Angels of Evil is an above average prison thriller

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He spent much of his life in prison, and that is where Michele Placido's film begins.

Vallanzasca was something of a legend, eventually fighting a bloody battle with Sardinian criminals even more violent than himself, and Placido and Kim Rossi Stuart, who plays him brilliantly, paint him in this long film as a man with charm and the audacity to give his guards as good as he gets.

What we don't get is any more than a hint of how criminal activity changed for the worse during Vallanzasca's reign as the Sardinian and Calabrian mafia replaced the local gangs of robbers. Nor do we get a more general history of the period. It's a movie not an investigation, Placido maintains.

If it falls short of either Gomorrah or A Prophet, it is an above average prison thriller, telling us of a strange man who fought most of his enemies to a standstill until he died.

Angels Of Evil (Vallanzasca - Gli Angeli Del Male)
Cert: 15