Mob City

A pure-blooded genre piece, for the current times untraditionally languid. The casting is great and Darabont’s steady hand can be felt. Let’s see what else the cards reveal... So in the end they maintained the quality, even though nothing had me absolutely gobsmacked. Jon Bernthal is flawless, and the entire acting ensemble was perfectly cast. Knepper is on better form than he has been in a long time, Burns too. In story terms, rather flat, faithful to the old genre with an emphasis on detail (the nail in the window), that only becomes surprising if the viewer accepts the genre game and absolute trueness to a time when you could lie and killing was much easier to keep secret. I wouldn’t mind at all if they served us up another six-episode portion. (08/12/2013)