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Burkie 1's picture
Submitted by Burkie 1 on Sun, 10/05/2015 - 16:14

in your opinion who is the most convincing mob criminal you've ever seen , who puts the hairs on the back of your neck standing on end ,movies or box sets , mine is pretty recent , De niro in American hustle , not your normal slick mafioso, but an aging balding geezer in tinted specs , the bit where they tried to con him with the phony Arab and all of a sudden he starts talking Arabic was brilliant , De niro has been in some crap in his time but the five minuets he was in this made up for everything

His character tommy devito to henry hill when they are sitting around the table,drinking & he starts saying to him "what do you mean im funny!"I remember when i first saw that film-edge of the seat stuff!Such a good,tense, scene that your almost mightily relieved at the end of the conversation that they start laughing about it...

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harrythehammers's picture

Watched this for the first time last week and thought it was brilliant. I agree he was fantastic in the role and in that scene I was on the edge of my seat expecting him to lose it big time.

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chubbyTURK's picture

Not the greatest actor I might add but he looks the part better than most.
I saw him In Eastenders about 9 years ago he played a silent part as Phill mitchells goon and I remember thinking, bloody hell who the hell is this man with the scary face.
I also loved how he portrayed his character in 'The Business', One minute on top of the world and the next begging for a few quid which is actually reality for many Gangsters believe me I have seen one or two in that predicament.

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