Excellent Cadavers
Seen it?1999 | 102 min | Drama, Thriller, History, TV Movie, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Best for fans of mob stories and fans of a good courtroom showdown. A look inside a world of loyalty, money and betrayal. If you loved GoodFellas or The Godfather, start here. The best scenes are battles fought with words.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Character-first and patient, at 1 hr 42 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
63% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 10K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ricky Tognazzi
- Chazz PalminteriGiovanni Falcone
- F. Murray AbrahamTommaso Buscetta
- Anna GalienaFrancesca Morvillo
- Andy LuottoPaolo Borsellino
- Lina SastriAgnese Borsellino
- Arnoldo FoàJudge Antonino Caponnetto
- Ivo GarraniJudge Gaetano Costa
- Gianmarco TognazziNinni Cassarà
- Pierfrancesco FavinoMario
- Mattia SbragiaJudge Quinzi