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A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards

  • 2012
  • 1h 52m
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6.6/10
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A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
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A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.

  • Director
    • Stefano Sollima
  • Writers
    • Carlo Bonini
    • Daniele Cesarano
    • Barbara Petronio
  • Stars
    • Pierfrancesco Favino
    • Filippo Nigro
    • Marco Giallini
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    8.6K
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    • Director
      • Stefano Sollima
    • Writers
      • Carlo Bonini
      • Daniele Cesarano
      • Barbara Petronio
    • Stars
      • Pierfrancesco Favino
      • Filippo Nigro
      • Marco Giallini
    • 18User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Pierfrancesco Favino
    Pierfrancesco Favino
    • Cobra
    Filippo Nigro
    Filippo Nigro
    • Negro
    Marco Giallini
    Marco Giallini
    • Mazinga
    Andrea Sartoretti
    Andrea Sartoretti
    • Carletto
    Domenico Diele
    Domenico Diele
    • Adriano
    Roberta Spagnuolo
    Roberta Spagnuolo
    • Maria
    Eugenio Mastrandrea
    Eugenio Mastrandrea
    • Giancarlo
    Eradis Josende Oberto
    • Miriam
    Carlo Marino Altomonte
    • Uomo Sfrattato
    Riccardo Angelini
    • Maresciallo Reparto Mobile
    Alessandra Antinori
    • Franca
    Livio Beshir
    Livio Beshir
    • Mustafà
    Stefania Bogo
    • Giudice Separazione Negro
    Antonio Brundu
    • Poliziotto Casa Mazinga
    Sebastiano Colla
    • Poliziotto Narcotici
    Fabio De Caro
    • Tifoso Napoletano
    • (as Fabio de Caro)
    Paolo Giovannucci
    Paolo Giovannucci
    • P.M.
    Hope Johns
    • Nigeriana CPT
    • Director
      • Stefano Sollima
    • Writers
      • Carlo Bonini
      • Daniele Cesarano
      • Barbara Petronio
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    User reviews18

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    8badlieutenent

    One of the movies you must see to understand Italy

    The story about four Cops (in italy the call them Celerini, As An insult) and A new rookie, they dream justice , and they'll do anything to get It. Sollima (director of the film Suburra,Sicario 2 ,and a new episodes of the series Gomorrah) made a Great work, he is able to direct violence and pulp scenes . The screenplay works well , Favino,Nigro and Giallini Aldo work well. Justin amazing(a).
    8omar_darghouth

    Good movie,well made regardless if you agree with the director's opinion

    i usually abhor people who criticize other people online,but i would advise ignoring the bad previous comments.they are judging the movie by the political belief they possess rather then the movie itself.this to me is quite stupid as not many people share the same view nor the same perception of life.

    The movie is well made,and doesn't defend anyone. i found no hero and no villain,or multiple villains if you may.

    I would recommend this movie for the directing and acting as well as the story-line(even if you do not agree with the perception it gives of life).
    8kosmasp

    Characterizing

    It's always a bad assumption to characterize a group of people and make them what you think they are. Or what maybe a lot of them are doing. This issue gets handled head on here and it doesn't take any prisoners. The movie is made for you to think (especially if you're Italian or have followed some of the things that went down in that country) about incidents. Like the one depicted in another movie (Diaz: Don't clean up this blood). It's only a small fraction in this movie here, but that issue is spoken of too.

    So while you might have a pre-arranged picture that suits the title of the movie, there is more going on. Of course the movie would not be authentic if it didn't involve said cops. But the question always remains, why it came to that fact (for some of them). If you're open minded this might appeal to you and you might see that there are some differences
    9jolietbig

    Very powerful movie

    The movie was an excellent insight of the Italian riot police ("celere"), through the everyday lives of 4 policemen. During the whole movie the tension is always high and it's been for me one of the rare cases where I never, at any point, took the part of the protagonists. Who are, as the title says, literally mean bastards. Despite that, it's a very powerful and emotional movie that reflects how the Italian society has degraded in the last decades (racism, violence, intolerance, corruption, etc)

    The use of the photography and the music (great soundtrack!) is always well placed, adding more depth to many scenes. The movie is loosely based on the book with the same name, which is a reportage of a journalist based on true stories heard from real policemen.

    I saw it at the Love & Anarchy movie festival in Helsinki, where the director was present and answered the audience's questions. I strongly disagree about the movie being pro-police or fascist. Actually, it's pretty much the opposite. In fact, it takes an almost perfect neutral point of view, trying to show the bare facts. All the opinions come from the viewer, not from the director. He (Stefano Sollima) was also pointing that out since he didn't want to express his judgment. And by the way, he's politically left oriented but the movie has nevertheless been criticized by all the sides: Police, hooligans, right parties and left parties (meaning that he managed to reach his goal...)
    6mysteryman7162

    Violent, controversial and well paced

    A.C.A.B is a phrase I grew up with in the U.K in the early eighties and was often seen tattooed on the fingers, necks and one time forehead of skinheads. I was intrigued to see it being used in Italy, that drew me to see the film.

    A.C.A.B the film centers on the exploits of small group of riot police in Rome.I found it to be very well paced, realistic though budgetary constraints made the riot scenes seem a little under populated. The characters were well developed and the action scenes well directed.

    There was a lot of racism in the film and the direction is kind of ambivalent about it.

    To conclude I would urge you to watch this film and form you own opinion.

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      Italian censorship visa # 104964 delivered on 20 January 2012.
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      Followed by Public Disorder (2025)
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    • Release date
      • January 27, 2012 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (Italy)
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Đội Chống Bạo Động
    • Filming locations
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Cattleya
      • Babe Film
      • Rai Cinema
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      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,847,381
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 52m(112 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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