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I f you thought Sam Mendes' first film, the much heralded American BEAUTY was a movie with style to spare, wait until you see his highly anticipated second effort, the unrelentingly grim 30's gangster melodrama ROAD TO PERDITION.
Even more blatant are John Hodiak as a gangster and Wendell Corey as his insanely jealous torpedo.
This film further benefits from sterling acting by a bang-up cast, with praiseworthy contributions by Richard Conte as wise Mafia kingpin Nick Gusto, Carla Gravini as Arzenta's supportive lady friend Sandra, Marc Porel as Arzenta's loyal pal Domenico Maggio, Anton Diffring as ruthless, calculating capo Grunwald, and Lino Troisi as the venomous gangster Rocco Cutitta.
Other brit gangster films are much better!
Frankie Fraser, a real gangster, is included to give the film some authenticity, but he only succeeds in hamming up the scenes he appears in.
Rod Steiger offers yet another horrible example of overacting as the head of the gangster family.
The story begins in 1999, with an old gangster performed by Malcolm McDowell being advised that Freddie Mays (David Thewlis) would leave jail after thirty years in prison.
'Chinese Bookie' makes its impact because of mood, character, Ben Gazarra's performance, and an attention scene to scene where people are in the lowest common denominator (a strip club, a gangster's office or car, on the run).
Even for 1958 the story is too melodramatic, the gangster plot too lame and the acting bad all round.
Bad guys' lawyer is finally testifying against former employers who both die in the most ludicrous final scene in the history of gangster movies: both choose to stand by the wide window panes while police is firing from below the street.
People I particularly liked in this movie where the drug addict gangster and the lead girl, they all act surprisingly good for this production and I loved it.
The movie begins when Kishenlal (Pran), a taxi driver for the gangster Robert (Jeevan) returns to his wife Bharati (Nirupa Roy) and sons after spending many years in prison because of a crime committed by Robert.
This film would have made a great gangster saga but Ferrara and writer St. John are more interested about the characters than the story.
Moreover, there are sturdy supporting contributions by Jean Harlow as sassy dame Gwen Allen, Donald Cook as Tom's disapproving straight-arrow brother Mike, Joan Blondell as Matt's sweet girlfriend Mamie, Mae Clarke as nagging moll Kitty, Beryl Mercer as Tom's loving mother, Leslie Fenton as cocky, flashy gangster "Nails" Nathan, and Murray Kinnell as Tom's untrustworthy mentor Putty Nose.
Overall , if you like gangster movies you will like this. 8 out of 10.
This is a charming film about a tax collector in Tokyo pitted against a gangster.
But there's a snag when a notorious gangster, Duke Mantee (Bogart), has to hold up at the bar with his fellow gangsters and holds everybody hostage while they wait.
Malcolm McDowell narrates his own rise as a gangster in this lukewarm crime drama.
If you're looking for gangster thrills, go elsewhere; this is a movie of ideas, a critique directed at Italy in particular.
Ritchie must have paid reasonable attention as I'd like to add a 'Trivia corner': To quote Razors (P.H. Moriarty) "...from little acorns" (referring to kids who extort car valeting money from Hoskins)...the actor went on to play gangster boss Harry in Lock, Stock...Harry also being the name of Hoskins character.
In "Shanghai Triad", Yi-Mou Zhang trains his lens on a gangster's girlfriend and her young servant boy as the mob lurks in the background doing what mobs do.
Terrible English language title but what do you do if you have the delectable Edwige Fenech featuring in a fairly ordinary gangster movie, in which she strips several times - to great effect?
Yet another jokey gangster film which proliferated the screens in the wake of BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967); the ragtime score, then, is clearly inspired by the recent success of THE STING (1973).
The Brits have always had the knack of making superb gangster films the along comes Gangster No 1 and destroys the fact.
When the film opens, Gloria (Sharon Stone), a gangster's moll, is released from prison and returns to the home/hangout of her lover, Kevin (Jeremy Northam).
Seems the young boy's father worked for this gangster and not only "knew too much" but was about to tell all.
The Untouchables has everything a good gangster movie should have.
A mish-mash of RGV's previous gangster flicks.
The focus is entirely on telling a good story and it keeps u riveted like other gangster flicks haven't.
Gangster No.1 shows the rise and fall of a prominent English gangster.
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