(1992) The Flight Of The Innocent/ La corsa dell'innocente
(In Italian with English subtitles)
THRILLER/ SUSPENSE
The theme is similar to a later release "I'm Not Scared" also from Italy, co-written and directed by Carlo Carlei where at the beginning of the film, a kidnapping occurs from a wealthy Italian family in exchange for money, only that other baddies know about this. As well with intentions to shoot and kill all the ransomers and to use this ransom scheme keeping all the money themselves. All of this seen through the eyes of a little boy who narrowing escaped, after witnessing his whole family slaughtered! Barely remembered this film and had to see this film again to fully grasp what I didn't like about it and after seeing it again, I didn't enjoy the fact that the story was supposed to be from the boy's point of view and witnessed every one of his family member killed by guns and when the other killers or the other ransomers finally got there comeuppance or their deserts- nothing was shown except by what the protagonists heard. The film seemed like the film flip flopped and was somewhat disappointed that the film did not actually show the killings of the other bad guys who seem to be more cruel and have taken away more lives! Spoiler warning- the story has one plot hole but is not really a big deal is when the Italian media and the police showcases the family slaughtered as well as the wealthy man's son, the police should've been able to find the hideout as well as the other bodies around the area. The scene is important because the wealthy man should've known about his son's deceased either from the police or the media because the cave where the wealthy man's son was hidden was very close by to the first family ransomers! Very brutal how the director showed all the shootings, especially from the eyes of an underage little boy.
The theme is similar to a later release "I'm Not Scared" also from Italy, co-written and directed by Carlo Carlei where at the beginning of the film, a kidnapping occurs from a wealthy Italian family in exchange for money, only that other baddies know about this. As well with intentions to shoot and kill all the ransomers and to use this ransom scheme keeping all the money themselves. All of this seen through the eyes of a little boy who narrowing escaped, after witnessing his whole family slaughtered! Barely remembered this film and had to see this film again to fully grasp what I didn't like about it and after seeing it again, I didn't enjoy the fact that the story was supposed to be from the boy's point of view and witnessed every one of his family member killed by guns and when the other killers or the other ransomers finally got there comeuppance or their deserts- nothing was shown except by what the protagonists heard. The film seemed like the film flip flopped and was somewhat disappointed that the film did not actually show the killings of the other bad guys who seem to be more cruel and have taken away more lives! Spoiler warning- the story has one plot hole but is not really a big deal is when the Italian media and the police showcases the family slaughtered as well as the wealthy man's son, the police should've been able to find the hideout as well as the other bodies around the area. The scene is important because the wealthy man should've known about his son's deceased either from the police or the media because the cave where the wealthy man's son was hidden was very close by to the first family ransomers! Very brutal how the director showed all the shootings, especially from the eyes of an underage little boy.