I rewatched Saving Private Ryan Friday night for the first time in years. I imagine that we all recall the first hellish 25 minutes when the Allies were attempting to launch beach landings on the entrenched Nazis…what a complete horror show. That scene cost $11 million to film and required roughly 1,000 extras!
But the film had really sweet heartfelt moments, guys playing poker, drinking, busting balls between ops, it is a masterpiece.
I finished Mayor Of Kingstown, great crime thriller series!
I’m currently streaming The Irish Mob doc on Freevee, it’s quite good.
The Jews and Italians had NYC, Chicago and Cleveland buttoned up and locked down but the Irish showed up quite happy to throw down and shoot the town up. Good documentary.
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Mrmojo4700 (21454)
3 months ago
I also watched it recently after not having seen it for years and it’s such a great film. The siege at the bridge in the end was so well done.
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jriley555 (8118)
3 months ago
The Irish gangs ruled the roost in the 19th century.
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ShogunofYonkers (77378)
3 months ago
Up until the late 1970s but by then the Westies had become so violent they were scaring the Italians, Blacks and Puerto Ricans.
The word was out, these Irish guys are too crazy to deal with anymore.
Even the Italians, not exactly a bunch of gents, were put off by the rampant shootings and dismemberments. There is a line that they crossed and that was that.
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jriley555 (8118)
3 months ago
I wonder to what extent that was a product of the crazed Vietnam vet Featherstone - I wonder, prior to him, back in the 60s, if they were anywhere near as vicious.
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ShogunofYonkers (77378)
3 months ago
James Coonan was a gold star psychopath too and leader of the gang. I doubt even top guys in the NYPD knew how many people he had killed and chopped up.
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ShogunofYonkers (77378)
3 months ago
Mike Spillane ran Hell’s Kitchen prior to Coonan. It’s likely that Coonan was his killer.
Spillane was called a ‘gentleman gangster’ if there can be such a thing!
He kept dope out of the West side, protected the old residents, fed the poor…He certainly got up to some bad stuff but was widely popular as a fairly decent guy all things considered.
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