Customer Reviews

Mafia: Al Capone

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Looks like some high-school kids made this as a class project. I kept looking at the box to see where it said this was a joke. The first fifteen minutes are some kids with a video camera playing pretend "FBI raid" at their local motel. After that disaster it moves on to a confusing and hard to hear narrative over some crappy old stock footage of "bad guys". After about 10 minutes of the man with marbles in his mouth, I couldn't stand it any more and I shut it off. Perhaps the other four discs are better, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

This is a pretty good expose on the history of the Mafia. I am nowhere near an expert in such things, but this set interested me as I have read the occasional Mafia novel, and this set was just so dang cheap.

The first few DVD's were pretty entertaining and informative, going through the history of how the Mafia came into existance. From Bonnie and Clyde to John Gotti it was pretty good.

After a few DVD's though it started repeating itself. The same Bonnie and Clyde clips, same Gotti stuff too. One of the DVD's as a matter of fact seems to be just a summary of what the other four DVD's went through.

I probably won't watch these again, but I learned a little anyways.

The quality is pretty poor, but I didn't expect much. I knew it was just some type of program copied from an A & E special or something. Plus what do you expect from old news clips anyways.

Some good bits and pieces of information. Nothing you can't learn by just researching on the web or other books. I had to catch myself from falling asleep several times. Repeative as well. Don't waste your money.

THIS DOCUMENTARY IS GREAT.IT SHOWS THE BEST HISTORY OF THE MOB IN THE U.S. TELLS ALL BEHIND THE MAFIA STORYS. HOW THE FBI IS STILL TRYING TO TRACK THEM DOWN. AND BRINGING THE MAFIAZ DON TO PRISON.
TALKS ABOUT GANGSTER LEGENDS LIFE AL CAPONE,LUCKY LUCIANO,ALBERT ANASTASHIA,JOHN GOTTI,THE KENNEDY FAMILY,MARILYN MONROE,BUGSY AND MEYER LANSKY,THE WILD WEST OUTLAWS,BONNIE AND CLYDE,THE 5 MAJOR FAMILIES OF NEW YORK,OTHER MAJOR CRIME ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THE YAKUZA, THE TRIADS, THE RUSSIAN MAFIA ( RED MAFIA ),THE COLOMMBIAN DRUG CARTELS AND MORE.

Mafia: An Expose' is a good way to find out more about the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra & organized crime in general. (If this is the boxed set, and not just the Al Capone DVD.) For the people really interested in the History of the Mafia, this is a must! (I say again, as long as this is the boxed set of 5 DVD's.) Even my wife liked this set. Good history. If you don't like history or can't deal with films that are not big production, this is not for you.

This dvd had to have been made by amateurs. The commentary got old and there isn't anything new. I never watched each dvd to the end, so I'm not sure it improved.

...but then gets repetitive and boring. These DVDs feel as though they were made by amateurs. The commentary gets old quickly and there isn't much of anything new to be learnt. I never got to the end of the last DVD so I can't tell if it gets better as you near the end.

I'm somewhat upset that it doesn't allow me to use zero stars. I paid $15 for the set and feel extremely ripped off!! This was awful to watch! It could actaully be a decent comedy if you get over the fact that it's supposed to be informative. The storyline is not even linear. I feel duped because I spend money on this trash.

Brutal. And I thought Blair Witch Project was the ultimate in nauseum through poor production. There is some decent content in a few of these programs but the production and sound quality are so incredibly bad you'll grow disinterested quickly. During the piece on the Kennedy's involvement with the Mafia, they show the famous clip of the assassination and just as Kennedy is about to get shot, they block out his face (like they do on real life cop shows to protect the identity of the people involved) and insert a re-created scene and then back to more block out footage. Throw in the garbled Jimi Hendrixx music and it just doesn't get any worse. If your used to the slick production of A&E produced Mafia programs, you'll be extremely dissapointed. Don't waste your time. Throw in your worn copy of Goodfellas or the Godfather trilogy and enjoy!