Chicago Overcoat

The action scenes were better than expected but surely not so realistic. Only the main actors have any agency.

Great movie... Great idea... Terrible acting and directing

I liked the story line and the tommy gun action but the rest of he film was a boring mess of obscenities and dumb stupidities!

The hitman dropped guns full of fingerprints and the acting was over the top Italian gangster mumble talk.

Cops made so many mistakes around the gunmen they deserved to die. Running straight into a room where a gunman may be.

Final shootout has the hitman swing round with a gun when any good cop would have stepped back and to the side ready for such a thing and put two bullets into him!

What baffled me was why are the streets, bars and restaurants so empty!

I'll not bother watching it again.

While this story isn't breaking any new ground, it is something of a surprise. The writing feels adequate and nothing seems awkward in the telling of this mediocre screenplay, but it is definitely Frank Vincent who carries this movie on his back. Frank plays Lou Marazano, an aging enforcer for a Chicago crime family who finds himself needing to help his divorced daughter and grandson. To help them out, he takes on a few important contracts which the head of the family, Lorenzo Galante (played by Armand Assante) puts on 3 persons who have first hand knowledge of his past crimes. If this knowledge gets in the hands of the Feds, Galante would go away for a long time.

The cast does an amazing job and the direction pulls things together nicely. Everything considered, the performances make this run of the mill story engaging and dramatic.

If you are like me and enjoy mafia stories, you will probably like this. If not, you will probably find this movie mundane.

If you want to watch a good mob mafia movie this is decent