Something sadder ticks away in the movie... the primal truth of spiralling violence, the timeless love of boys for guns.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 15, 2020

Stylistic utility isn't enough to mask the essential emptiness at the heart of the story. When you strip away the novelty of it all, we're left with little more than a kids' meal version of Scarface.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 22, 2019

It's visually interesting, but stylistic utility isn't enough to mask the essential emptiness at the heart of the story...

| Original Score: 1/4 | Aug 20, 2019

This drama isn't as masterful as "Gomorrah" but the handheld camerawork and spare use of score suck us into the crimes, all the more chilling due to the age of their perpetrators.

| Aug 8, 2019

"Piranhas" is no documentary, but it plays out with a deadpan style that is deeply unsettling.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 7, 2019

This is a softened down, slicked up, rags-to-glad-rags movie, and its wispiness is maddening.

| Aug 5, 2019

At some point, Piranhas stops trying to be even mildly unique and starts sluggishly going through the motions.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 2, 2019

Despite Di Napoli's high cheekbones and natural appeal, Nicola isn't much of a character, toggling between baby-faced innocence and callow ruthlessness, but not much else.

| Aug 1, 2019

Claudio Giovannesi's film is more an interesting tweak of Goodfellas than an eye-opening social statement.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 29, 2019

A gripping modern riff on "Goodfellas" that follows an ambitious kid as he chews his way up the ranks of Naples' teenage gangsters.

| Original Score: B | Jun 14, 2019

The film shows an awareness of Visconti, Scorsese and even De Palma, but this feels like an accomplished yet creatively unambitious piece of work.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 14, 2019

This tale of teenage gangs is badly in need of stronger visuals and pacing.

| Feb 12, 2019

The film's prologue promises a more powerful, original experience than the "Piranhas" we get.

| Feb 12, 2019