I have always really appreciated this little gangster movie, yes it is undoubtedly not a masterpiece like Casino, Goodfellas, Carlito's Way, Scarface...., but it is better than other films of the same genre praised by all, I consider this film superior to the Godfather sequels or films like The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in America and others... all good films, but IMHO overrated, this "Mobsters" is a b movie, but it has great merit, it is aware of it, it doesn't try to be a arthouse film, this film doesn't care, it wants to be a funny, brutal (and it is, the violence is at the highest level, which is a good thing) and unleashed tour de force in the world of criminals of the 1920s, all represented with a good cast, Slater is very good, he manages to be suffering and ruthless at the same time, Dempsey is also good even if he has little space in the film, very nice Richard Grieco and Costas Mandylor (in the pre-Saw phase), the legendary and late Robert "Maniac Cop" Z'dar and then obviously the great Anthony Quinn who actually dominates the scene.
This film is certainly not an Oscar film (although actually seeing how we are reduced today, where a piece of rubbish like Barbie is sent to the Oscars, well maybe Mobsters deserved something too), but it is a film that should be rediscovered and appreciated.
This film is certainly not an Oscar film (although actually seeing how we are reduced today, where a piece of rubbish like Barbie is sent to the Oscars, well maybe Mobsters deserved something too), but it is a film that should be rediscovered and appreciated.