Romanzo criminale (2005)

Posted : 2 years ago at Nov 11 21:21

In this film, the criminal "Lebanese" (Favino) wants to conquer the underworld of Rome: drugs, whores, etc. For this to come in effect, he puts himself in charge of an organized gang. However, the gang soon finds itself with not just Lebanese as its leader, but a couple more, Dandy (Claudio Santamaria) and Ice (Kim Rossi Stuart). Taking place during the 1970s, the gang's story is intertwined with Italy's deep political history: terrorism, kidnappings and corruption in the government. Scialoia (Accorsi), a police lieutenant, is on the gang's trail, trying to bring them to justice. I enjoyed watching this movie in its original Italian. It's so refreshing to hear foreign languages sometimes, amidst all the Hollywood crap! The actors were good, although I felt something was missing. These ...Read more

Rating : 7/10