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Subgenre Sampler
King of New York (1990)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley Snipes… - A ruthless drug lord (Walken) is determined to resume his throne as the king of New York's underworld after five years behind bars. A vicious crime…
Krays, The (1990)- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Billie Whitelaw, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp - Excellent biographical account of the rise and fall of London's notorious Kray twins, with Spandau Ballet's Kemp brothers doing an admirable job in…
Miller's Crossing (1990)- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro - Crossings and double–crossings punctuate this complex yet rewarding mobster flick loaded with heart–pounding violence and black humour.
My Blue Heaven (1990)- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack… - Steve Martin plays a mob informant who has trouble adapting to his new life–style in suburbia, arranged by FBI dweeb, Rick Moranis.
Narrow Margin (1990)- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking… - Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
State of Grace (1990)- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris - Penn returns to his Irish mob roots in New York's Hell's Kitchen to find tenuous–at–best relations with the neighbouring Mafia. Oldman…
Things Change (1990)- Dir. David Mamet
Feat. Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky… - Playwright David Mamet's comedy of errors about an elderly shoeshine who takes the rap for a mob crime in exchange for his lifelong dream.
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)- Dir. Howard Brookner
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Julie Hagerty… - An American Playhouse adaptation of four Damon Runyon tales which intersect on New Year's Eve 1928 in a milieu of jazz–age hedonism. A good…
Canton Godfather, The (Miracles; Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) (1989)- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Anita Mui - Though light on martial arts, this lavish period production is generally considered Jackie Chan's most accomplished movie. At once inspired by THE…
Harlem Nights (1989)- Dir. Eddie Murphy
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx… - An excellent comic cast can't save this mismatched black American riff on THE GODFATHER series, set amid the 1930s jazz–club underworld of…
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