Miami, roughly ten years later: Velentine and Kofax have done well with their life insurance scheme, and with Meyer Lansky long dead and the mob still pretty much out of reach, they have worked for their own pockets mostly. But then three things happen that ring their alarm bells: For one, Valentine insures an undercover cop, Nick (Ronnie Marmo), who freely admits to his trade and doesn't suspect Valetnine of any wrongdoings (yet), but who knows where and when he might turn up again, then money collector Handsome Pete (Peter Paul DeLeo) from Chicago has announced a visit to take a look at our heroes' books and take home the company overhead, money Valentine and Kofax have long claimed themselves. Ang finally, Frankie Cutts (James Russo), an old acquaintance from Chicago who has spent the last ten years of his life in the slammer, is stopping by to kickstart a deal between Valentine and Kofax and a local mob that has its own internal power struggles. And suddenly what has worked so well for so long is put into question ...

A very nice gangster epic that, without being in the least a copycat movie, is somewhat reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's best genre movies, basically because it also comes across as light-footed, features protagonists with poor moral compasses, and digs deep into its characters without forgetting the action the genre demands.. And add to this very decent performances from actors who really look their parts, and you've got yourself really cool gangsterland entertainment.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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