Anthony Quinn, Chris Penn, Christian Slater

Somewhat of an excuse to throw together four hot young actors of the moment in a serious environment, Mobsters nonetheless is a decent treatment of the rise of four of the most infamous gangste...( read more  read more... )rs of the 20th century. Christian Slater and Patrick Dempsey play Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky, respectively, best friends since they were kids on the mean streets of New York. When Prohibition hits, these young ambitious hoods--along with Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) make their move to take over the rackets, even as it jeopardizes their friendship. Featuring cameos by Anthony Quinn, Michael Gambon, and F. Murray Abraham, Mobsters is a guilty pleasure if a not too serious one. --Robert Lane

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R, 104 min.

Directed by: Michael Karbelnikoff

Release Date: July 26, 1991

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DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003

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  • July 14, 2007
    One of the worst examples of Hollywood's glossy reinvention of historical events, this brat pack version of The Godfather is quite unpleasant in the way it presents violence and crime as glib fashion accessories. Worth watching only for Michael Gambon, Anthony Quinn and F. Murray...( read more) Abraham who routinely act the young cast off the screen.
  • February 18, 2007
    Not that good even though i like mob flicks this one wasn't that good at all.
  • October 30, 2009
    Not to bad of a gangster movie.I always wonder why directors always have to change the way things actually happened.Mad Dog Coll was NOT killed in a mobs boss office.He was tommygunned in a telephone booth & If a mob boss was ever actually dropped out a window-I NEVER heard of it...( read more).I Wonder how much else of the stuff that happened in this movie was changed around.
  • October 7, 2009
    the movie starts out a little slow, unorigonal and lacking in style but by the end it turns out to be a good enough lil' 'mobster' flick. The whole cast seemed to be somewhat uninspired however its hard to go wrong with the genre. christian slater definatly wouldn't have been my ...( read more)first choice for the lead roll. The second half of the flick makes in recommendable.
  • September 30, 2009
    Mobsters (1991)

    This is a great gangster movie that features all of the 20-something heart-throbs of this era. Young Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano (Christian Slater), Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor), Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) are yo...( read more)ung thugs who grew up on the streets and are trying to become big name gangsters.

    They get in on a good bootlegging gig with Arnold Rothstein (F. Murray Abraham) and learn a lot from him until the two competing New York Mob bosses, Don Gioseppe Masseria (Anthony Quinn) and Don Salvatore Faranzano (Michael Gambon) have him wacked.

    Now Luciano and Siegel's crew has to aline their operation with one of the two Italian mob bosses if they hope to continue. But, both bosses want all or some of them dead and get 100% of the operation. They try to start a War, hoping to get with the winner of the two, but that only gets Charlie Luciano beat-up and almost killed.

    Lara Flynn Boyle plays showgirl Mara Motes who is Luciano's love interest. But unfortunately, this movie is all about the boys and her part isn't as well drawn out as the four guys.

    This movie is kept kind of light. It's not exactly The Godfather, but it does cover the history about these four famous mobsters and the early development of the commission, where crime got truly organized..
  • September 14, 2009
    Was an ok movie... Nothing to write home about though.
  • September 13, 2009
    Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Don of New York
  • August 16, 2009
    Not really that great. The casting is really quite uninspired. There were some impressive elements, but altogether the film is just kinda forgettable. Extremely gory, especially for a gangster picture.
  • July 3, 2009
    Pretty good gangster movie...came across it on TV today, never would have watched it otherwise. Fun seeing Slater and Dempsey and some of the others in their younger days.
  • June 21, 2009
    yummy movies lol 4 hot guysss grrr enough said? xd

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