De Niro has appeared in a lot of
great mob movies, advice so I won't spoil which one is talked about here.
What I will spoil is the fact that this new picture, which stars De Niro as a gangster - turned - informant and seeks to pay homage to
great mob movies of the past, is an utter waste of time.
I've gotten so used to watching
great mob movies depicting ruthless Italians (Goodfellas and The Godfather), that I've forgotten other cultures have their own organized crime syndicates too.
Like Miller's Crossing, the last
great mob movie, Donnie Brasco is destined for rediscovery on video and cable.
Whenever discussion of
the greatest mob movies come up, The Godfather I and II and Goodfellas are rightfully mentioned.
In the end, A Most Violent Year is not the next
great mob movie it's been advertised as; it's a thoughtful character drama with a solid cast - no more, no less.
Not exact matches
It's always
great to see these actors in action, the story is the same you see in most Italian - American
movies, how a good boy / man gets involved with the
mob.
(Olive, Blu - ray, DVD)(1950), directed by Cy Enfield, is one of the
great lynch
mob movies ever made and one of the most caustic social commentaries of anxiety and fear, set in the disillusionment of the American Dream in the post-war years and dosed with sociopathic anger.
is one of the
great lynch
mob movies ever made and one of the most caustic social commentaries of anxiety and fear.