“Mafia, Inc.” – Bad fellas with accents [MOVIE REVIEW]
Sergio Castellitto as Frank Paternò in “Mafia, Inc.” Photo courtesy of Les Films Séville. “Mafia, Inc.” is a wild, rambling, riveting ride through the mean streets of Montreal. French Canadian director, Daniel Grou goes by the single moniker of Podz. Pulling stories from the nonfiction book entitled Mafia Inc. by André Cédilot and André Noël about the true-life Rizzuto clan, screenwriter Sylvain Guy has created a film full of Scorsese imagery and family themes from “The Godfather” and “The Sopranos.” Although not quite at the level of its antecedents, “Mafia, Inc.” is a fitting homage and moves at a quick, violent pace. Complex, at times too complicated and fussy in its plots and character relationships, this is, like all the gangster films that came before it, a story of family, love, betrayal, and the search for acceptance and approval; not to mention corruption, crime and murder. Amusingly, at one point, a refrain of the theme from “The Godfather” can be heard. The Gamache family has had ties to the Paternò family for years. The Gamache patriarch, Henri, an honest tailor, has outfitted Frank Paternò since he was a young up and comer in his father’s criminal enterprise. Sophia…
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