*SPOILERS*
Marco Mancini (Giampaolo Morelli, 'Distretto Di Polizia', 'Butta La Luna', 'L'Ispettore Coliandro') is a man on a mission, and more precisely on the mission of bringing a bomb into a big boss' office and leave it there to blow it up.
It seems a straightforward job, but Marco ends up getting stuck in the elevator to the 17th (not a casually chosen number, watch the movie and you'll find out) floor with two employees, the bitchy Violetta (Italian Scream Queen Elisabetta Rocchetti, 'Nonhosonno') and the meek Meroni (Giuseppe Soleri), with the bomb engaged and unstoppable. No blue-red wires situation here, guys and gals.
And as the time passes, he notices help from his accomplices Pittana (Enrico Silvestrin, who ironically joined 'Distretto Di Polizia' in the recently aired season (the 6th) (which Morelli left at the beginning of), 'Come Te Nessuno Mai') and Borgia (Antonino Iuorio) isn't coming.
What he doesn't know, is that Pittana is deliberately averting help from coming.
The reason to this, when found out, will also shed new light on Marco's brother Matteo (Massimo Ghini, 'Raccontami', 'La Tregua', 'Matale A New York')'s death during a bank robbery gone wrong...
This movie was shot with only 65,000 Euros (about 82,000 $) and in HDV, but the result is a great one nonetheless; an engaging, thrilling and intense noir-slash-action movie, which makes a very good use of the flashbacks, which provide the backstory, key to understand the motives of the characters (especially Marco's and Pittana's).
Yes, the ending is a little predictable, because by then we already know what is on the cassette, but doesn't detract anything from the movie, which I'm sure would do great in foreign markets too, so why not an international release?
Piano 17: 9/10.
Marco Mancini (Giampaolo Morelli, 'Distretto Di Polizia', 'Butta La Luna', 'L'Ispettore Coliandro') is a man on a mission, and more precisely on the mission of bringing a bomb into a big boss' office and leave it there to blow it up.
It seems a straightforward job, but Marco ends up getting stuck in the elevator to the 17th (not a casually chosen number, watch the movie and you'll find out) floor with two employees, the bitchy Violetta (Italian Scream Queen Elisabetta Rocchetti, 'Nonhosonno') and the meek Meroni (Giuseppe Soleri), with the bomb engaged and unstoppable. No blue-red wires situation here, guys and gals.
And as the time passes, he notices help from his accomplices Pittana (Enrico Silvestrin, who ironically joined 'Distretto Di Polizia' in the recently aired season (the 6th) (which Morelli left at the beginning of), 'Come Te Nessuno Mai') and Borgia (Antonino Iuorio) isn't coming.
What he doesn't know, is that Pittana is deliberately averting help from coming.
The reason to this, when found out, will also shed new light on Marco's brother Matteo (Massimo Ghini, 'Raccontami', 'La Tregua', 'Matale A New York')'s death during a bank robbery gone wrong...
This movie was shot with only 65,000 Euros (about 82,000 $) and in HDV, but the result is a great one nonetheless; an engaging, thrilling and intense noir-slash-action movie, which makes a very good use of the flashbacks, which provide the backstory, key to understand the motives of the characters (especially Marco's and Pittana's).
Yes, the ending is a little predictable, because by then we already know what is on the cassette, but doesn't detract anything from the movie, which I'm sure would do great in foreign markets too, so why not an international release?
Piano 17: 9/10.