'One Eyed King' takes the prize without doubt.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254626/
Michael Holly rules Hell's Kitchen despite the fact that he's already dead in the time period the movie is set.
'Ash Wednesday' was a pretty piss poor showing too I spose with the midget from the Lord Of The Rings' acting out a role as bartender in Hell's Kitchen but it was watchable enough, still a long way from a mob classic for sure.
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just saw chicago overcoat with frank vincent and it definatley deserves a spot in this thread. and for anybody that has seen it, the captain of that crew, lorenzo(the guy that played french in goodfellas), is that what motherfuckers really talk like in chicago? if so, thats even more annoying then a boston accent, i could never live in either of those places.
"Let me tell you something. There's no nobility in poverty. I've been a poor man, and I've been a rich man. And I choose rich every fucking time."
10th & Wolf was horrendous, as a Philly guy, I don't think they got anything right with it, from actors to the location it was shot. Knockaround guys is also awful, Seth Green trusted to do a big drug deal for the boss, and John Malkovich as the under boss? I aint buying it! Another stank ass one is "Staten Island", though I got a kick out of Ethan Hawkes character.
10th & Wolf was horrendous, as a Philly guy, I don't think they got anything right with it, from actors to the location it was shot. Knockaround guys is also awful, Seth Green trusted to do a big drug deal for the boss, and John Malkovich as the under boss? I aint buying it! Another stank ass one is "Staten Island", though I got a kick out of Ethan Hawkes character.
I've seen 10th and wolf and that's retarded they can go to The Bomb The Bomb and here a better story,
The honor (or dishonor) of worst Mob movie goes to "The Valachi Papers" (starring Charles Bronson). The acting was terrible and it was almost funny to see all the "mistakes" shown in the movie (like 1960's cars in a scene that was supposed to take place in the 1920s).
This gets my vote, also.
The director had a great plot to work with, plus Bronson. But nope, it was a boring movie. I've seen nearly every mainstream mob movie more than once. But I can't bring myself to watch The Valachi Papers again.
You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)
I couldn't make it through that movie 'Gotti' from the mid 90s. The part where the guy playing Sammy the bull kills the guy who hit gotti's son was laughable. Watch it. Sammy the bull knocks him out with a standing front kick. It is the gayest looking thing ever. Also, the part when he was made boss in that big hall in front of all of those people s ridiculous. That can't be real. The feds would have recorded that for sure. It just seemed like they were trying to make a quick buck off the gotti conviction in the early to mid 90s buy catering to every mob fanboy.
This movie was loosely based on Bonanno's book. It lists both Bonannos (Joe and Bill) as writers. It's also self serving and seems to romanticize the mob, but worth watching once.
I believe it was a Showtime movie.
You shit-kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smelling motherfucker you! If you ever get out of line over there again, I'll smash your fucking head so hard you won't be able to get that cowboy hat on. You hear me? Fucking hick. -Nicky (Casino)
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The Valachi Papers, but I will give Lino Venture credit for making Genovese look like a gentleman instead of a Neanderthal.
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You guys are right, 10th & Wolf is terrible. I just watched it, lol, fucking grenades and shit. The guy just coming back from the marines, the movie never implies whether he was made or not and he's just allowed to go to meetings with his buddies and The Sicilians. The guy they made look like Salvy Testa with the one leg, lol, this movie was one big "WTF"..I did like one part though.
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Market Owner while being led out in handcuffs: "Fuck the Mucca Fish."
Iceman, too much filler, not enough substance to blow the load. Casting Michael Shannon was brilliance, but Ray Liotta was typecasting at its worst. Ray's probably a perfectly likeable guy, but an atrocious actor whose only success is attributable to our hard-ons for OC flicks. With Shannon's intensity, though, Iceman had the promise of something much, much more; the writers and producers just couldn't produce the money shot.
At the Sinatra Club was a complete fucking waste.
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