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Fear City: New York vs the Mafia

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 2h 36m
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7.1/10
7.9K
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Fear City: New York vs the Mafia (2020)
Throughout the 1970s and '80s, the "Five Families" of the New York mafia -- Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Luccese -- held a powerful, and seemingly insurmountable, grip on the city. This three-part docu-series details the story of the history-making organized crime investigation and prosecution case brought against New York's most formidable mob bosses.
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Five Mafia families ruled New York with a bloody fist in the 1970s and '80s, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.Five Mafia families ruled New York with a bloody fist in the 1970s and '80s, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.Five Mafia families ruled New York with a bloody fist in the 1970s and '80s, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.

  • Stars
    • John Alite
    • Michael Franzese
    • Jim Kossler
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    • Stars
      • John Alite
      • Michael Franzese
      • Jim Kossler
    • 69User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    John Alite
    John Alite
    • Self - Associate, Gambino Family
    Michael Franzese
    Michael Franzese
    • Self - Captain, Columbo Crime Family…
    Jim Kossler
    Jim Kossler
    • Self - Supervisor, FBI
    John Joyce
    John Joyce
    • Self - Special Agent, FBI
    Lin DeVecchio
    Lin DeVecchio
    • Self - Special Agent, FBI
    Joe Cantamessa
    Joe Cantamessa
    • Self - Special Operations Squad, FBI
    Rudy Giuliani
    Rudy Giuliani
    • Self - US Attorney, SDNY 1983-1989
    John Savarese
    John Savarese
    • Self - Federal Prosecutor
    Michael Chertoff
    Michael Chertoff
    • Self - Federal Prosecutor
    Joseph F. O'Brien
    Joseph F. O'Brien
    • Self - Special Agent, FBI
    Gil Childers
    Gil Childers
    • Self - Federal Prosecutor
    Curtis Sliwa
    Curtis Sliwa
    • Self - Founder, Guardian Angels
    G. Robert Blakey
    G. Robert Blakey
    • Self - Cornell Law School 1973 - 1980
    Ronald Goldstock
    Ronald Goldstock
    • Self - Organized Crime Task Force
    Bruce Mouw
    Bruce Mouw
    • Self - Supervisor, Gambino Squad, FBI
    Frank O'Hara
    Frank O'Hara
    • Self - Organized Crime Task Force
    Marilyn Lucht
    Marilyn Lucht
    • Self - Special Agent, FBI
    Charlotte Lang
    Charlotte Lang
    • Self - Case Agent, FBI
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    5/10
    Surprisingly Underwhelming
    To put it bluntly fear city is boring. Fear city tries to retell the events from the police's perspective in taking down the five mafia families in New York city yet it falls flat. The show is very short and completely lacking of substance, what little content was provided was often drawn out and simply not interesting. Multiple times the show wasted 10+ minutes retelling how some big time mobster's house was bugged. That's cool and all but it really falls flat when the viewer is never introduced to the mobster other than 'he is a soldier in this family and people fear him.' I like seeing the police perspective and all but not so much to the point where the crimes of the mobsters aren't mentioned. Fear city gives you just enough to keep you watching but little enough to where you feel like nothing has happened. It makes the show feel very dumbed down and perhaps it is. I would only ever recommend this to someone who wants to solely see the police side of things with little to no specifics on how the mafia broke the law.
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    • Release date
      • July 22, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 恐懼之都:紐約對戰黑手黨
    • Production companies
      • Brillstein Entertainment Partners
      • RAW
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      2 hours 36 minutes
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