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| Claudio Santamaria | ... | Enzo Ceccotti | |
| Luca Marinelli | ... | Zingaro | |
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Ilenia Pastorelli | ... | Alessia |
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The film is a strange and anti-hero transposition of a very popular animated manga cartoon in the 80's called Steel Jeeg. Here, a young outlaw (Enzo) is somehow affected by radioactive waste in the Tiber waters in Rome. He subsequently finds out he has gained super powers and interprets them as a reward for never having managed to enter the criminal world that counts. The inside joke reveals itself when Enzo meets Alessia, who believes the charming hero is the personification of the hero in the cartoon she used to watch.
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radioactive waste | insane woman | reference to steel jeeg | super villain | superhero |Certificate:
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ItalianRelease Date:
25 February 2016 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
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€1,700,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Goon Films,Rai Cinema,Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT) See more »
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At one point in the film, Enzo is asked if he was bitten by a bat in order to become a superhero. Claudio Santamaria (Enzo) previously served as the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman for the Italian dubbing of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and also for The Lego Movie's Batman. Also, the off-screen voice heard from a TV reporter in the closing sequence, was provided by Adriano Giannini who dubbed the Joker in the same series of movies. See more »Goofs
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A very good film, not afraid of showing on the screen the ugly people we are. This looked like a real National product to me, devoid of major foreign influences: it recalled much more of Pasolini's suburbs or of Pazienza's bad boys than of Deadpool or Kick-Ass. Which is something I liked very much.
A catching opening scene, a solid plot, some very good actors and a great villain (Fabbio: Luca Marinelli won a David for this performance) will make you overlook some lack of craftsmanship in special effects or in action scenes.
And originality is priceless. So sometimes is good to diverge from International main stream, I guess. Enjoy.