Released in 2013 The Power of Few was both written and
directed by Leone Marucci. As far as I know this is the only film Marucci has
made. Hopefully it stays that way, because this movie is not good.
The movie is centered around a series of events (a double murder
followed immediately by a car crash) and the perspectives of all of those who
were involved in or witnessed it. This is a story-telling technique that has
been used in a number of films, to varying degrees of success, but in this one
it just comes off as pretentious. The intersecting parties/storylines are that
of a teenage boy who is planning on robbing a store to get some medicine he
needs for his baby brother. A guy who is on the run from two gang members
because he's going to testify in court. Two homeless guys, one of which used to
be a local news anchor. A courier. A shopkeeper who wants to be an actor. Two
special agents trying to locate a mysterious package. And finally a spy who has
stolen the Shroud of Turin from the Vatican.
Despite the fairly interesting gimmick of having all these
people cross paths Pulp Fiction-style, and featuring a halfway decent cast, I
couldn't get into this movie. I don’t give many films a zero rating, but I
struggled to find anything about this one that I liked and I almost bailed on
it several times. The acting is hit-and-miss, it's over edited, and it feels so much longer than it's actual runtime. Overall, at no point did I find this films plot compelling and I don't recommend wasting
your time watching it.
0 out of 5.
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