Directed By Dwight H. Little Starring Chazz Palminteri. Angela Alvarado. Jay O. Sanders. Clancy Brown. Daniel Benzali Genres Based-on-a-True-Story. Biopic. Crime. Crime Drama. Drama. Gangster Film. Made-for-Television Release Info June 3, 2001. Movie Review - Boss of Bosses (2001) Chazz Palminteri stars as crime boss Paul Castellano in this look at his life from the 1930s through to his murder on the 16th December 1985.
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This film follows the life of Paul Castellano, a mobster who rose in the ranks of New York City's Gambino crime family with the help of his considerable intelligence until he was picked to become the reigning don of the family in the 1970s. Flush with his power, he charts a new course for the mob with the emphasis on a low profile approach exploiting quiet crime business like labor union control while promising to deal with murderous severity anyone he catches dealing with drugs. Yet for all the sureness of his position's authority, his own indiscretions in his personal life provide complications of his own.
With this being combined with the growing restiveness of his underling's discomfort with his quiet approach and the FBI agents who are determined to bring him down, then the stage is set for a tragic fall. I'm a big mafia movie fan.I'v seen them all. Boss of Bosses does a good job in depicting the the come up of young Paul Costellano and Carlo Gambino. This is not bad for a TV movie and i give them full credit. Unfortunately I have some criticism to share.
The story lacks action like other mafia flicks. Also, in my opinion I think they portrayed Paul Costellano as a nice caring guy, come on who are they trying to fool. Finally they put the Icing on the cake when they show John Gotti.
I couldn't stop laughing, this guy is the worst Gotti ever, he looks nothing like him. He looked like a wimp. I Don't mean to take cheap shots at the film, but I am a movie buff and I am not going to b.s.