Suburra (2015)

Overrated and overhyped

Absolutely the worst movie.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is an outstanding achievement. While many European productions basically look like made-for-tv films, this is cinematic in the best way. Still, you have to be patient to be rewarded. Much like Soderbergh's "Traffic", the movie features several protagonists and sub-plots that, in the end, all come together. The violence is all there, but not in a show-off action movie style, it is really closely connected to plot and characters. I have not seen a contemporary movie that shows you so much about the power of organized crime. Throughout the movie, police is nonexistent. The crime is not just restricted to gangsters, politicians are part of the system, even the Vatican (just some hints of it). The actors are great, for non-Italians some are real discoveries. Production values first rate, music, locations all combine to create something really special. I watched the movie in its dubbed German version because my Italian is just shaky, but it was still great!

My son has been told by his friend about the movie Suburra. Me and my son watching it. It's so complicating for me till Episode 4 I got it to understand the show. We have 4 more episodes to go then wait till next year. Keep up good work. This is my first watching Italian show on Netflix.

Every action has consequences. Unintended or otherwise. Just when you don't think it can get any darker someone goes over the edge and commits an act that at first looks like the end of a story. Of course most of the time those acts are just links in a chain of never ending violence and far reaching consequences. The main feeling you get while watching this film is one of being being sucked down by a giant whirlpool of corruption and crime. There is so much rain it looks like a monsoon. That it (the story) ends in a waterlogged courtyard is fitting. For some reason most of the outside scenes of Rome take place in rain at night. Whether that is a metaphor or not it fits the tone. Dark on dark - but then again maybe the water will wash everything away.

A gangster known as Samurai is putting together a deal to construct a Las Vegas-style casino complex in the harbour area of Rome. He has all the pieces put together - the land (through leaning on the former landowners), the funding (from wealthy mafia families), a politician to help the project get through red tape and change legislation where necessary, and peace within the different mafia families to enable the deal to go through smoothly. Then the politician gets caught in a compromising, potentially career-ending situation and things start to unravel. Samurai has to use all his contacts, negotiation and persuasion skills to keep things on track.Gritty drama. Initially the plot feels quite unfocused, with several sub-plots operating seemingly in parallel. Over time everything comes together, making for a tense and intriguing film.Great final few scenes, as loose ends are tied up and issues resolved, sometimes in unexpected ways.