Mafia The Old Country review – a familiar story, well told

A lot of mob stories are formulaic by design. The audience meets a criminal protagonist, watches them rise from street-level thug to a position of wealth and power, then sees their inevitable fall from grace. Despite their predictability, the movies, TV shows, and videogames that stick most closely to this well-known formula can still offer emotional resonance, nuanced cultural insight, sheer entertainment, or some resounding combination of the above. It’s how a mob story is told that really matters, in the end.

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