An excellent black comedy, handsome thriller and a tall story that keeps you guessing as it unwinds. The genuinely ridiculous plot (a man pays a couple of goons to 'pretend' to kidnap his wife in order to get his paws on his in-laws' 'ransom' money) is completely credible as mighty plans fall apart, spiralling ever more beyond the protagonist's control and leaving us marvelling at the complex stupidity of human nature. A modern classic.

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One summer day ten-year-old Michele is playing near his isolated village in poverty-stricken southern Italy, when he discovers a cave with a ghost-like child locked in it. On the one hand he starts to feed and befriend the child, on the other his eyes are opening to the adult world about him; nasty Brazilian gangster Sergio arrives, adults retire to argumentative meetings and a child abduction figures on the TV. Unfortunately for Michele the truth sets him on a journey that will put him in confl find out more...

A formidable gangster thriller later to be cribbed by Tarantino. An itchy crew of criminal cronies grab a metro carriage of civilians and demand $1 million ransom, causing the kind of chaos in New York City that a traditional train heist causes the cavalry. But, once they've got the ransom, how on earth do they expect to get away? find out more...