Rating of
2/4
"Mr. Faranzano, it's the IRS again."
MovieAddict - wrote on 02/25/12
“This is America and everything is money.”
The movie tells the story of Charlie "Lucky" Luciano (Christian Slater) and his three pals Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey), "Bugsy" Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor),four young men growing up in the 1920's who start at the bottom and despite their diverse ethnic background, their bond leads them to the top of the underworld heap as they contrive to bring down two aging Dons whose time has come.
The Dons, are played by Anthony Quinn and Michael Gambon who are rivals for the title of "boss of all bosses" in the New York City area. There are some very bloody scenes and lots of gratuitous violence.
I am a big mob fan but this is no Godfather or Goodfellas! Having said that Christian Slater has a charm all of his own and I found it reasonably entertaining and who cares if it is not exactly historically accurate.
