Mobsters

Mobsters
Mobsters

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Karbelnikoff
Produced by Jim Ballantine
Carolyn Bates
Starring Christian Slater
Patrick Dempsey
Richard Grieco
Costas Mandylor
Michael Gambon
Anthony Quinn
F. Murray Abraham
Chris Penn
Lara Flynn Boyle
Music by Michael Small
Cinematography Lajos Koltai
Editing by Joe D'Augustine
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) July 26, 1991
Running time 104 minutes
Language English
Budget $29 million
Box office $20,246,790 (domestic)[1]

Mobsters is a 1991 crime-drama film detailing the creation of the The Commission. Set in New York City, taking place from 1917 to 1931, it is a semi-fictitious account of the rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.

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Plot

This highly dramatized film, focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky. They start as young men victimized by the current mafia. They rise from petty criminals and bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the Mafia and eventually establish The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end.[2]

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Reception

The film was panned by most critics earning a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety Magazine wrote that "'Mobsters' resembles a cart-before-the-horse case of putting marketing ahead of filmmaking, as the seemingly can't-miss premise of teen-heartthrob gangsters gets lost in self-important direction, a shoddy script and muddled storytelling".[3]}} According to Roger Ebert, the movie's violence and bloodshed are so far over the top that "they undermine the rest of the film, and approach parody". He gave the movie two and a half out of four stars. Both Anthony Quinn and Christian Slater were each nominated for a Razzie Award as Worst Supporting Actor for their performances in this film (neither won).

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