Suburra is a sprawling Italian crime drama with genuinely epic ambitions.

A sprawl of beautifully cast characters -- a weasly pimp (Germano) here, a junkie moll (Scarano) there -- and their many intersections are deftly juggled, thanks to Patrizio Morane's darting cuts.

A stylish crime thriller that dissects Italian society with a cool eye and an itchy trigger finger.

Suburra is a big picture that never loses track of the small details, and these bring the characters, and the realistic action sequences, to life.