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Actors: Costas Mandylor, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Lara Flynn Boyle
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mobsters
The Story of 4 young powerful Mafia leaders rise to power. Charlie "Lucky" Luciano (Christian Slater) the front man, Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) the bribe master, Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) the brains and Ben "Bugsy" Seigel(Richard Grieco) the muscle.
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1900-1920's
Crime & Police Story? Yes
Criminal enemy is... - Mafia conflict
If this is a criminal POV story... - criminals stealing from other criminals - criminals killing each other - one man's rise in a criminal organization

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - criminal
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - Italian
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Body type - average build (man)
Unclothed? - chest
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Italian

Main Adversary
Identity: - gang
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - criminal
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Hair color - white
Body type - fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - Italian
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Misc setting - building

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel... - in awe
How many deaths in film? - 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing nude male butt
How much use of techno gadgets? - 2 (a little)
Kind of violence: - mental battles - hand to hand - guns - knives
Unusual forms of death - dropped from large heights - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity? - Some foul language
Lot of special effects? Yes
Kinds of F/X - exploding vehicles - exploding bombs
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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