Most mob films have you on the edge of your seat at least once throughout their running times but «The Iceman» never really manages to do that.
Not exact matches
Based on the 2001 book «Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish
Mob,» the film tells the true story of how Whitey Bulger, the brother of a Massachusetts state senator and the most infamous notorious criminal in South Boston, became an FBI informant to take down the Italian mob that was invading his territo
Mob,» the
film tells the true story of how Whitey Bulger, the brother of a Massachusetts state senator and the
most infamous notorious criminal in South Boston, became an FBI informant to take down the Italian
mob that was invading his territo
mob that was invading his territory.
When I made my list of
most anticipated movies of 2012, one of the
films I immediately realized I'd left out of consideration was Andrew Dominik «s Cogan's Trade, which stars Brad Pitt as a
mob heavy on the trail of a couple junkies who ripped off the wrong poker game.
The inciting incident of the
film, an audacious robbery of a
mobbed - up poker game, was among the year's
most unnerving suspense setpieces.
And here are the five
most disappointing
films of the year: Fantastic Four (choppy and compromised superhero action), Sisters (corny comedy that's simply not smart enough), Southpaw (bogs down in boxing drama cliches), Pan (childish and manic kids» adventure), Black Mass (oddly unoriginal
mob thriller).
In one of the
film's
most ludicrous moments (believe me, there are many), a school newsletter that Fred's son contributed to finds its way back to the United States and to a prison, where a random quote used in a story gets the
mob all antsy about finding the Blakes and killing them.