Tony Martone

Mafia for the New Generation © Ned Gorman for Tony Martone

I must admit, I have older taste and appreciate the classics we all know well such as Godfather and so on.

I won't go through the plot. I will say it was a joy to see new faces in Joe McGee's depiction of a mafia film. Mario Carneiro and Danny Fainman played great don's leading their respected families. Amato is from NYC and Martone is from RI. There are many reasons to praise this indie film's work but for me it was the story that made this original film work so great.

The acting is superb. The three stars manage to create characters that are completely fleshed out.

However, this is the Mafia for the new generation and it still appeals to me.

Instead of painting houses like, "Irishman," -- you hit em' with shovels. I do like the cynical comedy shown along with an actual plot and story. The twist and subtle clue's on the rats was a delight to see in a new generation film.

It also had elements to me as a modern day Soprano's but this was very original and the blues/jazz music was complimentary to the actor's slick lines shown in the film.

Great acting, very good cinematography shown in this film. I do feel the movie is a bit short with a running time under 1 hour. It did come together well within the 1 hour but i was hoping it could have been a bit longer not Titanic long but at least 20 more minutes. I was not disappointed in the run time though, as the running time does not stop or take a nap it is an indication that the film is attractive and holds the attention.

The movie was artistic, and paints an interesting vignette about mob life.

The opening intro is one of the best intro's I've seen with funny one liners. You don't see such a bold opening in mafia films.

In closing, it's a stunning story that molds together seamlessly with modern day plot. Remember one name, Tony Martone. This is a mob movie unlike any other. Featuring an array of top-notch many unknown performances but they had their shinning moment in this film.

This is a true modern gangster drama masterpiece with 8/10 rating for me.

© Ned Gorman for Tony Martone.

Awesome movie the cast did exellent and it was directed very well by a joe mcgee i enjoyed this film it was really good great job to the cast and crew and everyone helped make this masterpiece and also rip to joes dad he did the music for the film which theres a tribute to that at the very end .....

Tony Martone or The Tony Soprano?

Tony Martone has all the ingredients for a great crime film. It's got hits, bad language, violence, gambling, corrupt cops, all of the main ingridenets for a mob film.

Furthermore, it's got a great soundtrack, with blues music...but somehow, it's missing one ingredient, maybe its picking Tony Martone as the name, but it felt very Soprano feeling to me. The picking of title character name felt like a copy of Tony Soprano. I wonder why they selected Tony Martone for the title and character?

I'm not sure if it was just me but I felt like Tony Martone was trying to be like Tony Soprano. Don't get me wrong the plot and story has nothing to do with each other, i felt that Tony Martone was trying to out due Tony Soprano in terms of being that respected guy, a guy you don't touch. In some sense Tony Soprano as a series had much more comedy in it. Maybe in my mind I was comparing them against each other.

Is this a mob flick? A comedy? A drama? A satire? Who knows?

Still, at least the movie manages to stay interesting for most of it's runtime.

I have to assume the reviews so far were from cast and crew from this movie.

This is a master class in bad editing and even worse acting.

I don't think I have ever seen anything so bad. You have to watch it, or at least some of it, to get the full effect of just how bad a movie can be.

I found Tony Martone to be a modern day mafia saga executed very well with nice appealing locations in this film. I like how it blends modern with older styles when it comes to delivering news by means of newspaper, such clever incorporations of old and new.

You know in ancient Persia, the kings would kill a messenger who brought them news they didn't like. In modern times a sword in the chest might seem a little extreme. But if you look at history the great men and women of the world have always been defined by their enemies.

Ray Amato is the enemy here who invaded Tony Martone's docks, with conflict and importance of invading his space. This movie has bite, bark, violence and more important a story that is watchable and believable.