In a completely different kind of film than is usually seen in America comes Gomorrah. This is a view of gangsters and crime unlike the usual glorification that America tends to adore. Obviously it’s because the film wasn’t made in America, but Italy.
Now don’t let the sub-titles bother you. If it didn’t stop the Passion of the Christ stop Americans, and no one spoke that language, it won’t stop you from seeing this film. And from the looks of this it is well worth the time to see.
The background, the crime, and the violence looks like many American cities. Many of the scenes in the trailer look like they could have been filmed in Los Angeles. But one thing is different, there is no glory.
Our protagonist seems to be a young boy, caught in the middle of a world of decay that he can’t escape from, and does not want to be a part of. Yet he has no options to be anywhere else, and there is but one way to go on if he wants to live.
I doubt highly the chances of any kind of feel good ending that Americans demand, and Europeans realize can’t happen. In the case of a film about the moral and social decay brought about by crime, drugs and violence there really can’t be a happy ending, unless you drop plot and ignore logical conclusions. And there are numerous action films that do that well. But this is a drama, and the consequences of actions count.
The thing that really caught my attention about this film is the name chosen for the title. Gomorrah, sister city of Sodom, and home of the worst types of sinners. They were base, cruel and wicked people that so offended God (in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faiths) that he smote them.
Given that reference, and seeing this modern day view of Naples – which looks like and in many ways could have been any city across the world – you have to wonder whom might be smote in this film at its end, or if anyone is righteous enough to leave it all behind.
Whatever the case, the film looks to be quite interesting.
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