Mario Puzo's The Last Don

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Summary: A mafia book that gives "The Godfather" a run for its money!
Review: "The last Don" is a movie mini-series that is on par with "The Godfather". Characters such as Croccifixio DeLena (who is the son of the Clericuzio Families number one hammer Pippi DeLena), and Lia Vazzi (an imported Sicilian hit man) make this series unforgettable. Puzo is a master storyteller who does not dissapoint. He leads you through twists and turns in a maze of enjoyable narrarating in an ending that decides the fate of the Clericuzio family and their retreat into "legitimate society".

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Summary: A mafia book that gives "The Godfather" a run for its money!
Review: "The last Don" is a movie mini-series that is on par with "The Godfather". Characters such as Croccifixio DeLena (who is the son of the Clericuzio Families number one hammer Pippi DeLena), and Lia Vazzi (an imported Sicilian hit man) make this series unforgettable. Puzo is a master storyteller who does not dissapoint. He leads you through twists and turns in a maze of enjoyable narrarating in an ending that decides the fate of the Clericuzio family and their retreat into "legitimate society".

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Summary: Makes the Sopranos look like big ...
Review: (Refers to the vhs). The late Mario Puzo's the Last Don is a fine example of the "mob" drama, with fine acting throughout; including two of my favorite actors, Danny Aiello and Joe Montegna, last seen as Justice Novelli on the short-lived First Monday (i.e., Montegna). The feature length version I have has material not included in the other version. I look forward to seeing Part II, which I also have. In the tradition of The Godfather, a fairly good example of La Cosa Nostra (Our Thing).
See it.

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Summary: Top Rate Entertainment....
Review: ...based on a novel from the great late Mario Puzo. I've read the Godfather and Fools Die and can barely wait until the master's posthumous novel this summer....this has some great acting and it is startingly good for a made for TV effort. Kirstie Alley plays the angered, on the brink of madness, scorned woman (who effects revenge through her son) quite well. Joe Mantegna, Danny Aiello, Darryl Hannah, even kd lang all do exceptional work, here...my hat is tipped to the two young actors who played Cross and Dante. They 'stole the show'...

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Summary: Jason Gedrick delivers a powerful and convincing performance
Review: A great and entertaining movie with plenty of action and love. The perfect movie.

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Summary: Movie as good as the book
Review: After reading the book, I was very impressed with the movie. Never is the movie like the book....but not in this case. The movie followed the book very accurately. Everything that happens in the book are exactly what happens in the movie. So if you read the book already, you will not be disappointed with the movie, I promise. The movie was well done and I would recommend it to anyone who loves Puzo or not.

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Summary: The Last Don You'll Ever Need
Review: Every customer reviewer ahead of me has given this movie five stars! They must be confusing it with THE GODFATHER Parts 1 and 2. Either that, or they would give THE GODFATHER PART 3 five stars! Danny Aiello sleepwalks through his part. Joe Mantagna is inconsistent from scene to scene. The movie as a whole is extremely inconsistent, but it doesn't matter, because the people who saw it as a mini-series were seeing blaring ads intersperced throughout and were watching it over several nights (or even missing a night in between, without noticing anything missing!) A miniseries on TV is a hit if every seven-minute episode packs a punch, and this one does, except that if you remember the earlier punches, the later ones fizzle out. For example, Aiello doesn't mind if his own mob kills his own daughter, even though she posed no threat to him (it turns out she wasn't shot because Mantegna has one of his inconsistent changes of heart). But when it comes to Aiello's grandson, who Aiello knows is posing a lethal threat to the entire family, Aiello can't bring himself to order the hit, because "well, he's my grandson." Great sir, but what about your daughter? The interesting thing here is that it doesn't matter to those who saw the show on TV; they will have forgotten the beginning by the time of the end. But if you see it all at once, as I did, then you'll have these problems. I do want to say that the movie has its entertainment value if you suspend disbelief in the characters and the plot. I think it's a very solid two star attraction. Any more stars than that? Well, maybe if you're awarding bullets instead of stars.

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Summary: This movie is about family treating others like dirt.
Review: everything i will like to se

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Summary: Mafia Drama, good in its own right
Review: I believe that, for a smaller production ( ie less expensive ) this is actually a Great movie. However, it doesnt compare to Godfather for example. Still I almost loved this film. But I believe that This movie , unlike other gangster movies, could have a bit more of cruelty and extreme violence ( who saw Casino and Goodfellas know what I am talking about ) which are an indispensable *sauce* for any gangsta movs. still a good Mafia production, alutought, not 5 stars ( Id actually rate it 3 and a half stars if it was possible ).

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Summary: A MUST FOR THE TRUE MAFIA FAN
Review: I JUST LOVE THIS MOVIE, YOU MUST ADD THIS TO YOUR OTHER DVD'S, I PURCHASED IT ON DVD OVER A YEAR AGO, THERE MUST BE A SPECIAL ADDITION COMING NEXT YEAR, CAN'T WAIT FOR BELLA MAFIA, AND LOVE HONOR AND OBEY THE LAST MAFIA WEDDING, WHICH IS THE BONANO FAMILY STORY,