Sie nannten ihn Jeeg Robot (2015)
62KSie nannten ihn Jeeg Robot: Directed by Gabriele Mainetti. With Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Ambrogi. Enzo, a lonely and misanthropic small time crook, uses the superpowers gained after falling in the Tiber river to chase down a crazy gangster called “The gypsy”.
“Enzo (Claudio Santamaria) is a small-town crook in Rome, stealing purses and taking on small jobs with other crooks just to get by; after one such incident, he finds himself being chased by the cops and the only way to escape them is to jump into the Tiber River. Unfortunately for him, the place where he jumps conceals a number of barrels containing toxic waste, and one of them has been leaking. He suddenly finds himself with superpowers, and uses them to steal for himself until one day he meets Alessia (Ilenia Pastorelli), a young woman lost in a fantasy world featuring the Japanese anime Steel Jeeg. She convinces him to use his powers for good, but she doesnu0026#39;t know that a super-villain, Fabio (Luca Marinelli), wants to subvert Enzo for his own ends . This film is a hoot, a shout-out to Italyu0026#39;s 1970s love affair with the (real) u0026quot;Steel Jeegu0026quot; anime from Japan, and a gritty tale from the dark belly of the big city all at the same time, and all done with exquisite Italian flare. (Fabio, for example, has a fabulous dress sense and has a small-time claim to fame as a one-time contestant on a TV talent show, which everyone mistakes for the Italian version of u0026quot;Big Brother.u0026quot;) Thereu0026#39;s lots of action, of course, but also a quieter story of how Enzo gains superpowers which lead to him gaining his soul. This movie won a bunch of Italian film awards, and itu0026#39;s easy to see why – itu0026#39;s by turns charming, brutal, thrilling and tender. Anyone familiar with the genre will know from the beginning how it will end, but the journey itself is a terrific ride, and lots of fun!”
