Now I'm not comparing this to City of God, just to be clear. I just like coming up with nice summary/pun lines. Connections can be made to a degree of course, but they can stop at the fact that you have kids and criminality as subject mater here. Having said that, the movie may feel slow to some. But it is quite impactful nonetheless. Not to mention that the style (in your face, the actors faces that is) is quite harrowing. It really puts you in the middle of it.

You may disagree with certain things, like the one central female character being swayed by macho and bully behavior ("male" king of the jungle style),but don't forget what world they all grew up in. So this is as authentic (or at least feels like it) as it gets. And the dialog (which may or may not be a bit improvised - otherwise kudos to the actors for conveying their emotions in such manner) is just on the spot! If you are into these types of movies, you'll rejoice and be "entertained". Otherwise maybe you'd like to stay away from this

Roberto Saviano, author of 'Gomorrah', the definitive book on the Neapolitan mafia, and contributor to previous films and television series, is one of the writers of Claudio Giovennesi's film 'Piranhas'. The film's distinguishing feature it that it focuses not on the godfathers at the top of the organisation, but on the kids who get sucked into the mafia life. It's believable and doesn't glamourise the world at all, but as a movie, it lacks a certain drama, perhaps because of how what goes wrong feels both inevitable and accidental at the same time. I'd still recommend watching it, but the ending underwhelms. Maybe you need a touch of the grand operatic style that characterised 'The Godfather', and indeed the television series of 'Gomorrah', to truly pack that dramatic punch.

The popularity of Italian language gang movies and TV shows has risen to high level in recent years and we have Gomorrah and Suburra to thank for that and while Piranhas isn't quite up to their standards, it's still an interesting look at the underclasses in Napoli .

Six 15-year-old boys deal drugs and use assault rifles to rule their neighborhood in Naples, interested only in making money, wearing designer clothes and surviving in a world where they believe they have no future.

There isn't much of a story in this film . It flows like the boys lives . Without a care . The kids live for today and that's the way the movie is made . Not a great deal of structure but plenty of spontaneity. They probably know things are never going to turn out well but they are going to enjoy it while they can .

Exactly as it did watching it .