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(2005)
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Rome 1960s. Three young criminals, Lebanese (Pier Francesco Favino), Ice (Kim Rossi Stuart) and Dandy (Claudio Santameria), decide to take a step up from the streets of Rome in to the world of organised crime. It's the birth of a smart and ruthless organization which soon crushes all its rivals assuming total control of the drugs trade. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over twenty-five years, from the 1970s into the '90s, and are inseparably intertwined with the dark history of modern Italy: terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at the highest levels of government. As the three friends head to the end of an era where all vendatas are executed and scores are settled only one question remains, who will be left standing?
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Romanzo Criminale review by Kurtz
If Vito Corleone had stayed home...
(1) of (2) members found this review helpful.
...it might have been his grandkids cutting a swathe through the Rome underworld of the late twentieth century like the central characters here. I’m not making the “Godfather” reference lightly, either: this is a blinding film which is a worthy descendant of the Coppola classic. There is crunching action, great performances and a clear point being made by the director about how the material wealth that the characters build up fails to make them any happier, more fulfilled or even safer. So although they get the glamorous lifestyle, in many ways they are as trapped as any wage slave trying to make the mortgage payments. This modern take on crime, an adept interweaving of great political events in Italy into the story and a thumping contemporary soundtrack brings it into “Goodfellas” territory. And with a pedigree like that, how can the world resist “Romanzo Criminale”?
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Rated: 3.4 stars out of 5 from 34 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
| Release Date: | 07/05/2007 |
| Production Year: | 2005 |
| Run Time: | 147 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
Special Features:
- Making-of Documentary
- Icon Trailer Reel
