Gomorra

"Gomorrah" is made up of six short episodes with six main characters--all revolving around the four-sided criminality between the port of Naples, Scampia, Castelvolturno and Terzigno.

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In 'Gomorrah,' the mob has a region in Italy in its grip

February 27, 2009 - Boston.com - Wesley Morris, Globe Staff

The movies can always find hell on earth. But it takes a certain uncompromising vision to hole up there for well more than two hours and leave you in fear for your life. "Gomorrah" begins with murders at a tanning parlor and ends with murders on a beach. Hell wants to take over as much of the movie's poor Naples region as organized crime does. One creates the conditions for the other to thrive. (Full review)

Review for 'Gomorra'

(no rating) Feb 27, 2009 - Chicago Tribune

So many moments in the fine Italian crime drama "Gomorrah" recall scenarios from a hundred different American-made mob movies. The man told by business partners to crawl inside a car trunk for his safety. The underling telling his overlord he's fed up, and wants out. The crazed young hotheads, cranked on their own adrenaline and nerve, running around with pistols pretending to be gangsters they've seen on the big screen - in this case, Al Pacino's Tony Montana, in the "Scarface" remake. (Full review)

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