Sorry if some1 already started a thread like this but i gotta say that....yesterday i saw the movie "The Iceman" and i gotta say that it was one of the shittiest mob movies that i ever saw in my life.The producers should've give away the cash for the movie to some children in Africa,instead of this
One of the worst that I ever saw was Mobsters (1991).The movie is based on the early days of Luciano,Siegel,Costello,and Lansky,and their involvement in the Masseria/Maranzno war. The casting was ridiculous,(Christian Slater as Lucky and Patrick Dempsey as Lansky),the dialogue stereotypical,and the performances laughable.If you get a chance to watch it,view it as a comedy,and you will enjoy it much more. The cast should be charged with loitering in front of a camera.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I liked Mobsters. Seen it multiple times.
Admittedly, it was far from perfect and deviated from known facts. But it is the only movie that I'm aware of that highlights the rise of the young mobsters to the top. And if one is interested in a movie about Luciano, the choices seem to be limited to Mobsters and Lucky Luciano.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I liked Mobsters. Seen it multiple times.
Admittedly, it was far from perfect and deviated from known facts. But it is the only movie that I'm aware of that highlights the rise of the young mobsters to the top. And if one is interested in a movie about Luciano, the choices seem to be limited to Mobsters and Lucky Luciano.
The honor (or dishonor) of worst Mob movie goes to "The Valachi Papers" (starring Charles Bronson). The acting was terrible and it was almost funny to see all the "mistakes" shown in the movie (like 1960's cars in a scene that was supposed to take place in the 1920s).
The honor (or dishonor) of worst Mob movie goes to "The Valachi Papers" (starring Charles Bronson). The acting was terrible and it was almost funny to see all the "mistakes" shown in the movie (like 1960's cars in a scene that was supposed to take place in the 1920s).
Geez,I forgot all about that one,thank you for allowing me to relive the horror of that little opus. I'm off to see Dr.Melfi now to block the memory.
i thought street boss had a decent story just needed more money for better production. The worst movie was this thing of ours starring danny provenzano, frank vincent, there was no specific bit that was bad it was all equally shitty.
Yes streetboss was a good story done horribly. Ya this thing of ours definatly deserves a high spot on the list, it just goes to show that even a great cast cant make up for shitty dialouge and a shallow story plot. And ofcourse, danny provenzano is one of the biggest jerkoffs out there.
There are many different point of views about worst movies.Theres the age or the taste for movies.For example two of the most worst movies for me were Mean Streets and The Pope of Greenwich Village,after that goes The Valachi Papers and Mobsters maybe(gotta respect Anthony Quinn).Now i know most old timers here love thouse movies,but fuck it i cant stand em.As for flicks like Witness for the mob or The Sinatra club,i dont even consider thouse as movies.
Todo im probly younger than you are(unless your a teenager) and fucking love mean streets and the pope of greewich village, they would be on my best movie list, im not really sure where coming from with those 2 picks, totally agree with other ones though.
Todo im probly younger than you are(unless your a teenager) and fucking love mean streets and the pope of greewich village, they would be on my best movie list, im not really sure where coming from with those 2 picks, totally agree with other ones though.
The thing is...maybe i was wrong about the age,maybe its the taste i dunno...but what the hell i really didnt like thouse movies.First time i saw Mean streets was somewhere around 95 thats when Casino came out i think.So Mean streets to me back than was like a joke and still it is.As for The Pope,just not my taste,but i have respect for Mickey Ruourke though
Todo im probly younger than you are(unless your a teenager) and fucking love mean streets and the pope of greewich village, they would be on my best movie list, im not really sure where coming from with those 2 picks, totally agree with other ones though.
The thing is...maybe i was wrong about the age,maybe its the taste i dunno...but what the hell i really didnt like thouse movies.First time i saw Mean streets was somewhere around 95 thats when Casino came out i think.So Mean streets to me back than was like a joke and still it is.As for The Pope,just not my taste,but i have respect for Mickey Ruourke though
Haven't seen the pope of greewich village, but Mean Streets is one of the best mob movies i've seen. There's something about Harvey Keitel in that movie that i love, even though i don't like him in anything else except his brief part in Taxi Driver. Robert Deniro is great as usual and it's a Scorcese film, i've yet to see a bad film from him but i haven't seen all of his films. The scene in the pool hall is brilliant imo.
By far it was 10th and Wolf. Didn't Pistone act or directed it?
il give 10th and wolf credit for the effort and production,it wasnt the greatest film. but trust me when i say this thing of ours is awful. heres a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTlJqyFSzt4
By far it was 10th and Wolf. Didn't Pistone act or directed it?
il give 10th and wolf credit for the effort and production,it wasnt the greatest film. but trust me when i say this thing of ours is awful. heres a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTlJqyFSzt4
It says something when the top comment on YT is this is a terrible film .
the story is unbeleivable, the locations are tacky and fake looking, you can tell this danny pro guy has written it because everything they say just sounds really forced, even some of the big names cant pull off the lines. Also they use trance music at the end for some weird reason.
