講述了墨爾本市黑社會團(tuán)伙1996年到2004年的真實活動，包括幫派之間的矛盾、械斗和火拼，以及由此產(chǎn)生的一系列謀殺案件，所使用的人名全都是真實的。根據(jù)該劇的描述，墨爾本最大的兩個幫派是莫蘭家族及其 "死對頭" －－從家族中分裂出去 "單干" 的卡爾 威廉姆斯。Moran家族的骨乾成員包括路易斯、馬克 和 杰森 莫蘭，威廉姆斯家族的骨乾成員包括卡爾 威廉姆斯、托尼 莫科貝爾、安德魯 文尼爾敏以及之后成為核心的維克多 布林卡特、蒂諾 迪布拉。此外，由阿方斯 甘吉塔諾、多梅尼克 嘉托、律師喬治 德芙特羅斯、馬里奧 坎德羅組成的 "卡爾頓幫" ，以及由尼克 拉德夫領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的 "俄羅斯幫"，也是不容小覷的力量。

　　意大利經(jīng)典警匪片。《出生入死》從集團(tuán)犯罪的源頭——西西里入手，把戰(zhàn)后黑社會在西西里乃至整個意大利的演變歷史和現(xiàn)狀的方方面面進(jìn)行了更為細(xì)致深刻的分析，就像影片本名“La piovra”（章魚）所隱喻的那樣，黑社會就像章魚一樣，已經(jīng)把它的千萬條觸角深入滲透到了社會的各個角落，政界、金融界、司法界、工商業(yè)、新聞媒體，無論是官員、貴族、資本家還是平民勞動階層，沒有人能夠徹底擺脫這種陰影，它已經(jīng)和支持社會的所有骨架血肉相連，成為一個整體，根本無法斬斷、分解或剝離。和《教父》不同，影片中正邪角色的分配勢均力敵，但無論是正面人物還是反面人物，都被塑造得有血有肉，誰都有弱點，誰也都有其人性的一面。
　　《出生入死》原名,主題是正義一方如何與黑手黨展開生死較量. 這個劇從1984開始播出.原劇名的意思是"章魚".象征黑手黨的觸角伸向四方,難以斬除.又是一個極陰森恐怖的形象.整個劇始終貫穿著令人心悸的氛圍.也是由它出色的配樂營造出來的.
　　這是一部在意大利連續(xù)出品播出已達(dá)20年的電視連續(xù)劇,對黑手黨的長期斗爭貫穿全片的主題.自1984年開播至今,已播出了10部共48集.在歐洲和全球都享有很高的聲譽.對莫迷們來說,更重要的是1986年第2部以后,所有的配樂者一直是莫里康.(按CCTV系列編號,為自1-11集起,片頭顯示譯名為:"音樂 恩尼奧 莫里肯")我國CCTV自2001年開始引進(jìn)并陸續(xù)播放了該片.這次自2005.7.13.開始CCTV-1又從第一組開始連續(xù)播放。

　　A couple of years have passed since Corrado Cattani and Giulia Antinari broke up; during this time, Giulia died in an accident (that might or might not have been planned by Tano) and Corrado has lived alone in a place when he can be guarded 24/7. A new investigation brings him face to face with his old enemy Tano Carridi again: at a reception organized by the Antinari bank, a casino owner named Tindari,someone with close connections to the mafia, is brutally murdered.It turns out that the asassin, Salvatore Frolo,had personal reasons to commit the murder: back in Sicilia, many years ago,Tindari had killed his wife and daughter. While Corrado investigates the case with the help of judge Silvia Conti and journalist Davide Faeti,hoping to find more about the mafia's involvement in Tindari's casino business, Tano has three main points on his agenda: 1.Get Greta Antinari's custody in order to have total control over the Antinari bank; 2. Invest mafia money into a huge corporation called "International Insurances", the first step towards taking over the company being a convenient marriage with the "Insurances" manager's daughter, Ester Rasi; 3. Get rid of Cattani once and for all...

　　意大利電視連續(xù)劇《出生入死》之第6部。
　　In Episode 1, The Killing Attempt, police detective Davide Licata survives badly wounded, so much so that his personal and love life will be affected. In Episode 2, The Core, he is tempted by the General directing the Government's "nucleous of operations and investigations (NOI)", a secret service built to do the dirty anti-crime jobs that the police can't do. In Episode 3, The Man of the Letters, exposes the hideout of Tani Cariddi in deep Africa - and again, the retired detective and the retired criminal must come to grips with violent action in Europe. In Episode 4, The Trap, not one but several traps are set from both sides of the law. In Episode 5, Codename: West, a desperate chase is given by The Core and two countries magistrates to catch the new drug lords that are aiming at deluging drugs into Europe's Eastern countries from a former Nazi concentration camp in the West. In Episode 6, A Secret Is Revealed, the detective exposes and destroys the man who secretively had taken the place of octopus' head - but crime will not stop because the criminal's son escapes with enough power to restart it all.

　　著名警匪片《出生入死》之第七部

　　The history of Italian Maffia from the 1950s to the 1960s