Even forgetting the completely silly and incongruous ending — which, in characteristic Italian fashion, implies that marriage is a fate far worse than death — «The 10th Victim» is a messed - up ball of competing impulses and half - baked ideas, and probably most famous among younger cinephiles, in pay - it -
forward fashion, for inspiring the
machine -
gun - bosom lampooned in «Austin Powers.»
«Mounted on the
forward, totally - exposed section of our tank was a 50 mm
machine gun, under the control of our tank commander, firing away.