Mobsters

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Mobsters

R,

1991,

1h 44m,

Crime/

Drama

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9%

34 Reviews

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57%

10,000+ Ratings

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57%

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Loosely based on real historical figures, this drama focuses on the empire built by enterprising young criminals Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey). Along with Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor), Luciano and Lansky establish a revitalized mob in New York City, effectively displacing their predecessors. Despite the gangsters' humble beginnings on the streets, they eventually rise to control much of the city.

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Critics Consensus

Despite an abundance of style and some big names, Mobsters can't escape its empty plotting, numbing violence, and Gangster Movie 101 concepts.

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Jo Berry

Empire Magazine

Jul 25, 2014

3/5

Although things like character development are sometimes lost in the crossfire, the lead actors have enough charm to sustain the film.

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Michael Sragow

The New Yorker

May 20, 2014

It's an excuse for the latest crop of media-spawned personalities -- the male equivalent of starlets -- to invade the heavy-duty genre of the gangster film. They don't come up to Cagney's spats.

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Peter Rainer

Los Angeles Times

May 21, 2013

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.

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Terry Francis

Southern Voice (Atlanta)

May 9, 2023

1.5/4

A kiddie gangster movie that appears to have been cast by the Ford Modeling Agency, dressed by the editors of GQ, and written by the marketing department of some cheesy brokerage house currently under investigation.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Jan 25, 2023

Mobsters is of overwhelming violence, but also of insinuated elegance. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ralph Novak

People Magazine

Jul 25, 2014

To 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.

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Dec 21, 2017

The plot is iffy, but for what the movie is, I think it does the job. Christian Slater does great as Lucky Luciano. People rate this way too harshly.

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Ron S

Oct 19, 2013

Guilty pleasure. But why should I be guilty? The set and clothing design scream 1930's and the soundtrack does as well. It is overdramatic in areas and some of the performances are cheesy, but overall this is a fine slice of Friday night beer drinking, popcorn chomping fun.

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Michael Karbelnikoff

Director

Christian Slater

Charlie "Lucky" Luciano

Patrick Dempsey

Meyer Lansky

Richard Grieco

Bugsy Siegel

Costas Mandylor

Frank Costello

F. Murray Abraham

Arnold Rothstein

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Synopsis

Loosely based on real historical figures, this drama focuses on the empire built by enterprising young criminals Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey). Along with Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor), Luciano and Lansky establish a revitalized mob in New York City, effectively displacing their predecessors. Despite the gangsters' humble beginnings on the streets, they eventually rise to control much of the city.

Director: Michael Karbelnikoff
Producer: Stephen J. Roth
Screenwriter: Michael Mahern, Nicholas Kazan
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.7M
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Surround

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