The Mark (2003)

Italy, today. Mark Draveni, 19, disgustingly wealthy, is the charismatic leader of a teenager brotherhood, the Demons. The Demons are bloodthirsty and lethal, albeit quite outlandish. Among... See full summary »

Director:

Mariano Equizzi

Writer:

Andrea Materia

Stars:

Rob David, Alla Bulankina, Raquel Meroño

Cast

Credited cast:
Rob David	...	Mark Draveni (as Robert Purvis)
Alla Bulankina	...	Serena Cursi
Raquel Meroño	...	Kite
Yoon C. Joyce	...	Berserk
Milena Mancini	...	Giulia
Emiliano Rubbi	...	Spike
Rudolph Gentile	...	Daniele Berti
Patrik Pistolesi	...	Carlo Capone
Gianfranco Phino	...	Luigi Morra
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Armstead	...	Uncle J.
Andrea Materia	...	The Demon
Loredana Mazzella	...	Serena's Ghost
Giuseppe Pollicelli	...	Night watchman
Clive Riche	...	Enrico Artale
Alessandra Streignard	...	Vivian

Storyline

Italy, today. Mark Draveni, 19, disgustingly wealthy, is the charismatic leader of a teenager brotherhood, the Demons. The Demons are bloodthirsty and lethal, albeit quite outlandish. Among them there's a martial arts master (Berserk), a hip hop madman nicknamed Spike, the cooler-than-ice computer whiz called Conan, and the gorgeous ninja woman Kite. All of his sheer power, though, can't give Mark the strenght to face his lovely girlfriend Giulia, 18. Giulia's pregnant and resolute to keep the baby, a prospect that makes Mark to freak out. After the umpteenth furious fight with Giulia, Mark is seduced by a new schoolmate: the malicious blondie Serena Cursi. Serena is morbidly fascinating in her natural coldness. Mark and Serena have wild sex, but Serena soon vanishes. Sometime later, Mark meets Uncle J., former best friend of the Dravenis, just released out of prison. He desperately warns Mark against Serena and her unbreakable curse. It's an eerie circle of blood which dates back to ...

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

Italy Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2003 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Mark - Il Segno della Vendetta

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

€500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Duque Film, Duque Films, Filmax Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenwriter, Andrea Materia, is a long-time fan and historian of comic books, especially Japanese manga. So he filled the script with lots of manga references. Most of the Demons gang members, for example, are named after manga/anime characters. Kite takes her codename from the famed action/x-rated movie, Berserk from the namesake hero by Kentaro Miura, Conan spoofs "Meitantei Conan" by Gosho Aoyama and finally Spike is a homage to Spike Spiegel (the main character in Shinichiro Watanabe's "Cowboy Bebop").

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Soundtracks

"The Right Hand"
Composed and Written by Paolo Bigazzi
Recorded Mixed and Mastered at Iter-Research

User Reviews

awful, awful, awful - worth watching for laughs

U can tell the movie is gonna suck from the very first frame. The film is shot so badly that you wonder if it was done by somebody else maybe it would have been worth watching. The story wouldn't be that bad if a little more creative juice went into the making of this flick. I understand low budget but often to make a low budget movie work what u need is a good director. This is not the case for The Mark. Director Mariano Equizzi can easily be placed in the little black book of people i'll never see the work of again. In addition to that the dubbing (??dubbing??) and sound mixing is just terrible, high-school student movie terrible. The music it's all right. Over all if you come by this movie on emule get it and watch it just for the giggles :D