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6.5/10
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A gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.A gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.A gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 22 nominations total
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The popularity of Italian language gang movies and TV shows has risen to high level in recent years and we have Gomorrah and Suburra to thank for that and while Piranhas isn't quite up to their standards, it's still an interesting look at the underclasses in Napoli .
Six 15-year-old boys deal drugs and use assault rifles to rule their neighborhood in Naples, interested only in making money, wearing designer clothes and surviving in a world where they believe they have no future.
There isn't much of a story in this film . It flows like the boys lives . Without a care . The kids live for today and that's the way the movie is made . Not a great deal of structure but plenty of spontaneity. They probably know things are never going to turn out well but they are going to enjoy it while they can .
Exactly as it did watching it .
Six 15-year-old boys deal drugs and use assault rifles to rule their neighborhood in Naples, interested only in making money, wearing designer clothes and surviving in a world where they believe they have no future.
There isn't much of a story in this film . It flows like the boys lives . Without a care . The kids live for today and that's the way the movie is made . Not a great deal of structure but plenty of spontaneity. They probably know things are never going to turn out well but they are going to enjoy it while they can .
Exactly as it did watching it .
I have a lot of friends from Naples and they said this movie depicts the reality of the situation of the youth in Naples today.
You follow the story of one boy with his friends who tries to make ends meet while they dont go to school and easily succumb to the ways of the Mafia for easy money. It's really sad.
The movie is well made and well paced, you keep asking yourself what are they going do to next and how is this going to end.
The love story dragged on a little bit but otherwise its a good watch that I would recommend.
Unfortunately the stories depicted on this movie are true or based on facts that really and daily happen in Naples.
It's another world if you compare with the rest of Italy. It's the devil place.
The movie is well done and the actors are good. But it's pity to see these things.
Watch it and then judge with your eyes.
It's another world if you compare with the rest of Italy. It's the devil place.
The movie is well done and the actors are good. But it's pity to see these things.
Watch it and then judge with your eyes.
I was surprised the ratings weren't higher. This is better than almost every modern Italian gangster movie. The acting is amazing and direction is very good. Paced very well. Nothing that unique in terms of plot but executed extremely well.
Good movie about the life of a very young gang that morphs into the new generation of the mob. It's directed very dryly which adds to the realism, but it falls into some of the usual tropes of mob movies. Solid performances throughout.
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- TriviaThe protagonist had not auditioned, had never enrolled in drama schools but as a job he was a baker and was taken for the right script for the type of boys
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $23,494
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,898
- Aug 4, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $2,298,525
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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