KILL THE IRISHMAN
2 out of 5 stars

40+ car bombs in one movie and what? :P

based on the true story of a man named danny greene from a little city called cleveland, OH... danny greene (ray stevenson) is a born and bred irish american grain barge worker, and his anger for unfair union wages and unsafe work conditions lead him to run against the present president of his union. the present president threatens him and even sics his polak bodyguard on him, and danny ends up beating the shit/killing the guy... danny greene soon becomes president, making changes to the grain barge union as well as joining the italian mob by letting them fence the expensive shipments coming in from godnoswhere. because leadership positions lead to working for the mob, right? only in 1970s cleveland when the italian mafia ran the city! danny greene ends up moving up the mafia capo ladder, including befriending one of the mafia bosses john nardi (vincent d’onofrio), working for mafia-affiliated loan shark/restaurant owner shondor birns (christopher walken- typical self), and even pissing off the very people he worked for because he refuses to pay back a “loan” for his irish pub. tsk tsk... ;)

it’s amazing how one guy had up to 8 ATTEMPTS on his life! ultimately, the mafia had to call in a “specialist” all the way from los angeles to finally get rid of this “mick”. it’s almost like the plot of smokin’ aces, but i guess this is more realistic? it may be realistic but BORING... you gotta give this movie points for historical “accuracies” i.e. the clothing, the facial hair, the cars, even the housing... but what it’s got in costume and props, it lacks in plot... ehh. :/