Get over the subtitles and it's a good movie! Nothing we haven't seen before but played out in a believable gritty way. No spoilers from me. Enjoy the slow burn start as characters are introduced and keep a count of who is left at the end.

A sprawl of beautifully cast characters and their many intersections. Handsomely crafted, redolent of the types of crime thrillers they don't make anymore, though a little bit too glossy. In keeping up with the crotch-grabbing (sometimes literally) masculine milieu that Sollima – working from a novel and screenplay by Italian journalist Carlo Bonino and writer Giancarlo De Cataldo – seeks to depict, the sexual politics are prehistoric. The women, invariably, are wives, high-heeled secretaries, prostitutes, and molls. Their male equivalents are cardinals, big-wigs and bigger deals. Overall a great story superbly acted.

Alarm bells ring when a poster quote says that a prolific director famous for organised crime thrillers would be proud of it.And then the Blu Ray case has not one, but nine four or above star ratings from very well regarded publications, and so etching called Hey U Guys.But fear not, for once this is a film that is worthy of all its plaudits.In 2011, Ostia is the subject of a giant real estate project intended to make the harbour of Ancient Rome the Las Vegas of today. But the place soon becomes a battlefield where criminals and politicians either join forces cynically or fight each other ruthlessly. The infernal showdown will last seven days, claiming many lives.....Suburban is divided into seven parts, each depicting the lead up to the governments decision on granting permission for this project, and on each day, so etching goes drastically wrong for one of the characters who are crucial to the films narrative.And there are so many crucial characters, in the hands of someone lees confident,this could have fell apart on day three. But coming from the director of Gomorrah, Sollima keeps the film at a heady pace, keeping the brutality of Gomorrah, but adding such a beautiful cinematic feel to it.Members of parliament are more crooked and desperate than the two organised crime families, who need to keep the peace until the deal goes though. But this is impossible, thanks to one member of parliament who got a little too amorous with two ladies of the nights, and a lot of drugs.But it turns out that one of them was a minor, and died due to overdosing. And this is where the dreams of the project begin to fall apart.Lust, caution, as they say.It's a very hard film to watch, especially when the element of betrayal begins to enter the narrative fray. It's a film where everyone appears to be in constant danger, and Jean- Hughes Anglade is the unfortunate pawn who is bullied into doing all the pithy jobs, and he's the best thing in it.Set pieces are wonderful, in particular the siege on a shopping Mall, done on a grand scale, but keeping that wonderful gritty realism.Well worthy of all the praise, this needs seeking out.Apparently Martin Scorcese demands it....

I went into this movie with a friend having only read the summary and we were not disappointed. The movie, although over two hours long, did not feel as such and was intense and gripping from start to finish. The movie is set in Rome over 7 days and shows how the paths of people from various walks of life come together in an all too catastrophic and tragic way. This includes corrupt politicians, a hooker, and warring mafia gangs. The movie plays out like a snowball effect,starting with one event descending into the tragedy to become. The movie does not shy from graphic sex scenes and excessive violence, but it is not done in poor taste. In fact, it actually makes the film so much more potent. The acting is of course superb, and the actors really embody their roles. Production is excellent from all aspects. Definitely worth a watch, especially in a theatre.