the 1973 crime thriller THE COUNSELLOR, making its worldwide UHD debut on 20t,h July as part of STUDIOCANAL’s Cult Classics range, with a brand new 4K restoration, a host of new extras, and a booklet. The film is released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and Digital.
Starring Italian crime film legend Tomas Milian (The Tough Ones) as the title character, superbly interplaying with the great Martin Baslam (Murder on the Orient Express) as a big bad mob boss, and Dagmar Lassander (Black Emanuelle) as Milian’s girlfriend, THE COUNSELLOR is a slam-bang action thriller packed with shootouts and betrayals on the streets of San Francisco.
Memorably scored by Riz Ortolani (Don’t Torture a Duckling), THE COUNSELLOR riffs on Coppola’s The Godfather. However, at just over 100 minutes, this is a faster blast of all-out Mafia mayhem. It looks outstanding in the new 4K restoration. In short, it’s an offer any Eurocrime fan cannot refuse!
THE PREMISE
Following a stint in prison, Accardo (Tomas Milian), the counselor to San Francisco’s crime lord Don Antonio (Martin Balsam), requests to leave the family in order to lead a normal life. Don Antonio reluctantly agrees and, in doing so, breaks the mafia code that no one can leave the business until they drop dead. As the resulting gang war escalates in violence and increasingly brings Don Antonio’s life under threat, Accardo returns to once again defend and serve his godfather…
BONUS CONTENT
BRAND NEW Il Consigliori: Tradition vs Modernity: a video essay by Will Webb
BRAND NEW Audio Commentary with filmmaker/historian Steve Mitchell and historian Troy Howarth
Intro by Jean-Baptiste Thoret
Stills gallery
Original Trailer
The 4K and Blu-ray edition comes with a 12-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film.
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 102 mins approx.
THE COUNSELLOR is available to buy on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and Digital from 20th July 2026, and is available to pre-order.
WEAPONS OF DEATH
From director Mario Caiano (Violent Milan), the outstanding 1977 action thriller WEAPONS OF DEATH (aka Napoli Spara) makes its worldwide UHD debut on 20th July as part of STUDIOCANAL’s Cult Classics range. It features a brand new 4K restoration. There are also fantastic new extras and a booklet included. The film is released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and Digital.
Regarded as a high-water mark in the Italian poliziotteschi genre, Naples-set WEAPONS OF DEATH stars Italian genre superstar Leonard Mann (Death Steps in the Dark) in perhaps his finest Eurocrime film performance. He goes up against Henry Silva (Ghost Dog) as a ruthless Mafia boss. The cast also features Ida Galli (The Night Child) and Jeff Blynn (Giallo in Venice).
A breathless ride into the murky depths of a city beset by crime, the film doesn’t stint on the action and gory violence (including a particularly nasty beating given to a particularly unsavory character). This is not surprising considering it is written by Gianfranco Clerici (Cannibal Holocaust) and Vincenzo Mannino (The New York Ripper). It delivers superior car chases and stunts. Moreover, it is dazzling in the new 4K restoration, and features a fantastic score by Francesco De Masi (Kill Them All and Come Back Alone).
Described by the Grindhouse Cinema Database as “pure Italian action entertainment”, WEAPONS OF DEATH is a must-watch for Eurocrime fans who will never have seen the film look this spectacular.
THE PREMISE
In Naples, Commissioner Belli (Leonard Mann) desperately hunts down the dangerous Santoro (Henry Silva), a notorious gangster whose reckless crimes soak the city in blood.
BONUS FEATURES
NEW Napoli Spara! The Brutal World of the Poliziotteschi: a video essay by Will Webb
NEW Audio Commentary with Filmmaker/Historian Steve Mitchell, Historian Troy Howarth, and Mondo Digital’s Nathaniel Thompson
Leonard Mann: Napoli Spara! Revisited
NEW Naples Under Fire: An Archive Interview with Mario Caiano
Intro by Jean-Baptiste Thoret
Stills Gallery
Original Trailer
The 4K and Blu-ray edition comes with a 12-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film.
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 91 mins approx.
WEAPONS OF DEATH is available to buy on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and Digital from 20th July 2026, and is available to pre-order.
The Counsellor and Weapons Of Death will be released by Studiocanal on The Cult Classics collection on July 20th.
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