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Mobsters (1991)
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3
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5/04, 10/08
10/08:
Starring four heartthrobs Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, and Costas Mandylor, Mobsters is the MTV
version of The Godfather that was catered to the clueless teens during the early 90's.
Even worse is the fact that they play famous gangsters who are made out to be good guys. Anyone against them is painted
as a villain. Maybe we should build monuments to honor the bad guys and cherish their memories.
Anyway, the film is boring that's purely a marketing ploy with no substance. There isn't much of a plot to hold it
together. Although the setting is during the Great Depression, most of the scenes take place indoors; in other words, it
was too costly for the producers to permit lavish exterior sets.
Christian Slater is okay, but it's the other three stars who manage to stink up the joint. Anthony Quinn wastes his time
with such rubbish. Is it just me, or has F. Murray Abraham appeared in too many gangster pictures?
I like the scene when Mad Dog Coll used two Tommy Guns to shoot up the car yet the three lead characters came away
unscathed. Ditto for Mad Dog Coll being shot by Lucky Luciano in his hotel room at a close distance but he
escaped without a problem. These two sum up the silliness of the show.
All in all, I don't know why Mobsters wants me to cheer for the real-life gangsters.