Here are the main films, with accompanying trailers, which are released in Italian cinemas on the occasion of the weekend of 20-22 August. Following are also the issues of 12, while you have to click here if you are interested in reviewing those of 5 (you can still see, for example, ‘The Suicide Squad – Suicide Mission’).
FAST & FURIOUS 9 (dal 18 agosto)
Regia: Justin Lin / Cast: Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, John Cena
International terrorist Cypher teams up with Dominic Toretto’s evil brother to take revenge on the latter and carry out an evil plan. ‘Fast & Furious 9’ brings to the stage the now usual mix of action scenes and testosterone, without being on par with the best chapters of the saga, but clearly surpassing the worst. Lovers of the genre will find bread for their teeth.
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FLY ME AWAY (from 19 August)
Directed by: Christophe Barratier / Cast: Victor Belmondo, Gérard Lanvin, Yoann Eloundou
The father of an immature and irresponsible thirty-year-old decides to entrust him with a boy suffering from a serious illness, in order to make him understand how to be in the world: against all odds, an extraordinary relationship will be born between the two young people. ‘Volami via’ brings back to the cinema a story already told previously (in the film ‘Conta su di me’) and does so by keeping in the footsteps of comedy, without however doing wrong to the underlying theme: on average, critics have appreciated.
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THE GIRL WITH THE BRACELET (from 19 August)
Regia: Stéphane Demoustier / Cast: Melissa Guers, Roschdy Zem, Anais Demoustier
The 18-year-old Lisa is accused of the murder of her best friend: during the trial it will be difficult to find out the truth about what happened and also about who Lisa really is and who her friend really was. ‘The girl with the bracelet’ is the French remake of an Argentine film and was awarded with César for the best non-original screenplay, as well as being reviewed with more than positive tones for the skill with which it avoids easy solutions and truths. prepackaged.
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ME AGAINST YOU THE FILM – THE MYSTERY OF THE ENCHANTED SCHOOL (from 19 August)
Directed by Gianluca Leuzzi / Cast: Sofia Scalia and Luigi Calagna
Luì and Sofì, together with their friend Pongo, are the guests of honor at the inauguration party of a beautiful school, but awaiting them there is a mystery that will force them to confront Mr. S and Perfidia once again. ‘Me contro te il film – The mystery of the enchanted school’ is the second feature film by the youtubers Scalia and Calagna, darlings of the very young. Their target is the same as always, so parents are prepared to bring the children into the dining room.
FREE GUY – HERO PER GAME (from 12 August)
Regia: Shawn Levy / Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery
The non-player character of a videogame becomes aware of himself and of the reality in which he lives: he decides to become the protagonist of his own story and to prevent the destruction of his own world. ‘Free Guy – Hero by chance’ is an action comedy, appreciated by critics when it is crackling, less when it conveys a moral that seems stuck to give itself a tone.
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THE MONSTER OF THE CRYPT (from 12 August)
Director: Daniele Misischia / Cast: Tobia De Angelis, Pasquale Petrolo, Amanda Campana
Leafing through one of his favorite comics, a young nerd discovers disturbing analogies with events that are sowing death and terror in the village where he lives: he decides to involve his friends and the author of the comic in the search for the truth, whatever the cost. ‘The Crypt Monster’ is a horror-sprinkled comedy that focuses on the nostalgia of the Eighties and the sympathy of a bizarre group of protagonists.
CHARLATAN – THE POWER OF THE HERBALIST (from 12 August)
Regia: Agnieszka Holland / Cast: Joachim Paul Assbock, Jan Vlasak, Martin Mysicka
In the Thirties, a Czech healer became famous for his ability to diagnose diseases and treat them with herbal medicine: later the pro-Soviet regime accused him for the will not to discriminate patients on the basis of their political beliefs (he also treated Nazis ) and for his homosexuality. ‘Charlatan – The power of the herbalist’ is a dramatic film inspired by real events and whose main quality is the rigor in the protagonist’s story.
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