Qhis evening on Rai 2 at 10.30pm the first episode of The Bad Guy 2second season of the series released on Prime Video in December, one of the best of 2024. At the center of the story, a character who becomes evil like Walter White’s breaking Badthat is, despite himself. The series is a wise Italian crime story accompanied by a effective black humor and by an extraordinary cast, at the top of which is Luigi Lo Cascio (one of the most capable and credible performers around).
The Bad Guy 2the plot of the first episode
The daring life of anti-mafia magistrate Nino Scotellaro (Lo Cascio) it hasn’t finished surprising yet. Unjustly accused of helping Cosa Nostra and for this reason ended up in jail, due to an unforeseeable accident He is believed to be dead by all. After assuming the identity of Balduccio Remora, an Italian-American relative of the Tracina clan, has as its main objective that of destroying the boss Mariano Suro (Antonio Catania).
Nino firmly believes that he was the one who ruined his life, as well the instigator of the killing of the upright Judge Bray, father of his wifethe lawyer Luvi Bray (Claudia Pandolfi). Now the stakes are even higher. There is an archive that would prove an unholy pact between the State and Mafia and Nino wants proof and his revenge. Teresa Suro also wants Mariano dead (Giulia Maenza).
The boss’s daughter she is ready to kill her own blood, guilty of having admitted her without reason to a psychiatric ward and of having taken away her son. Teresa and Nino finally arrive in Suro’s last hideouta basement inside a residential house. Nino confronts him, he reveals his identity to him and is about to kill him but the criminal Before she convinces him to go upstairs.
Luigi Lo Cascio is Nino in “The Bad Guy 2”. (Prime Video)
The Bad Guy 2what is the truth?
There, he is in front of Giusy (Guisa Jelo), his superior at the Anti-Mafia, who left office because Alzheimer’s patient. The woman is now much worse and seems to live in a world of her own. The mafioso instills many doubts in the tired and confused Nino. Because a dangerous fugitive with 300 murders behind it Is he hiding in the cellar of a former magistrate?
Was it Giusy who betrayed him and had him arrested? The boss continues his work of persuasion, hinting at the possible involvement of his beloved Luvi too. Nino, with the promise of a pudding, try to get Giusy to talk, but in vain. The woman has a hypoglycemic crisis and risks dying. To help her with a heart massage and an insulin syringe It’s Mariano.
Then the man he retrieves a gun and threatens to shoot Nino but, at the best moment, the Tracinas arrive. Thus they save what they believe to be Balduccio Remora and then they drag Suro to their headquarters, the aquatic park Wowter World. The mafioso is to be fed to killer whales but a person like him has a thousand resources.
Looking for the archive
Calogero Fasulo (Aldo Baglio) The right arm of Mariano Surosurvives a shooting. Despite the injuries, recover the audio with the evidence of the pact and sets off on his journey to take them to his boss. A bad accident could change his plan. Also Luvi Bray is looking for the archive.
When he discovers what Fasulo has done, call the Minister of Justice Marmora (Bebo Storti) to warn him of the complex situation. The politician sends Major Stefano Testanuda to his aid (Stefano Accorsi), secret service agent. A real 007 with unorthodox methods. Where did the archive end up, the final prize around which everything revolves?
Giulia Maenza (Teresa) and Luigi Lo Cascio (Nino) in “The Bad Guy 2” (Prime Video)
The Bad Guy 2 where to see it
The Bad Guy 2 goes on air from 8 January in the late evening on Rai 2 (two episodes at a time; 6 in total). This second season confirms the quality of one series capable of mixing drama and humor bordering on the absurd without losing credibility. The result is a second season even more compelling than the first. The direction by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi is not afraid to push the accelerator of the narrative with continuous twists and changes of register.
This keeps the viewer’s attention very keen. It matters little if the very daring plot occasionally loses its thread with the true or plausible. The central issue is that the long war between the Mafia and the State is not made up of pure blacks and whites, bad on one side and good on the other.
The gray areas and role ambiguities, both among the institutions and among the underworld, they are the unpredictable evil from which everyone should defend themselves. And, in a fictional story, they are much more fascinating than dull heroes and monotonous villains.
Stefano Accorsi is a secret agent in “The Bad Guy 2” (Prime Video)
The cast and the novelty Stefano Accorsi
The strength of The Bad Guy 2, in addition to a great script and brilliant dialogue, it is in that cast where it is the protagonists and supporting actors give their best. Luigi Lo Cascio confirms himself as a perfect interpretercredible even in the nonsense moments, with a touch of humanity which has dotted all the characters of his long career.
Nino/Balduccio is torn apart not only by the desire for revenge but by the fear of discovering his wife’s possible involvement. Antonio Catania certainly does not go unnoticed (Boris, the series) and Aldo Baglio of the well-known trio Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo. The two actors, best known for brilliant and comedic roles, here they carve out two credible roles as very bad guys.
In the end, the new entry of the second season, Stefano Accorsi. With an unlikely blonde hair and manners Mission Impossible Italian style, he amazes with his self-deprecating ability with which he manages to restore lightness and spirit to a profile that gradually turns out to be even more dangerous than the criminals around him.
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