How Stefano Sollima Went from Italian Soap Director to Action Movie Virtuoso

“When I watch a movie,” says Stefano Sollima, “if I see a gruesome detail, if it makes sense to be brutal, if it's honest and done in good faith—it makes everything more real.” And few mainstream action filmmakers working are quite as willing to get as brutal as Sollima. Blunt, visceral, unexpected violence—with guns, bombs, and, in one memorable i...