Violence raged on with some 40-odd carbombings & a string of murder/dissappearences, & included well known names like Lips Moceri, Ronnie the Crab Carrabia, Tony Dope Delsanter & Peanuts Tronolone.
There is a great ensemble cast put together for the film. Ray Stevenson plays Danny Greene himself, with Vincent D'Onofrio as John Nardi, the Italian-American mobster that supposedly "couldn't wait" to get made & so allied with Greene against the family. Ex footballer & tough nut Vinnie Jones plays Greene's chief enforcer, an ex Hells Angel.
Christopher Walken plays Shondor Birns, the notorious Jewish loanshark who had a long career an associate of Cleveland mob figures, a real interesting guy. Val Kilmer plays a cop based on Cleveland Police Detective Ed Kovacic, & characters im looking forward to seeing portrayed, Tony Lo Bianco as James "Blackie" Licavoli & Paul Sorvino as Fat Tony Salerno, Cleveland Boss & Genovese Front Boss respectively.
(Some of the) Other mobsters being portrayed are Leo "Lips" Moceri (Mike Star), Frank Brancato (Vinny Vella Sr) Tommy Sinito (Grant Krause) & Ray Ferrito (Robert Davi)
Steve "Baccala" Schirripa, Fionula Flanagan, Anthony "Tony Darrow/Larry Boy Barese" Borghese. I would have seen it anyway, but theres alot of actors i like in this.
