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Post by Neko Bazu on May 12, 2008 21:31:34 GMT -1
There's something about gangland films - proper gangster films, like The Godfather, or The Long Good Friday - that really seem to grab people. Maybe it's respect for the characters, maybe it's the brutality, maybe it's the plots. Whatever it is, they seem to be among the most beloved genre of films, with many rightly being regarded as classics. So who's your favourite gangster from these films? Maybe Alan Ford's Bricktop in Snatch works for you, or maybe it's any of several from The Godfather. Perhaps it's a lesser name we're unfamiliar with? For me, it has to be Bob Hoskins. None have surpassed his performance in The Long Good Friday, and his other gangland roles have hardly been flat failures either. He manages to do aggression and assertion, but it's always controlled. The control he exerts throughout every scene is just superb - all except for that one crucial moment in TLGF, which just makes it hit that much harder. Genius (I deliberately didn't used the end scene, 'cause I know at least one 606er hasn't seen it, and I don't wanna spoil it for 'em
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Post by Neko Bazu on May 14, 2008 12:55:41 GMT -1
Oh fine, screw the lot of you then!
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Post by Golden_Boyâ„¢ on May 14, 2008 13:19:02 GMT -1
Fat Sam from Bugsy Malone.
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Post by gt on May 14, 2008 13:30:59 GMT -1
Anyone in Goodfellas
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Post by thales on May 14, 2008 13:42:25 GMT -1
tony montana has to be up there ;D
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on May 15, 2008 10:13:00 GMT -1
Joe Peschi in Goodfellas
Michael Madson in Reservoir Dogs
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 15, 2008 10:28:59 GMT -1
Mona Lisa.
Not gangster but still seedy underworld.
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 15, 2008 10:30:05 GMT -1
Joe Peschi in Goodfellas Michael Madson in Reservoir Dogs Harvey Keitel and Michael Madson play good gangster roles. Bob Hoskins too.
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Post by C@V on May 15, 2008 10:30:50 GMT -1
The best gangster is Mr Adams head of the Adams family in North London. They fucking control all the major crime networks in Britain and have major influence across Europe, North America nad South America. They have direct connections to the cartels in Colombia.
The Adams make the Krays look like school kids!
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Post by HURLOCK on May 15, 2008 10:32:18 GMT -1
Ray Winstone is a great actor even in he is West Ham Scum. He was fantastic is 'Sexy Beast' As was Ben Kingsley 'you calling me a C*nt'
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Post by gt on May 15, 2008 10:57:35 GMT -1
Scarface is overrated
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Post by CHOPPER READ on May 15, 2008 11:46:49 GMT -1
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2008 13:56:26 GMT -1
Be serious, tis Michael Corleone by a street.
Quiet, impassionate, sociopathic.....any man who just sits back in his chair while his brother is shot out on the lake, at his behest, is someone not to f**k with! ;D
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Post by C@V on May 15, 2008 14:05:38 GMT -1
Be serious, tis Michael Corleone by a street. Quiet, impassionate, sociopathic.....any man who just sits back in his chair while his brother is shot out on the lake, at his behest, is someone not to f**k with! ;D I'll take you lunch money if you don't shut the fuck up!
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2008 14:09:18 GMT -1
Be serious, tis Michael Corleone by a street. Quiet, impassionate, sociopathic.....any man who just sits back in his chair while his brother is shot out on the lake, at his behest, is someone not to f**k with! ;D I'll take you lunch money if you don't shut the fuck up! Not while I'm carrying my pea shooter MUTHAFUCKA!!!! ;D
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Post by Mrs H on May 15, 2008 14:12:38 GMT -1
Anyone out of Eastenders
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on May 15, 2008 14:24:44 GMT -1
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2008 14:25:19 GMT -1
Gripper Stebson from Grange Hill! ;D
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2008 14:26:03 GMT -1
Is she not just one of the 'heavies'? Ian Beale?
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Post by Tony Yeboah's Lunchbox on May 15, 2008 14:54:55 GMT -1
Officer Groyman
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