Rome 1960s. Three young criminals, Lebanese (Pier Francesco Favino), Ice (Kim Rossi Stuart) and Dandy (Claudio Santamaria), decide to take a step up from the streets of Rome in to the world of organised crime. It's the birth of a smart and ruthless organization which soon crushes all its rivals and assumes total control of the drugs trade. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over twenty-five years, from the 1970s into the '90s, and are inseparably intertwined with the dark history of modern Italy: terrorism, kidnappings and corruption at the highest levels of government. As the three friends head to the end of an era, where all vendettas are executed and scores are settled, only one question remains, who will be left standing?

Più romanzato rispetto alla realtà dei fatti, ma questo film lo trovo strepitoso "popolare" come i vecchi film italiani e attivo e veloce come un polizioesco americano.
Bravissimi Favino e Santamaria, mentre Rossi Stuart e Accorsi sembrano riscattarsi dai vecchi film in cui prevalevano bella faccia e bravo ragazzo. Ottimo Tognazzi talmente nella parte da sembrare irriconoscibile.