
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York City, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime. As their crime empire expands, they have to deal with many problems, including their own differing opinions on how to run their business, the local Godfather, Don Faranzano (Sir Michael Gambon), and the psychotic Mad Dog Coll (Nicholas Sadler).... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York City, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime. As their crime empire expands, they have to deal with many problems, including their own differing opinions on how to run their business, the local Godfather, Don Faranzano (Sir Michael Gambon), and the psychotic Mad Dog Coll (Nicholas Sadler).
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| South Florida Sun-SentinelRoger HurlburtIn an attempt to find the origins of infamous gangsters Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and Benny "Bugsy" Siegel, Karbelnikoff has rendered lame caricatures instead of meaty characters. |
| Empire MagazineJo BerryAlthough things like character development are sometimes lost in the crossfire, the lead actors have enough charm to sustain the film. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThere isn't a moment when you simply sit back and share in an actor's joy at revealing himself through his role. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfIt feels like a history lesson from a particularly inept substitute teacher, hitting only a few highlights before it returns to a flat read of gangster specifics. |
| Empire MagazineJoanna BerryAlthough things like character development are sometimes lost in the crossfire, the lead actors have enough charm to sustain the film. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerMobsters 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. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThe virtue of GoodFellas was that it took the glamor out of mob sagas, and it's going to take a picture a lot better than Mobsters to put it back in. |
| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzDespite competent production, despite-or perhaps because of-a high and inventively mutilated body count, the film is ultimately boring. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonThe whole movie seems to be about hair, slicked-back hair, hair so meticulously coifed and lacquered that bullets would bounce off of it. Your first thought is that the budget for mousse must have climbed into the zillions. |
| People MagazineRalph NovakTo say that production designer Richard Sylbert, costume designer Ellen Mirojnick and cinematographer Lajos Koltai give the settings a handsome, authentic look is like saying that the Titanic had nice chandeliers. |