Piccolo said:
When it comes to the Italian mafia the Russians have them beat now, if I'd have to pick then I'd say Russians would completly destroy Italians, they have sooo many weapons, and are VERY ruthless.
Yeah, but back then, the Italians were the masters of organized crime. nowadays the Italian mafia is still around, but laying low. You rarely hear anything about the mafias these days, especially Italians, I hate to say it, with my heritage being nothing but Italian.
It was in the 19th Century that the Italian mafias were in their prime. From Al Capone to Jack "Machine Gun" Magurn, the Italians were the best.
In Mass the mafia controlled most of the Northend and much of Boston.
The Russians rule their empire with bullets a lot more than the Italians did. I agree the Russians are more ruthless than the Italians but the Italians were (obviously) very well organized and they ran their business with class and diplomacy rather than just a bullet.
But anyways, there are a lot of good mafia movies out. Best series, hands down, The Godfather. A classic film about the Italian mafia. Scarface was good, but Toni Montana was Cuban in the movie, not Italian. Goodfellas is another one, and one of my other favorites, The Untouchables.