Review of Gomorrah (2008) by Justin V — 09 Jan 2012

Films like the godfather and goodfellas showed a flashier, grander side of organized crime. this film, gomorrah, is its seedy underbelly - an amazing, gritty and surreal account of the camorra, one the of the largest and most powerful crime syndicates in the world.

Gomorrah is plays somewhat like crash and babel but its niche isn't abut highlighting people of different walks of life crossing paths. gomorrah chronicles five separate stories where the common bond throughout every story is the camorra. the camorra is eerily similar to an empire where it has a stranglehold in anything that will make a buck. from the young boy working as a lookout and drug carrier, to the middle man making payments to families of exiled camorra members to the college graduate helping dump illegal waste all these mundane and trivial events add up to what is probably the world's biggest moneymaker.

To know that a portion of the world's economy is spurred by monies made illegally is scary - to realize that majority of the money is coming from one invisible, yet relevant organization is even more harrowing. gamorrah comes through with difficult situations that can only end in two ways: money or death. so for the people of southern italy, where the camorra resides, whether they like it or not they are working for them. it's sad but that's honestly the type of power this organization has...