
Set in post-World War II Manhattan, Sharkskin tells the story of custom tailor Mike Esposito's encounters with local mobsters who run the neighborhood. Mike is drawn into the mob when Mafia Don Piano orders Mike to make a suit for a special occasion. Mike becomes enamored with and later repelled by the mob's operations and whereby he confronts his morality and principles that he lives by and puts his family in jeopardy.... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in post-World War II Manhattan, Sharkskin tells the story of custom tailor Mike Esposito's encounters with local mobsters who run the neighborhood. Mike is drawn into the mob when Mafia Don Piano orders Mike to make a suit for a special occasion. Mike becomes enamored with and later repelled by the mob's operations and whereby he confronts his morality and principles that he lives by and puts his family in jeopardy.
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| User ReviewJack OLook, mob movies are basically period pieces for guys. The trailer fooled me, what with the mob theme, the old cars, and the sharp suits. But watching the movie is sort of like eating bad clams. It starts out OK. Then you start getting this queasy feeling, and then before you know it you're driving the porcelain bus. With this movie, that queasy feeling starts pretty quickly, when you realize that the stereotypes are being laid on a bit too thick. The plotting gets stupider, and the characters get more and more implausible, and the whole thing is just a mess. I hate this movie, and I want the last 100 minutes of my life back. |