Madso's War (TV 2010)

A power vacuum develops when the top mob boss flees a federal indictment.

Writer:

Christopher Bertolini

Stars:

Matthew Marsden, Kevin Chapman, Charlie Alejandro

Cast

Credited cast:
Matthew Marsden	...	Madso Madden
Kevin Chapman	...	Gerry Walker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlie Alejandro	...	Female Cop
James Barton	...	Fortyish Man
Todd Bryant	...	Ronnie White
Lyndon Byers	...	Bouncer
Nydia Calon	...	Marisol
Paul Campbell	...	Chris Driscoll
Douglas J. Cochrane	...	Detective Evans (as Doug Cochrane)
James Colby	...	Mark Ratushewitz
Michael Steven Costello	...	Priest
William DeCoff	...	Billy Boots
Brian Donahue	...	Brian Doyle
Joel Garland	...	Billy
Allan Graf	...	Chuckie Logan

Storyline

A power vacuum develops when the top mob boss flees a federal indictment.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Action | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexual content, some drug use and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 December 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Guerra de Madso

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM Television, Tom Lynch Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

great low budget crime flick!!

obviously not a high budget Hollywood film, but that's part of why it's so good. please excuse the broken 'shift' button on my laptop. the movie is based out of Boston, so being from ma, that was pretty neat. they get geography wrong and mess up names, they say that brockton is by the harbor, and they interchangeably use Somerville and somerset, but who cares? the quality of the filming is up there with Hollywood. they use what i would assume to be no-name local artists for music which is cool. the plot is not the same old thing that Hollywood puts out every day and they tie in some local references. the movie is about a power struggle after big Jim, who is obviously supposed to be whitey, leaves after being tipped off about a federal indictment. they are true to real life in depicting the FBI as criminals of lower class than the organized crime figures themselves. don't get me wrong, it's plenty cheesy at times but it's a low budget film and i really liked it. it's no 'departed' or 'gone baby gone' but it's definitely worth watching, especially if you're from new england or you've followed whitey bulger at all. this probably wouldn't have quite as much appeal to people from the west coast or the Midwest as it does to a new englander.