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Rating: 7/10 (28 October 1999)

Machavelli would have been proud of GoodFellas. No characters are glorified or given unreal motives for their actions. This movie is not driven by fantasy or great one-liners, yet it is totally engrossing. The violence is sickening but motivated. These men are ruthless, they are not characters in a movie jockeying for attention. They are pure Machavelli, what is expedient is necessarily right. In this life, if it is more convenient to have you dead... watch your back and never trust your friends especially if they are smiling.
This is the real Mafia; life at its most dangerous. A complex game where everything is for sale and anyone is expendable. Whatever works is right. Machavelli himself couldn't have a better movie demonstrating his theories.