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Young, Violent, Dangerous

1976 · 100 min

A grim, fast-paced crime spree that keeps you tense and unsettled as senseless violence escalates.

Overview: Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of paul’s girlfriend and the local police commissioner. the group starts by robbing a gas station where paul guns down three innocent bystanders. When they later decide to rob a bank and a grocery store, paul ends up killing more people. It isn’t long before the entire police force is looking for the three criminals, who pick up the girl and hightail it to the Swiss border, killing everyone in their path.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: violence
crime
class
corruption
survival
Places: countryside
road trip
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	7
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, crime, drama
Directed by: Romolo Guerrieri
Written by: Nico Ducci, Fernando Di Leo
Starring: Tomas Milian, Eleonora Giorgi, Stefano Patrizi, Benjamin Lev, Max Delys, Diego Abatantuono, Venantino Venantini, Salvatore Billa
Music: Enrico Pieranunzi, Gianfranco Plenizio
Cinematography: Erico Menczer
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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