W_Z wrote:
wait, i'm confused about the movie. so the cops knew internal affairs was setting them up?
Ok. Here goes.
Angelo, the Duke of Squagmuglia, has killed the Duke of Faggio and helped
install his illegitimate son, Pasquale as regent for his younger half-brother, Niccolo. The Duke
wants to amalgamate the two duchies by marrying his sister to Pasquale, who happens to also be
her illegitimate son. Pasquale attempts to kill Niccolo but he is saved by a dissident, Ercole, who
intends Niccolo will one day rule legitimately. Meanwhile, Niccolo is posing as a courier for Thurn
and Taxis, a postal service, to undermine the messenger service used exclusively between Angelo
and and Faggio. Niccolo tells Domenico of his plans.
Domenico plans to betray Niccolo but unfortunately for him he is intercepted by Ercole who
tortures, mutilates and then kills him.
The cardinal engaged to marry Francesca and Pasquale is tortured by Angelo because he refuses to
sanction the marriage. Meanwhile, Niccolo, speaking to another courier, Vittoria, is told the story of
fifty knights who disappeared while on manoeuvres near the frontiers of Squagmuglia, just before
the old Duke was murdered. Niccolo expresses a belief that Angelo is behind it all and Vittoria
promises to report his treasonable accusation.
Pasquale is murdered during an orgy by a group of Ercole’s dissidents, including a man dressed as an
ape.
Gennaro declares himself interim head of state.
Angelo, fearing invasion by Gennaro, finally summons Thurn and Taxis to deliver a message to
Gennaro, assuring him of his good intentions, hoping to stop the invasion. Niccolo, disguised as a
courier, takes the message.
Vittoria reports Niccolo’s treasonous talk and Domenico’s body is discovered. In his shoe is a
message revealing Niccolo’s true identity.
Ercole’s role in the death of Domenico is revealed and he is stabbed to death.
Gennaro receives word that Niccolo is approaching his army as a Thurn and Taxis courier, but when
he tells his army of this the cheering stops and there is an ominous mood.
Niccolo stops by the shores of the lake where the Faggio knights disappeared and reads Angelo’s
note to Gennaro, saying that Pasquale is dead. Niccolo realizes he is riding towards his own
restoration. But he is accosted by a group of men clad in black (clothing associated in the book with
Trystero) and is killed. The implication is they are associated with men from Gennero’s army. When
Gennaro’s force reaches the lake Niccolo’s body is discovered. Except the note he now carries is a
confession by Angelo to all his crimes, including the killing of the fifty knights, whose bodies were
dumped in the lake, their bones later fished out and turned into charcoal and ink. The Trystero force
that assailed Niccolo have swapped the two messages.
Finally, Gennaro carries out a vengeful bloodbath on the court of Squagmuglia.
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Spaulding wrote:
No. I think it just goes directly in the ass.
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