Well that isn't necessarily true. You probably are going to be able to handle anything the movie throws at you. While it is based on a true story (character), this doesn't say too much if you consider the rich history of crime in Italy - no pun intended.

Having said that, the main character is quite enticing. Which is the reason his wife falls for him. But while he tries to keep his nose clean (is that a pun?), there is only so much he can do to prevent it (crime) to come to his home.

Overall interesting, even if not as engaging as I reckon it could be all things considered.

Not only Marty Scorcese knows how to tell a mafia story, with old scores, in the pure biopic modern style. Remember Damiano Damiani or Pascale Squieteri, awesome Italian directors from the sixties and seventies, and I don't even speak of Francesco Rosi. The three masters of the mafia movies, the most true and authentic ones, not the euro crime genre, with brutality, blood thirsty killers - and macho men beating women every two minutes - galore. Poliziottesco films for the huge and mindless audiences; I don't speak about these films. No, the one I am talking about today seems to remain unfortunately obscure, that's a shame because it is very efficient, sharp, effectively acted and directed. And, I affirm that the italian made pasta are the best on earth, and the same with mafia movies. You have some garbage from time to time, I admit, but this little film doesn't belong to this category. I would put it nearly on the same scale as GOMORRA, the movie, made in 2008.

A nice mafia film on vicious struggles between Camorra clans. The greatest merit of the film, despite its relative lack of emotions, is to show very well and natutaly core Italian cultural traits: Catholic elements are everywhere, and male sexism is always present. The chaotic change of partnerships and affiliations among the mobsters is related to the decentralized way mobsters from Naples organize themselves in comparison to other mafiosi.