I watched a documentary of Cleveland legend Danny Green (YUP, Irish guy). He ran some unions and was a bill collector like Rocky, only he beat the shit out of a lot more people. He ran into trouble when rather than pay the mafia %50, or whatever their cut was of his "action" he told them to fuck off. What ensued was 37 bombings in a Summer and a lot of death and craziness. He survives like 8 assassination attempts and lives a pretty badass life. Solid cast headlined by Ray Stevenson as Danny Green, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio and Val Kilmer. You'll recognize all the Italian guys in it from either the Sopranos, Casino, or Goodfellas. It's very entertaining and well done. I think Stevenson was too old for Danny Green in his younger days, but he does a good job in the very tough but still has some kind of heart Irish guy.
Bottom Line: 7.6 out of 10. Worth a free look on Starz while it's on. Interesting facts on the times and Danny Green that you ordinarily would never have known. Real footage is spliced in on occasion that really makes it feel authentic and biographical. He's just so badass it's just amazing and that's what I couldn't get past.
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