Mobsters

In this fictionalized account based on true figures, a foursome of young thugs decides to team up and take control of New York’s east side from the aging bosses who control it. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end., High testosterone-count gangster thriller, set in the organized crime-ridden America of the 1920s. Four young men, Charlie ‘Lucky’ Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benny ‘Bugsy’ Siegel and Frank Costello, form a bond of loyalty and friendship which sees them rise to the pinnacle of the criminal underworld. Gradually though, they find themselves caught between two much more powerful mob bosses: Don Masseria and Arnold Rothstein, who make their lives far more dangerous. A well-plotted, energetically stylish first feature from former advert director Michael Karbelnikoff., New York City in the 1920s provides a perfect environment for the rise of mobsters Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello. The foursome fights to take the city’s crime syndicate over from its aging controllers., This film follows the famous crime kingpins of the 1930s from their youth through their rise to notoriety and competition with other gangsters., Set against the background of 1920s America, four young men – Charlie Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benny Siegel and Frank Costello – forge a bond of loyalty and friendship which will help them in their rise to the top of the organised criminal underworld. However, they will have to deal with the two established Mob bosses first.