They Call Me Jeeg (2015)

Enzo, a lonely and misanthropic small time crook, uses the superpowers gained after falling in the Tiber river to chase down a crazy gangster called "The gypsy".

Director:

Gabriele Mainetti

Writers:

Nicola Guaglianone (story), Nicola Guaglianone (screenplay)

Stars:

Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli

17 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Claudio Santamaria	...	Enzo Ceccotti
Luca Marinelli	...	Zingaro
Ilenia Pastorelli	...	Alessia
Stefano Ambrogi	...	Sergio
Maurizio Tesei	...	Biondo
Francesco Formichetti	...	Sperma
Daniele Trombetti	...	Tazzina
Joel Sy	...	Claudietto
Gianluca Di Gennaro	...	Antonio
Salvatore Esposito	...	Vincenzo
Antonia Truppo	...	Nunzia
Juana Jimenez	...	Marcellone
Tommaso Di Carlo	...	Efeso
Giampaolo Crescenzio	...	Pinocchio
Tamken Abdulaziz	...	Corriere #1

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

radioactive waste | reference to steel jeeg | super villain | superhero | non comic book superhero | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 110296 delivered on 10 December 2015.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Connections

Referenced in Frightfest 2016: In Conversation With (2016)

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Soundtracks

Latin Lover
Written by Gianna Nannini and Mauro Paoluzzi
Sung by Simona Ranucci
Keyboard: Fabrizio Cesare
Guitar: Ruggero Brunetti
Bass: Pierpaolo Ranieri
Drums: Luca Trolli
Original song courtesy of Warner Chappell Music Italiana/Universal Music Publishing Records

User Reviews

If you have a good idea ...

Go with it! Actually run with it would be better. And the filmmaker of this one did exactly that. It's always about the money, although you couldn't tell the budget for this one, because the mind goes a long way. And they really though of something that while it may not be unique, it very much feels like it is. And that alone is worth more than a really big budget.

So if you are open minded and like weird Indie movies, you will have the time of your life with this one. It's our anti-hero who's carrying this, but also the female lead who's helping a lot (maybe not always literally but you get the point). It may feel creepy or wrong at times, but that just goes to show you, that the movie is rough on the edges. And it's refreshing that it doesn't seem to mind about correctness one way or another. One of the best Fantasy movies in the last couple of years - and who said Italy couldn't do any Genre movies anymore?

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Italy] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

25 February 2016 (Italy)

Also Known As:

They Call Me Jeeg Robot

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,700,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,973,344

Company Credits

Production Co:

Goon Films, Rai Cinema, Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1