Audience Participation Day: Crime Movie Edition.

[theweaselking]

I want to watch a good crime/heist/mob movie. I'd rather more drama than suspense or comedy - Donnie Brasco more than The Drop or Ocean's Eleven or Crime Spree, that kind of thing - and the catch is, I want it to be a movie either that I haven't seen before, or that I haven't seen in so long that I've forgotten it.

So let's start by disqualifying, right off the bat, any Godfather movie, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, The Usual Suspects. I want movies JUST LIKE THOSE, that I haven't already seen.

What's your favourite *moderately obscure* (or blazingly obvious and I've just missed it) mob movie?

Comments

[ashbet]

I love "Out of Sight" -- it's kind of a comedy, kind of not. But if you're looking for a dead-serious film, probably not your bag. "Shoot 'Em Up," also amazing.

I'll have to give it some thought -- I'm in a rush right now, but will come back to the question if I can :)

<3!

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Shoot 'Em Up is pretty much *entirely* not a mob/crime drama along the lines of The Godfather or Donnie Brasco. It's a set of excuses for absurd action setpieces and carrot-murder, because, as Paul Giamatti puts it, "Violence is one of the most fun things to watch".

I've seen it. It's very good at what it is. What it is is entirely NOT what I'm looking for. :)

[ashbet]

Sorry -- that's why I was classing it with "Out of Sight," as something that was enjoyable but not in your category.

Afraid "The Big Hit" is probably similar.

I tend to like caper movies more than super-realistic and grim films, which is why I'm wracking my brains at the moment. I'm assuming "Snatch," "The Transporter," and "Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels" are also not in your genre.

Maybe "Oldboy" or "Unleashed"?

(Heh -- rushed to get ready, and now my appt is running late, so I'm back on LJ.)

-- A <3