The Ruthless (2019)

Many viewers on here complain about the predictability and formulaic composition of Italian gangster films. They complain that they are unoriginal. Well, so was the Sopranos. Every plot, every subplot, character arc, drama and tension was almost completely informed by either Mob classics or Mob folklore. The beauty of the Sopranos was it's subtle parody of mafia stereotypes - and perhaps for the first time viewed as a daily drama. Larger than life gangsters dealing with everyday life made for great viewing. Essentially though, it was a dramedy. It was social commentary and skilful intricate character development.

Not every mobster flick can live up to be Goodfellas, Casino or the Godfather.

Because it is a thoroughly mined genre, mediocrity is inevitable-but that doesn't mean it's trash, or by the numbers storytelling.

Fmovies: How to rise in the Mafia ... still being moral and all about it. As with many tales this begins later and goes back to show us how our main character became the person he ... became eventually. There is violence, there is nudity, there is obviously also crime.

Very well played and confident in it's structure and timeline this is an entertaining enough watch, even though you could not compare it to the greats in the genre. But that doesn't mean you should knock it down.

It's the story of a young guy that came to the North from the South of Italy and, in the center of the Italian business (Milan), take its place between the local Mafia. The film is based on the story of a real guy (Saverio Morabito). For the Italian market, especially for the Milan's people, this is a well-known situation as in the 80's the Italian businessmen were terrorized by the chance to be kidnapped. This was the start of the mafia raising in the North of Italy, that used money to rule the drug business and become more and more powerful. Today, after 40 years, in the North of Italy it's difficult to catch the difference between a real businessman and a businessman that has done money thanks to the Mafia.

The Ruthless fmovies. A storytelling about the life of an Italian criminal beginning in his childhood. The movie is really nice in the first half, with a good plot and subplots, however somewhere it loses its glow. I also missed the lack of more action scenes.

The story starts interesting, great shots and has a nice Italian feeling. Especially all the typical Italian cars look great! But the movie seems way longer than 90 minutes, the second half kind of drags. The storytelling does not really explain the choices that are made by the main characters. Stuff happens, but the reasons behind it are not so well explored. The story lost my attention to some degree. Cinematography is great, the 80's vibe is present, but overall I was not completely satisfied. I hoped for more...

The movie doesn't give us anything new.

The way the story is being told, isn't new.

I mean we have seen it all before.

In movies like scarface, goodfellas, american gangster etc.

It doesn't revolve layers and layers of suspense or malice or thrill or get your pulse racing.

Why I like the movie is the lead actor's acting, the direction and the camera work.

So if you have nothing else to do on a Friday night, grab a bowl of popcorn,lays, hay whatever :P and enjoy this mafiasco in the italiano way.

You wont get bored.