One of my favorite movies

I can watch this over and over and never EVER get sick of it. It is about three decades in the Mafia, Narratted by Hank Hill, a irish/silician wiseguy, who in the end, rats out his crew in order to save him and his family's life. De Niro is incredible and doesn't fool around with his acting in this movie. This is the second movie, that I think that really "made" him (the first is the 1973 classic "Taxi Driver" by Director and long time friend Martin Sorcese.)Pesci is memorizing and Hilarious as Tommy, The silician wiseguy that is up for being "made" by the big wigs of his crew. Director Sorcese made a Mafia Masterpiece, which is now a staple in my DVD and VHS collections. If you like biographies, interested in Mafia History and movies and Love to see some great acting by a slew of incredible actors and actresses, do get this film. This mafia masterpiece will never grow old and stale with film viewers.

Politically incorrect and awesome!

If you like a good "Mafia-slaughtering-everybody-film," then you'll discover that this is the very best one ever made to date. I seriously doubt that Hollywood will ever yield a better one.

The story is one of the Mafia glitz and how they were, to a man, ruthless murderers that we love to glorify because they got to do all the stuff we couldn't afford to do, either financially or legally. Only the best for these guys. The setting is the 50s, 60s, and early 70s.

The top character is played by Joe Pesci, who loves to shoot and stab any fool who gives him the slightest bit of verbal guff. He's a diminutive figure who is out to prove that a hunting knife and a .357 Magnum manifest all the equalizer he needs to become a "Made Man".

So this pack of Mafia scoundrels steal from, hijack, rob, and assault all whom are unfortunate enough to enter the circle of their realm and this even includes a number of their own brotherhood when the FBI begins to turn up the heat, generating an insider snitch here and there. The old conflict about some mafia members not wanting to enter the dope business also raises the stakes.

This is a violent and graphic film in terms of language, murder, and darn near everything else.... and I loved it all. The soundtrack is equally incredible. Political correctness be damned!

The Italian mafia at its best!

All I can say about this movie is that it has to be the best Italian Mafia movie ever!! Definitly my favorite. Out of 10 I give it a 10