"Kill the Irishman": A good mob movie

[bassrique]

It's not as good as the GF films, Casino or Good Fellas, but still well worth seeing.

Spoiler Below. Highlight to read.

They claim it's based on a true story, but with all the explosive assassinations make me wonder, but then again there seems to be real archived news footage thrown in.

Oh yeah, what are your favorite mob pictures?


EDIT: When I roll over the subject line on the OT page, the spoiler shows up It's not that bad of a spoiler I suppose.

EDIT II: Film art



Great cast.

[James Hart]

I just watched it last night... great flick!

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by James Hart

I just watched it last night... great flick!

Holy crap, I wanted to know who played the main character ["Danny Green"] is. Great actor. I looked it up, and it's the same actor that played this guy:



That's Ray Stevenson as "Titus Pullo" from the great HBO "Rome" drama [that only lasted two years].

[Skitch it!]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Holy crap, I wanted to know who played the main character ["Danny Green"] is. Great actor. I looked it up, and it's the same actor that played this guy:



That's Ray Stevenson as "Titus Pullo" from the great HBO "Rome" drama [that only lasted two years].

It was the only thing I followed on T.V really, I thought it was excellent, best thing out there for a long time in the U.K offerings for sure.

I'll check the movie out soon, nice one.

[bassrique]

This seems to put some perspective on the Cleveland mod scene, though it contradicts the film pm some points.

YouTube - The Irishman, Danny Greene

[chicago_mike]

Theres a good docu on la cosa nostra and parts with it have the irish mob. Greene was a tuff mofo.

[nocontrols]

Ray Stevenson was also the Punisher.

That is indeed a very good cast but I'm wondering who wrote and directed it. What KIND of mob movie was it? Was it kind of a fast-paced caper with comedy elements, like a Guy Ritchie movie or was it drama so realistic it bordered on documentary, like a Scorsese picture? Maybe neither?

All the standards (GoodFellas, The Godfather, Casino, etc.) are my favorites but I also love some of the more underrated ones, too. Donnie Brasco has a cult following but I think it's more like a modern classic... it's amazing how Pacino is able to make you empathize with such a miserable character. Cop Land is tremendously underrated and everyone should watch it. And The Departed is not only one of the best mob movies of all time, it's one of the most brilliant movies ever made on the topic of identity and how our socially assumed personalities confuse our truer selves. Brilliant, brilliant film.

[Joe Gress]

Looks pretty good!

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by nocontrols

Ray Stevenson was also the Punisher.

That is indeed a very good cast but I'm wondering who wrote and directed it. What KIND of mob movie was it? Was it kind of a fast-paced caper with comedy elements, like a Guy Ritchie movie or was it drama so realistic it bordered on documentary, like a Scorsese picture? Maybe neither?

All the standards (GoodFellas, The Godfather, Casino, etc.) are my favorites but I also love some of the more underrated ones, too. Donnie Brasco has a cult following but I think it's more like a modern classic... it's amazing how Pacino is able to make you empathize with such a miserable character. Cop Land is tremendously underrated and everyone should watch it. And The Departed is not only one of the best mob movies of all time, it's one of the most brilliant movies ever made on the topic of identity and how our socially assumed personalities confuse our truer selves. Brilliant, brilliant film.

It's more like Goodfellas than a Guy Ritchie film. It's also not so much of a Cosa Nostra thing as a small operation led by a tough Irishman.

[nocontrols]

Originally Posted by bassrique

It's more like Goodfellas than a Guy Ritchie film. It's also not so much of a Cosa Nostra thing as a small operation led by a tough Irishman.

I dig this. I look forward to it.