Gangster

When you think of movie genres I'm sure gangster isn't the first one on your list. By the end of this I will talk about movies in this genre catagory that many people have seen. They just might think of them as action or suspense. Gangster movies are defined as films that offer a dark or fatalistic interpretations of reality.

The top gangster movie of the box office is..."The Godfather". If you haven't seen it you have atleast heard of it. The summary of the movie is one that just makes a movie sound good. There wouldn't be any trailer needed just the plot summary and people would flock to the theaters. Michael is Don's son. He has just returned from WWII and wants to stay out of the Mafia unlike the rest of his family. Virgil Sollozzo is a drug dealer who approaches Don about protection in return for some of the profits from his drug dealings. Don refuses and Sollozzo didn't like that answer at all. Sollozzo sends some hit men after Don who leave him barely alive. Michael starts a violent mob war trying to get even with the men who almost killed his father. This war tears apart his family even though he is trying to help them. I don't know about ya'll but I wouldn't just up and watch a movie like this I would have to be in the mood. It sounds like an action intense movie with some obvious fatalities.

"Scarface" is number two on the list. It is a film that follows the rise and fall of a Cuban immigrant in the 1980's. He starts off with petty crime that soon turns into
high time crime and he soon becomes a cocaine addick and dealer. Obviously when following a man like this he is bound to hit some trouble before his time is up.

"The Untouchable" is the third on the list. A man named Eliot Ness brings a group of mob fighters to bring down Al Capone. A name many have heard before... With that as Ness tries to get Capone many high up poice tell him if he catches Capone he is starting a war. Not often do you get a bad guy that the cops leave alone.

So we have done the top box office hit and now I will say my favorite "The Departed". Honestly I will say this is the only one on many lists of gangster movies that I have seen. This movie is about two men, one a cop one a mobster. Both trade sides in an attempt to get a one up on the other. When the cops and mob men find out there is a "rat" with them they each have to uncover the other one to make it out alive. The catch? Will either be able to turn on the men they have befriended from the other side.

With these movies uncovered I hope many people will open their minds and watch some of these good movies. Many people I have mentioned these movies to have said if you haven't seen them you are missing out.