I was very curious to see how Italians could manage an Hollywood style thriller. They almost made it. Almost. We can definitely enjoy the photography and grading, which will picture Milan as a true metropolitan city, painted by lights and skyscrapers. This is the first time a tribute has been given to the city's skyline.
So, while the setting get a 8/10, actors performance and script get a 4/10.
Let's start saying this is one of a kind Italian movie where people doesn't speak regional dialects. And I'm so glad for this. But on the other side we hear words an Italian would never say, spoken mostly by the character "Rosa Amedei"; the writers pushed too much defining this one, making her just a joke. She is dressed exactly like Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil (red cocktail dress, black boots, and a gun), and every action she takes is always wrong (and really very far from what a Italian "Carabiniere" would do, like pointing a gun to a DJ saying "if you don't stop I'll blow your head up"). But the script it's quite terrible too.
SPOILER ALERT
The whole story is about a professor looking for revenge for the suicide of his own teenager son, happened 10 years before due to some bullying at school.
At the end of the movie we discover that the DJ was the bully, and he crashed the precious professor's violin, who was then accusing his own son leading him to commit suicide for the shame. Seriously?
Here the writers wants us to believe that a 19yrs dude could commit suicide because he had an argument with his father. And then we have such a father who blow up explosives just because he wants to ruin the life of bully.
I believe there were many other better reasons. Sadly the news gives us examples almost everyday
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