The Mark (2003)

Director:

Mariano Equizzi

Writer:

Andrea Materia (writer)

Release Date:

12 November 2003 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Italy, today. Mark Draveni, 19, disgustingly wealthy, is the charismatic leader of a teenager brotherhood...

Cast

Roberto Purvis	...	Mark Draveni (as Robert Purvis)
Alla Bulankina	...	Serena Cursi
Raquel Meroño	...	Kite
Yoon C. Joyce	...	Berserk
Milena Mancini	...	Giulia
Emiliano Rubbi	...	Spike
Rudolph Gentile	...	Daniele Berti
Patrik Pistolesi	...	Carlo Capone
Gianfranco Phino	...	Luigi Morra
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Armstead	...	Uncle J.
Andrea Materia	...	The Demon
Loredana Mazzella	...	Serena's Ghost
Giuseppe Pollicelli	...	Night watchman
Clive Riche	...	Enrico Artale
Alessandra Streignard	...	Vivian
Katherine Wilson	...	Prof.ssa Entai

Runtime:

89 min | Italy:90 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Italy:VM18

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Duque Film

Trivia:

The screenwriter, Andrea Materia, is a long-time fan and historian of comic books, especially Japanese manga. So he filled the script with lots of manga references. Most of the Demons gang members, for example, are named after manga/anime characters. Kite takes her codename from the famed action/x-rated movie, Berserk from the namesake hero by Kentaro Miura, Conan spoofs "Meitantei Conan" by Gosho Aoyama and finally Spike is a homage to Spike Spiegel (the main character in Shinichiro Watanabe's "Cowboy Bebop").

Soundtrack:

The Right Hand

awful, awful, awful - worth watching for laughs

U can tell the movie is gonna suck from the very first frame. The film is shot so badly that you wonder if it was done by somebody else maybe it would have been worth watching. The story wouldn't be that bad if a little more creative juice went into the making of this flick. I understand low budget but often to make a low budget movie work what u need is a good director. This is not the case for The Mark. Director Mariano Equizzi can easily be placed in the little black book of people i'll never see the work of again. In addition to that the dubbing (??dubbing??) and sound mixing is just terrible, high-school student movie terrible. The music it's all right. Over all if you come by this movie on emule get it and watch it just for the giggles :D