American Mobster: Retribution

An absolute train wreck. The acting was atrocious. The fight scenes were hilarious. It was just an all around bad train wreck.

With scripts, scenes and dialogue ripped and twisted from all the gangster movies and series The Godfather, Goodfellas, Casino, The Sopranos we find the protagonist performing various impersonations throughout. Poor acting and a bad plot add to the problems. Most of the budget was blown on the detail and decorations for the Nick's birthday party at the beginning leaving just enough for a drone and then it's downhill from thereon, it feels as if every scene was shot in a single take resulting in glaring mistakes.

This has everything you would expect in a well produced indie gangster film. It has flaws though, things got dragged out a bit as the editing could have been a bit better to help me understand a few things easier but the plot is solid and the acting was surprisingly good considering I have no idea who these actors are. I've seen many of the other films this specific director has made and this is by far the best one to date. Not bad at all.

This does not rate a 6.5, more like a 0.2. It's simply awful.

I didn't expect that ending. Quality production and some popular faces involved which was good to see. It all happens in Miami so I like how the film had that Miami atmosphere. It does starts of a little slow but things pick up quickly as the action rolls in.