La Scorta

Carlo Cecchi (Actor), Enrico Lo Verso (Actor), Damiano Damiani (Director), Ricky Tognazzi (Director) | Format: DVD

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Actors: Carlo Cecchi, Enrico Lo Verso, Claudio Amendola, Ricky Memphis, Tony Sperandeo
Directors: Damiano Damiani, Ricky Tognazzi
Writers: Damiano Damiani, Enrico Ribulsi, Gianni Romoli, Graziano Diana, Simona Izzo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Paradox
Release Date: Mar 7 2006
Run Time: 95 minutes
ASIN: B000CR8QV6

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Sicily, 1992: When a high-profile judge and his bodyguard are brutally murdered, four reluctant young cops are assigned as ‘La Scorta’ – Italian for ‘the escorts’ – to protect the replacement prosecutor from Mafia assassins. But in a country where high level corruption and sudden violence are a way of life, the squad quickly find themselves outnumbered, outgunned and desperately out of time. Even if they can survive the daily threat of car bombs and ambushes, will personal conflicts and backroom betrayals blow apart the nation’s most unlikely team of heroes?

Claudio Amendola (in his breakout performance) and Enrico Lo Verso star in this white-knuckle thriller from writer/director Ricky Tognazzi featuring a pounding score by Ennio Morricone and based on a true story of uncommon courage.

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Amazon.com: 4.0 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A forgotten classic well worth remembering, April 12 2006

By Trevor Willsmer - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: La Scorta (DVD)

La Scorta is one of the best Italian films of the 90s, although that hasn't stopped it from disappearing from circulation for years until Blue Underground's DVD release. Unlike the Eurotrash which is that label's main stock-in-trade, this is a powerful and sober crime drama (rather than an out-and-out thriller) about the small group of bodyguards protecting a judge investigating mafia and government corruption in Sicily. It's certainly not a glamorous portrait: terminally underfunded, they only have two bullet-proof vests between them, and instead of armoured cars they get clapped-out unmarked vehicles the police can't even afford to keep the tanks full. There's not much in the way of action, but there's plenty of suspense over what MIGHT happen. Every abandoned car by the roadside could be a bomb, a stuck gate could be a prime opportunity for an assassin, so that when the expected does finally happen (and to the most obvious candidate in the most obvious fashion) it doesn't feel quite like such a cliche, more inevitability. The film does a good job of humanising its protagonists en route. While they all have the usual stereotyped dead meat trappings - families, girlfriends, pregnant wives - they spend much of the first half jockeying for position, making mistakes and inadvertently betraying their charge. Ricky Tognazzi directs with energy and imagination that belies the film's low budget and is well served by his ensemble cast.

Sadly, the DVD transfer, while acceptable, is not great, although the extras are good.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cosa Nostra, Jan 21 2010

By Evelyn Felice - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: La Scorta (DVD)

Another very good Italian movie! Again during a period of terrible unrest in Sicily with the local mafia and the courageous judges who try to make a difference in that faction torn region.

La Scorta, the escorts, or actually the Bodyguards, tells the story of four diverse men detailed to guard the life of yet another Judge sent from the North to try and keep peace and justice in this faction riddled land.

The men have some trouble getting along together but eventually end by forming a tight and close band dedicated to preserving the life of the Judge they are committed to protect.

For who knows this period of Sicilian history the ending is plausible. For others it might come as a surprise. The original Italian dialog is very good. Sub titles are available.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't even mind the captions - this is a good film!, Nov 24 2007

By Lois Epstein "Mokus" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: La Scorta (DVD)

Despite the fact that I knew none of the actors and don't speak Italian, this was a very credible film (and why shouldn't it be - it was a true story). The characters were well formed and very well played and the story was compelling. I think not having "big stars" in this production made it better, as equal attention could be payed to all. This is a film well worth seeing and I will probably watch it many times again.

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