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Summary: Do yourself a favour and buy goodfellas or the godfather.
Review: This film is pretty much the biggest waste of time and money possible! Don't buy this movie it's horrible! You work hard and you deserve alot better, buy the godfather trilogy!. Anyway the film is based on four friends who become gangsters and thats basically it, the reason this film sucks is because the plotting; the direction is good as well as the astmosphere of the film but the casting is horrible! This is the kind of film you can buy for 5 dollars in the walmart bin so don't waste 15 dollars buying it on here. The cast sucks! Christian Slater was good in True Romance but other than that he's just a pretty boy actor that never made it, kind of like Richard Grieco who also stars in this. But anyway this might be the film that killed oscar winning F. Murray Abrahams chances of ever becoming a big actor in the 90s. Maybe if the script was written better or if the cast was picked better it might not be buried in the walmart bin as we speak. 0 out of 5 stars.
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Summary: They didnt Take Orders... They Took Over....
Review: A movie with the hottest leading man and a great story line about the history of New York and the rest of the US. Richard Grieco, Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey and Costas Manylor are great as the infamous gangster who went down in the history of the US.
This movie captures a true story of the rise of organized crime in America in the 1920's.
The movie follows four daring men and their rise from rags to riches story. Charming Lucy Luciano, the head strong Meyer Lansky, the ruthless, blood thrisy Busgy Siegel and the diplomatic Frank Costello, organized the all the activities in the America.
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Summary: "Young Guns" with gangsters -- and that's no compliment!
Review: Bdd acting, bad directing, bad plot, bad script. An okay way to spend a couple of hours if you like the genre and keep your expectations low. No way in the world is this a "modern classic," though.
Contrary to what Hollywood thinks, and contrary to what many in the audience may claim, many people DO get their history from the movies (just read a couple pages worth of reviews on any such film listed on Amazon), and that alone would take at least one star off of this film. Sure, you sometimes have to use a little poetic license to dramatize real people and events in a film, but when you start to resort to outright fiction to give a different impression than the facts would, you've failed. If you're going to tell a fictional story about four kids who grow up to take over organized crime in Prohibition America, then go all the way and don't use real historical figures as characters.
The even more unforgivable sin that this film commits is that it doesn't even attempt to demythologize organized crime. According to this thing, these four guys were working class heroes! Meyer Lansky always prided himself on never having personally taken a life himself -- but like Frank in "Scarface," he just had somebody else do it for him. Gotti and his ilk love this sort of crap, because even if they don't see themselves this way, they at least want the rest of us to see them this way.
If they had at least tried to show the true nature of these people, rather than glamorize them as antiheroes, this could have been a good film. As it is, it almost seems as if the script was written by a ten-year-old who dreams of someday growing up to be just like Lucky.
Somehow, I doubt the people who Luciano and company killed, raped, robbed, extorted and terrorized, etc. would find this a fair treatment of the times.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: Good Mob entertainment with Christian Slater, Richard Grieco and many more. Why those two actors don't get the respect they deserve is still a miracle. Also why this movie wasn't recognized much in the cinemas is a mystery. It's solid good work, like any classic mob movie.
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Summary: Wonderful movie
Review: Great movie. One of the best. Has it all; action, romance and the great feeling of loyalty and friendship.And about history; if you want a history lesson, read a book or go to school! Movies are for having fun and this one delivers.
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Summary: A great...movie
Review: I first of all have to say, THANK GOODNESS FOR WHOEVER HAD THE NERVE TO PUT THIS OUT ON DVD , FINALLY!!!! I've watched this movie at least 53 times,no exaggeration. This is one of the best gangster/mob movies ever made. All four actors are great! From portraying Charlie Luciano to Meyer Lansky to Bennie Siegal. Even the little hitman was believable in this film. My advice is to buy it, and buy a couple more for family and friends. They'll all love it as well. IT'S ABOUT TIME, FOLKS!!!
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Summary: Great, where's the DVD?
Review: I loved this movie from the first time I saw it. It became a regular movie rented on our trips to Blockbuster. This movie is trully about friendship and the power of determination. I recommend this movie to anyone who owns a VCR; because now that I am expanding my DVD collection, I can't get it. Great movie, where's the DVD?
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Summary: Really good Movie with nice music
Review: I really liked this movie. I fyou like gangster movies, this one is for you, it is exciting.
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Summary: Well...it could have been better...
Review: I saw this on cable for the other night, and was kind of frustrated by this movie. It was ok, as mob movies go, but the difference between this and a movie like "Goodfellas" is like little league vs Major League baseball. I saw the potential for a very good or even a great movie, if it had been handled better. This movie was based off of the factual creation of American Cosa Nostra as we know and love it. The formation of the Five Families. The creation of the Commission. The rise to power of Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel. If handled right, this could have been another Godfather. But it wasn't. Miscasting, for one. And I mostly mean Christian Slater. He could not pull off the role, struggle as he might. Christian, could you have at least tried to do a Sicilian accent? Just a hint of one? No? Ok, how about convincing emotions? A bit of character? No? When I started watching the movie, I was prepared for pain at the portrayal of Meyer Lansky by that kid who was in all of those late 80's-early 90's screwy romantic comedies. But I was actually pleasantly surprised. The kid was actually trying, and it showed. Christian--take notes! Anyway, I'm watching this movie, as I said, and watching a good movie try to emerge from a mediocre one, and I was struck by two magic words that could have made this a movie to remember, especially considering the source material. Those two words? Martin Scorsese. 'nuff said? The Martin Scorsese treatment + better casting = a movie for the ages. Well, hopefully someday Hollywood will do this real-life mob story *right*. Until then, watch "Mobsters" with low expectations and you should be able to deal with it.
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Summary: Well...it could have been better...
Review: I saw this on cable for the other night, and was kind of frustrated by this movie. It was ok, as mob movies go, but the difference between this and a movie like "Goodfellas" is like little league vs Major League baseball. I saw the potential for a very good or even a great movie, if it had been handled better. This movie was based off of the factual creation of American Cosa Nostra as we know and love it. The formation of the Five Families. The creation of the Commission. The rise to power of Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel. If handled right, this could have been another Godfather. But it wasn't. Miscasting, for one. And I mostly mean Christian Slater. He could not pull off the role, struggle as he might. Christian, could you have at least tried to do a Sicilian accent? Just a hint of one? No? Ok, how about convincing emotions? A bit of character? No? When I started watching the movie, I was prepared for pain at the portrayal of Meyer Lansky by that kid who was in all of those late 80's-early 90's screwy romantic comedies. But I was actually pleasantly surprised. The kid was actually trying, and it showed. Christian--take notes! Anyway, I'm watching this movie, as I said, and watching a good movie try to emerge from a mediocre one, and I was struck by two magic words that could have made this a movie to remember, especially considering the source material. Those two words? Martin Scorsese. 'nuff said? The Martin Scorsese treatment + better casting = a movie for the ages. Well, hopefully someday Hollywood will do this real-life mob story *right*. Until then, watch "Mobsters" with low expectations and you should be able to deal with it.
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