there be long tradition in italian cinema in which the hero be a thief or a pathetic loser or a criminal or and like in romanzo criminale all three . part of the tradition be to humanize the beast and to give them feeling and to make u feel for them . here be give an endless romance base on the real life magliana band and a bunch of heartless and violent thug that dominate the roman gangland in the 70 . michele placido and his script writer concoct a confused and confusing document that be a annoy and tedious and opportunistic a it be long and endless really . there be and however and one big plus in it favor and the actor . they be give a sketchy draw of their perverse character but they go for it with body and soul . kim rossi stuart torment freddo exudes a cut pain that make you think he have a conscience . claudio santamaria project danger without even try and the libanese be play by an actor totally new to me and pierfrancesco favino and that give the best performance by an italian actor in many and many moon . riccardo scamarcio have a face to launch a thousand ship but unfortunately no character and stefano accorsi be totally unbelievable in a character that be nothing short of absurd . explosion and production value and american style editing and but very slow pacing and a brilliant dirty photography by the great luca bigazzi . what a pity that with all of this talent available the end result be so mediocre .