Thanks for posting Scorsese, a lot of good actors on this movie. Watched the first 5 minutes and I got to tell you, it's much better than 10th and wolf. I think that movie went straight to youtube even before it went to video. Thanks again
I gotta disagree bean, to me 10th and wolf was pretty entertaining and i liked for the fact that there just arent that many philly mob movies out there. All i could think about while watching this thing of ours is how big of a jerkoff provenzano is.
I gotta disagree bean, to me 10th and wolf was pretty entertaining and i liked for the fact that there just arent that many philly mob movies out there. All i could think about while watching this thing of ours is how big of a jerkoff provenzano is.
Not seen it yet but i wouldn't be surprised if it was good or at least ok, because Mean Streets has been mentioned in this thread
I screwed up and watched This Thing Of Ours on youtube Friday and boy did I waste an hour and 40 minutes. Like others have said it is HBO cheap quality (before Sopranos) and most of the acting was horrible. Not to mention all the public killings in the movie would have had the whole bunch locked up....LOL.
'One Eyed King' takes the prize without doubt.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0254626/
Michael Holly rules Hell's Kitchen despite the fact that he's already dead in the time period the movie is set.
'Ash Wednesday' was a pretty piss poor showing too I spose with the midget from the Lord Of The Rings' acting out a role as bartender in Hell's Kitchen but it was watchable enough, still a long way from a mob classic for sure.
just saw chicago overcoat with frank vincent and it definatley deserves a spot in this thread. and for anybody that has seen it, the captain of that crew, lorenzo(the guy that played french in goodfellas), is that what motherfuckers really talk like in chicago? if so, thats even more annoying then a boston accent, i could never live in either of those places.
10th & Wolf was horrendous, as a Philly guy, I don't think they got anything right with it, from actors to the location it was shot. Knockaround guys is also awful, Seth Green trusted to do a big drug deal for the boss, and John Malkovich as the under boss? I aint buying it! Another stank ass one is "Staten Island", though I got a kick out of Ethan Hawkes character.
10th & Wolf was horrendous, as a Philly guy, I don't think they got anything right with it, from actors to the location it was shot. Knockaround guys is also awful, Seth Green trusted to do a big drug deal for the boss, and John Malkovich as the under boss? I aint buying it! Another stank ass one is "Staten Island", though I got a kick out of Ethan Hawkes character.
I've seen 10th and wolf and that's retarded they can go to The Bomb The Bomb and here a better story,
The honor (or dishonor) of worst Mob movie goes to "The Valachi Papers" (starring Charles Bronson). The acting was terrible and it was almost funny to see all the "mistakes" shown in the movie (like 1960's cars in a scene that was supposed to take place in the 1920s).
This gets my vote, also.
The director had a great plot to work with, plus Bronson. But nope, it was a boring movie. I've seen nearly every mainstream mob movie more than once. But I can't bring myself to watch The Valachi Papers again.
I couldn't make it through that movie 'Gotti' from the mid 90s. The part where the guy playing Sammy the bull kills the guy who hit gotti's son was laughable. Watch it. Sammy the bull knocks him out with a standing front kick. It is the gayest looking thing ever. Also, the part when he was made boss in that big hall in front of all of those people s ridiculous. That can't be real. The feds would have recorded that for sure. It just seemed like they were trying to make a quick buck off the gotti conviction in the early to mid 90s buy catering to every mob fanboy.
This movie was loosely based on Bonanno's book. It lists both Bonannos (Joe and Bill) as writers. It's also self serving and seems to romanticize the mob, but worth watching once.
You guys are right, 10th & Wolf is terrible. I just watched it, lol, fucking grenades and shit. The guy just coming back from the marines, the movie never implies whether he was made or not and he's just allowed to go to meetings with his buddies and The Sicilians. The guy they made look like Salvy Testa with the one leg, lol, this movie was one big "WTF"..I did like one part though.
Market Worker: "What do you want me to do with the Mucca Fish?"
Market Owner while being led out in handcuffs: "Fuck the Mucca Fish."
Iceman, too much filler, not enough substance to blow the load. Casting Michael Shannon was brilliance, but Ray Liotta was typecasting at its worst. Ray's probably a perfectly likeable guy, but an atrocious actor whose only success is attributable to our hard-ons for OC flicks. With Shannon's intensity, though, Iceman had the promise of something much, much more; the writers and producers just couldn't produce the money shot.