Mobsters

Mobsters (1991)

  • 4% of critics liked it
    (28 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (10,068 ratings)

In this fictionalized account based on true figures, a foursome of young thugs decides to team up and take control of New York's east side from the aging bosses who control it. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation,… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Nicholas Kazan
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Jul 26, 1991 Wide
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times

    Mobsters looks like it was made by people who have seen too many gangster films for people who haven't seen any. There isn't a breath of life in the filmmaking.

  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

    Slater and Dempsey bring to the film whatever shallow depth Mobsters occasionally exhibits.

  • Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

    A potboiler in the quick-and-dirty tradition of the B movies of the '30s, it may not win any Oscars or garner rave reviews, but it's consistently entertaining, nevertheless.

  • Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times

    A hollow concept gussied up with a few big names, a pretty set and some fancy clothes.

  • Johanna Steinmetz, Chicago Tribune

    Despite competent production, despite-or perhaps because of-a high and inventively mutilated body count, the film is ultimately boring.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Conner R


    Maybe I saw a different movie than most because I really like Mobsters. It's basically a Young Guns type movie with a gangster setting. I guess if you only take it straight forward and don't consider the context of when and why this was made it will make no sense. Christian… More

  • Tim S


    Huge piece of shit. I was wondering when the two Coreys were going to show up.

  • xGary X


    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… More

  • Chosen 7


    It's an ok film. For most of the movie I thought Christian Slater's performance [among others] was lacking, I just didn't buy him playing an italian gangster. Entertaining film though.

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