OT: Good Mob movies

[superjohn]

Black Mass is Johnny Depp’s last good movie. It also doesn’t glorify being a mobster. Good movie and true story.

Whitey Bulger is such great source material that the movie was a letdown. They really blew it in the hair and makeup with this one, Whitey was a dark and despicable guy but they made him look like something out of a vampire movie. They didnt have to make him look freakish to get the point across he was a monster.

 

[huskymedic]

I saw the 96 Gotti film last night and loved it, probably one of my favorites and the cast was amazing.

I've probably seen most of them, but curious to see others.

Here are a few of mine:

State of Grace

Good call on State of Grace.

It unfortunately came out at the same time as Goodfellas so it got buried at the box office. Really good movie about The Westies, some of the most violent gangsters NYC has ever seen. I remember reading TJ English's book The Westies as a teenager and being disturbed by what I was reading. Such a great cast with Ed Harris, Sean Penn, John C Reilly, Burgess Meredith, John Turturro, Robin Wright but Gary Oldman steals the show. Amazing performance by him.

This was my afternoon entertainment - not sure how i missed this one in the past (life got in the way I guess). Really enjoyed it. Great cast and NYC neighborhood settings/backdrops.

I loved the line from Borelli > Jack Flannery. “Your Brother, would be in so many F*n pieces right now you couldn’t put him back together if you had the directions”. Joe Viterelli is such a classic made guy.