Cheesy Gangster Film
#4 (Please click the link to read my review of Bugsy)
Synopsis: Ok,
start with Once Upon a Time in America,
and then dumb it down until you’ve got Young Guns with three-piece suits.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “Four of today’s top young actors star in this fast-paced
action-adventure based on the true story of the rise of organized crime in
America.”
What Did I Learn?:
1) Emotion is dangerous. 2) The secret of America is money. 3) Every
organization needs somebody standin' out front. Call it a figurehead, a leader,
a headman, a kingpin, a president, whatever.
You Might Like This
Movie If: You'll watch anything from 1991.
Really?: Wait –
Meyer Lansky addresses Benjamin Siegel as “Bugsy”? I’m pretty sure he hated
that nickname. I’m also pretty sure that Abraham Rothstein was murdered over a
gambling debt, and not because of a gang war. And where’s Dutch Shultz? He was
part of that gang. Didn’t Michael Mahern do any research before he put pen to
paper?
Rating: Mobsters is fine if you’re looking for
an evening’s entertainment, but it’s strictly a B movie with a few stars. Aside
from several historical inaccuracies (see: “Really?”)
and a script that leads to a few too many Tommy-gun shootouts for my taste
(see: “Synopsis”), the biggest
problem with Mobsters is its refusal to take its subject matter seriously.
Luciano, Lansky, Siegel et al were thugs and killers, yet they’re portrayed as
Runyonesque heroes simply because their enemies were even worse. Something
about this film rubbed me the wrong way. 6/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102460/?ref_=nv_sr_1
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.