movie poster for KILL THE IRISHMAN

Flicks ID

16551

Cert

18

Running time

111 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

KILL THE IRISHMAN (2011)

JONATHAN HENSLEIGH

Plot

An orphan from the tough streets of Cleveland, Danny Greene rises from working longshoreman to union leader and mob ally. Forced out of the union by the feds, Danny starts anew as an enforcer for loan shark Shondor Birns, while still maintaining influence with mafia boss John Nardi; But this Irishman wants his own power base and sets about ruthlessly acquiring it, much to the fury of the mob. Based on the true story of the infamous turf war of 1970’s America, ‘Kill The Irishman’ is a well performed and brutal depiction of a fascinating man in a tumultuous period for the American Mafia.