Nick, a young Boston Italian, trying to find purpose in the ideology of the mafia and finding his world turned upside down.Nick, a young Boston Italian, trying to find purpose in the ideology of the mafia and finding his world turned upside down.Nick, a young Boston Italian, trying to find purpose in the ideology of the mafia and finding his world turned upside down.
George Carroll
- George Mullins
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Could have been a much better film
Here is the thing, mafia films are more or less dead. This film had a good storyline, locations used gave the film a very convincing feel. You had a mix of very well known names and known names. The rhythm of the film was good as well. It had all the right ingredients for a excellent film. But unfortunately whoever wrote the dialogues and casted people surely didn't consult each other. Most of the very intense moments of the film had long dialogues and the characters playing the roles could not bring any intensity to the situation. And once again a good at heart stuck in the criminal world is not really ideal either. All the old mafia films were good because they went all the way good at heart or not. They generated that feel and compassion that they want to a part of mafia. This is a mafia chick flick at the best. Anyways with some shorter dialogue in hyped up scenes would have done the justice to the talent in the film. Or a better cast with the same dialogues and a bit bold director, who wasn't scared of leaving the good guy routine behind, could have made this film work.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
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- nickan2000
- Dec 9, 2014
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