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Piranhas
Directed by
Claudio Giovannesi
Not Rated
2019
1h 51m
Crime
,
Drama
6.5
58%
61%
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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.
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Cast of Piranhas
Francesco Di Napoli
Nicola
Artem Tkachuk
Tyson
Viviana Aprea
Letizia
Pasquale Marotta
Agostino
Ciro Pellechia
Lollipop
Mattia Piano Del Balzo
Briatò
Ciro Vecchione
'O Russ
Alfredo Turitto
Biscottino
Luca Nacarlo
Cristian
Carmine Pizzo
Limone
Valentina Vannino
Nicola's Mother
Aniello Arena
Lino Samataro
Roberto Carrano
Caminiello
Adam Jendoubi
Aucelluzzo
Renato Carpentieri
Don Vittorio
Piranhas Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Zaki Hasan
Stylistic utility isn't enough to mask the essential emptiness at the heart of the story. When you strip away the novelty of it all, we're left with little more than a kids' meal version of Scarface.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
Despite Giovannesi's fine eye for detail and Di Napoli's impressive screen debut, Piranhas never quite reaches the heights of Gomorrah, Dogman, or Reality, to name three outstanding examples of the current wave of Naples crime pics.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's visually interesting, but stylistic utility isn't enough to mask the essential emptiness at the heart of the story...
Noir City
Sean Axmaker
The scrappy filmmaking and petty criminal antics fit the scale of this Gomorrah Jr.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
It flashes potential on both sides of the camera, but this gritty Italian crime thriller is conventional beneath its mildly unsettling surface.
Denerstein Unleashed
Robert Denerstein
Much of what transpires in [Claudio] Giovannesi's mob-mashup feels a trifle old hat, even its unblinking rawness.
Cinema76
Gary M. Kramer
Piranhas may not be original, but it sure is gripping.
Los Angeles Times
Kimber Myers
This drama isn't as masterful as "Gomorrah" but the handheld camerawork and spare use of score suck us into the crimes, all the more chilling due to the age of their perpetrators.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
"Piranhas" is no documentary, but it plays out with a deadpan style that is deeply unsettling.
San Diego CityBeat
Glenn Heath Jr.
Gripping and sobering, Piranhas examines how violent turnover morphs into a natural extension of our base desires for wealth and respect.
Cambridge Day
Tom Meek
To be certain, it crackles and sparks at points, but it never catches fire.
Film Comment Magazine
Michael Sragow
This is a softened down, slicked up, rags-to-glad-rags movie, and its wispiness is maddening.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A superficial crime drama.
Counterpunch.org
Louis Proyect
Like most Italian films about the mafia, this does not romanticize its members. It is based on a novel by Roberto Saviano, who had a price on his head from the Neapolitan mafia, aka the camorra.
RogerEbert.com
Vikram Murthi
At some point, Piranhas stops trying to be even mildly unique and starts sluggishly going through the motions.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
Despite Di Napoli's high cheekbones and natural appeal, Nicola isn't much of a character, toggling between baby-faced innocence and callow ruthlessness, but not much else.
Slant Magazine
Pat Brown
Claudio Giovannesi's film is more an interesting tweak of Goodfellas than an eye-opening social statement.
IndieWire
David Ehrlich
A gripping modern riff on "Goodfellas" that follows an ambitious kid as he chews his way up the ranks of Naples' teenage gangsters.
The Hollywood Reporter
Deborah Young
This tale of teenage gangs is badly in need of stronger visuals and pacing.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
The film's prologue promises a more powerful, original experience than the "Piranhas" we get.
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