Review of Kill the Irishman (2011) by Ronald S — 06 May 2011

Kill the Irishman (B).

Apparently, they have made a movie about every single mobster that ever lived in New York, Chicago or New Jersey and now they're on to Cleveland. This is based on the true life events of one Danny Greene, an up and coming mobster and union boss who stood up to Italian mob families in New York and gained a reputation as being hard to kill. Its an interesting character piece with a good story, decent acting, lots of exploding cars and a very careful attention to period detail. Although the production values reflect what was surely an anemic budget, this is one of the best films I have ever seen that attempted to recreate the 1970's, right down to the correct cars, clothes and hair styles. Its a good movie, made even better by the fact that most of it is true.