Classic Mafia Cinema

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2001)

Good fellas was directed by master director Martin Scorcese and is probabaly his best. It tells the story of an Irish-Italian protaginist, Henry Hill, who starts out running errands for his friendly mafia neighbours to becoming a made man. It brings us through the traditional and exciting avenues of an Italian crime syndicate from the the fifties to the eighties. The cast is also exceptional. Ray Liotta plays the main character and his close friend and mentor is played by Robert DeNiro, the definitive actor to play a gangster. The rest of the cast is filled with actors who play mafiosos in many other crime movies. The movie is really a story told in the first person by the main character, Henry Hill, of the perks of being involved in the mafia and the sudden betrayl and the self-centeredness that the mob can entail.
It's truly a great picture that should be seen by everybody whoo has any interest in crime or crime dramas. Superb!