The Power of Few

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.