Wetcoaster Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I just watched one of the best gangster movies I have ever seen. The film is titled "Bulletproof Gangster" or "Kill the Irishman" (the title of the book on which the movie was based To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia by Rick Porrello.) depending on where it was released. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416801/ It is the story of Cleveland gangster Danny "The Irishman" Greene who went to war with the Mafia for control of organized crime in Cleveland in the 1970's. The film traces his start in the dock unions through his war with the Mafia. Greene survived numerous attempts on his life. In 1976 there were 36 explosions that rocked Cleveland therefore dubbing it as Bomb City, USA. This is all due in part to the Italian mob trying to Kill The Irishman, Danny Greene. He dodges bullets like Superman and survives explosions like John McClain ("Die Hard") then walks away with an indifferent attitude. There is effective use made of news reports of the gang war in Cleveland from the time. An excellent gritty look at life on the mean streets in Cleveland and the rise of an orphan to legendary Robin Hood-like status. Eventually the war with Greene would bring down the Cleveland Mafia and cripple the Mafia nationally. There is a great cast and all the supporting parts work very well: Danny Greene - Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo in the HBO series Rome) - strong performance Vincent D'Onfrio - John Nardi - a Mafia guy who is friends with Greene and takes on the old style Mafia controlled out of New York Val Kilmer - Cleveland Police Detective Joe Manditski who grew up with Greene and who has a grudging repsect for the way he stands up to the Mafia. Christopher Walken - Shondor Birns an Jewish loan shark who takes Greene under his wing. Tony Lo Bianco - Jack Licavoli the head of the Cleveland Mafia who goes to war with Greene. Paul Sorvino - New York crime head Fat Tony Salerno - who has to intervene in the war that the Cleveland Mafia is losing to Greene. Robert Davi - Ray Ferretto a top Mafia hitman from LA sent by Salerno to deal with Greene and his crew. One of the real gritty gangster movies of all time. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 D'onofrio is lookin' pretty haggard. Saw Insidious last night. Disappointed they took seach a subject as deep as astral projection and turned it into another Paranormal Activity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshlee Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Source Code - 7.5/10. Not bad, kinda Inception-esque. The Lincoln Lawyer - 8.5/10. Solid acting, predictable storyline, but still good entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3. Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 10/10 That movie was beyond epic, I'd definitely watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.K. Chesterton Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Of Mice And Men (1992) - 8.5/10 Great film; I'll never view John Malkovich the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyCompany Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Hanna 9/10 - A really good movie. So much action very good storyline and very well directed. One of the best movies of the year. Go out and watch this !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*PrimeTime* Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 I just watched one of the best gangster movies I have ever seen. The film is titled "Bulletproof Gangster" or "Kill the Irishman" (the title of the book on which the movie was based To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia by Rick Porrello.) depending on where it was released. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1416801/ It is the story of Cleveland gangster Danny "The Irishman" Greene who went to war with the Mafia for control of organized crime in Cleveland in the 1970's. The film traces his start in the dock unions through his war with the Mafia. Greene survived numerous attempts on his life. In 1976 there were 36 explosions that rocked Cleveland therefore dubbing it as Bomb City, USA. This is all due in part to the Italian mob trying to Kill The Irishman, Danny Greene. He dodges bullets like Superman and survives explosions like John McClain ("Die Hard") then walks away with an indifferent attitude. There is effective use made of news reports of the gang war in Cleveland from the time. An excellent gritty look at life on the mean streets in Cleveland and the rise of an orphan to legendary Robin Hood-like status. Eventually the war with Greene would bring down the Cleveland Mafia and cripple the Mafia nationally. There is a great cast and all the supporting parts work very well: Danny Greene - Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo in the HBO series Rome) - strong performance Vincent D'Onfrio - John Nardi - a Mafia guy who is friends with Greene and takes on the old style Mafia controlled out of New York Val Kilmer - Cleveland Police Detective Joe Manditski who grew up with Greene and who has a grudging repsect for the way he stands up to the Mafia. Christopher Walken - Shondor Birns an Jewish loan shark who takes Greene under his wing. Tony Lo Bianco - Jack Licavoli the head of the Cleveland Mafia who goes to war with Greene. Paul Sorvino - New York crime head Fat Tony Salerno - who has to intervene in the war that the Cleveland Mafia is losing to Greene. Robert Davi - Ray Ferretto a top Mafia hitman from LA sent by Salerno to deal with Greene and his crew. One of the real gritty gangster movies of all time. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksbiggestfan Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 The Dilemma- 6/10 One thing that ruined the movie was how they showed a lot of blackhawks and the only real funny person in the whole movie was Channing Tatum. Not as funny as I expected it to be, kind of boring at some parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wallstreet - Money Never Sleeps 2/10 - waste of time, the only thing I liked was Josh Brolin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Black Swan: 2.5/10. Parts of it were okay, but overall It was a big suckfest. Kings Speech: 8/10. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Date Night 2/10 Would rather be date-raped than watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Date Night 2/10 Would rather be date-raped than watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa_Fly Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Dazed and Confused - 10/10 seen it a million times, classic Boogie Nights - 9/10 I didn't even know this movie existed until I found it on netflix. It was super sick, long but worth it Spun - 7/10 Jason Schwartzman made this better than it should of been I think Dogtown and Z-boys - 9/10 Really, really good documentary especially if you skate, but you could definitely get into it even if you don't because the characters are so interesting and it's such a cool story. Kurt and Courtney - 4/10 crapty documentary about Kurt Cobain done by some British douche I've watched a lot movies on netflix this long weekend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d^/ > _ < \^b Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 The Objective - 2.5/10 Well, probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Film was full of bullcrap and the ending basically made me go "what the f***?" Only reason why I wanted to watch this film is because it was tied to the CIA (spy films is a genre I enjoy) but it was just horrible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodzilla131 Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 got kids... Megamind (cartoon) 9/10 (when it comes to kids shows) voices of will ferrel, david cross, tina fey, brad pitt, jonah hill i don't mind seeing it weekly.....yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiAd Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 The Killing Room - 7.5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucksbiggestfan Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Fast Five- 8.5/10 Great movie! A lot of action and a lot of funny moments, the best Fast and Furious movie out of all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Blade Runner 8.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EB² Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Fast Five : 9/10 I'm a sucker for an action movie, racing and paul walker It was a good movie that was also funny. Heard there's going to be a sixth one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OgS.MVP Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Hey, If you are enthusiastic about cars, definitely would recommend watching this. I am crazy about cars and this had a blast watching it. Went today with a few friends, definitely a movie to watch in a cinema. Just wanted to let people know, Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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